Mar 5-11, 2009

News + Opinion

• City

  Saving Brindi

  The city wants to kill Francesca Rogier's dog. But with a pack of supporters and a court judgment on her side, Rogier refuses to roll over for the bureaucrats.

  By Lezlie Lowe

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• City

  Metro Transit gets Fare-ly expensive

  Halifax council raises the price on public transport by a quarter in order to bridge budget deficits.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• City

  Francesca Rogier v. The Halifax Regional Municipality-- excerpts

  By Lezlie Lowe

  Mar 5, 2009
• City

  Wrong time on the clock at the Gordon Snow Recreation Centre in Fall River.

  By Patrol Superintendent Laportno

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• News

  Sea Sick

  Climate change and the oceans

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• News

  New transit garage

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 9, 2009

  
• News

  Nova Scotia's missing insurance consumer advocate

  George jordan's position has been eliminated

  By Bruce Wark

  Mar 10, 2009

  
• News

  Tax reform news

  Russell Walker's move to reverse implementation is derailed

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 11, 2009

  
• Opinion

  Democracy 251

  Modern cynicism, government ineptitude, the internet's ability to let think globally and act locally might count for some reasons why aren't young people voting.

  By Kyle Shaw

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Opinion

  Dance piece draws me in

  Congratulations to Sue Carter Flinn on her excellent feature, “Dreaming, desperate, devoted to dance.”

  By Letters editor

  Mar 17, 2009
• Environment

  Religious eco-wars

  Can churchgoers and atheists alike care for the planet, or is religious dogma unsustainable?

  By Chris Benjamin

  Mar 5, 2009

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

  By Mark Palermo

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  The word is out

  One local writers' festival is cancelled, and another has split into two events. Is there turmoil in the literary community?

  By Angelina Chapin

  Feb 26, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

  Directed by Robert B. Weide (MGM)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  The word is out

  This year the Halifax International Writer's Festival is cancelled and the Atlantic Book Awards has split into two events. Is there turmoil in the literary community?

  By Angelina Chapin

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  Animal instincts

  Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit never thought their small story about a baby whale would become the documentary Saving Luna. Tara Thorne grabs a tissue.

  By Tara Thorne

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

  By Mark Palermo

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  One Week

  Roll up the rim and win with Joshua Jackson's road trip tale.

  By Hillary Titley

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  I've Loved You So Long

  Kristen Scott Thomas' performance is a standout.

  By Mark Palermo

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  Nocturne 2009 date set

  Nighttime art festival returns October 17.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Mar 9, 2009

  
• Music

  Great Lake Swimmers' out of water

  Great Lake Swimmers step onto land for Lost Channels, an exploration of Ontario's Thousand Islands region.

  By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  Your weekend primer

  Other than Watchmen, obvs

  By Tara Thorne

  Mar 6, 2009

  
• Music

  Eyelevel Gallery seeks radical artmakers

  Exhibition & lecture series finds inspiration in the 1970s.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  Death Cab will possess Dalhousie's heart

  Holy fucking shit

  By Tara Thorne

  Mar 11, 2009

  
• Music

  Sectr dresses up D2's window

  Jetsetting Christian Toth, AKA Sectr, paints a graffiti installation on Spring Garden.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Mar 7, 2009

  
• Music

  Morrissey

  Years of Refusal (Lost Highway)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  Supper time

  It's not an open mic, but you're close

  By Tara Thorne

  Mar 10, 2009

  
• Music

  Remembering Elle the cat

  Wanted: feline stories and images

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Mar 11, 2009

  
• Music

  This is what they mean by Share

  This week's live gig snap

  By Tara Thorne

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  Merritt a fight

  Annual theatre awards roll out the red carpet on March 23.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Mar 10, 2009

  
• Music

  Xara Young Women's Choir

  Sure thing: Saturday, March 7 at All Saints Cathedral, 5732 College, 7:30pm, $15/$5 (students), 401-4767.

  By Kate Watson

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

  Lonely Road (Virgin)

  By Mandy Savoie

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  Andre Ethier

  Born of Blue Fog (Blue Fog)

  By Dave Hayden

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  The Deep Dark Woods

  Winter Hours (Black Hen)

  By Sarah Greene

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Music

  K'naan

  Troubadour (A&M/Octone)

  By Alison Lang

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Comics

  Maybe we all die alone

  By Joey Comeau

  Mar 5, 2009

  
• Comics

  True Story by

  By Mike Holmes

  Mar 5, 2009
• Comics

  OK, pussies, listen up

  By Jesse Jacobs

  Mar 5, 2009

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Organic basket case

  Sourcing local organic produce is tough now, but soon, you'll be spoiled for choice.

  By Neal Ozano

  Mar 5, 2009

  

Lifestyle

• Savage Love

  Asshole commentaries

  A 60 year-old straight asshole reminds Dan Savage of a 20-year gay asshole.

  By Dan Savage

  Mar 5, 2009