Sep 13-19, 2012

News + Opinion

• City

  City lawyer hires a lawyer to fight city hall

  Angela Jones wants to run for council, but the election office says she can't.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• City

  Last chance for Best of Halifax voting

  Calling all procrastinators: It's now your time to shine.

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• City

  Fusion's mayoral candidate forum: Now the race begins in earnest

  Tom Martin, Mike Savage and Fred Connors apply for the job.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• City

  BREAKING NEWS: Angela Jones asks court to put her name back on ballot

  Jilted District 4 candidate gets an emergency hearing this Thursday Wednesday.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 17, 2012

  
• City

  All four District 12 candidates want to raise most residents' taxes

  Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West candidates Reg Rankin, Bruce E. Smith, Mary Wile and Rano Khokhar all support "tax reform."

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 18, 2012

  
• City

  An open letter from arts leaders to political leaders

  The Greater Halifax Arts and Culture Coalition wants to know where the candidates stand.

  By Kyle Shaw

  Sep 19, 2012

  
• City

  Angela Jones's campaign is in limbo until October 2

  Justice Richard Coughlan needs time to decide on contested Cole Harbour candidacy.

  By Michaela Cavanagh

  Sep 19, 2012

  
• News

  Halifax council hires a new police chief

  Jean-Michel Blais will be new top cop.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• News

  No space for Halifax Roller Derby

  High rental fees and lack of availability plague women's sports, says group.

  By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• News

  Vote HRM election coverage is here

  All the information you'll ever need about councillor and mayoral race.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• News

  BREAKING NEWS: Peter Kelly removed as executor of the Mary Thibeault estate

  Halifax mayor fails to appear for the court hearing

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 19, 2012

  
• News

  Missing pieces in the Thibeault estate

  There are still a lot of unanswered questions and contradictory statements from Peter Kelly.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 19, 2012
• Shoptalk

  The ShopTalk Guided Tour: Quinpool Road

  With many international cuisines interspersed with other local, vegetarian and organic-friendly menus and makes for an easy destination at suppertime, especially for students looking to get off campus.

  By Bianca Müller

  Sep 14, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Fid Resto responds to its customers' needs

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 16, 2012

  
• Opinion

  Save the city

  Tired of politicians who speak out of both sides of their mouths, a coalition of citizen groups is fighting back.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Sep 13, 2012

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Lost at sea

  Go figure, Shandi Mitchell’s open sea drama The Disappeared presented a few filming challenges.

  By Katie Ingram

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Filming the margins

  The Prismatic Festival, Centre of Art Tapes and Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery brings the subversive, “anti-art” work of Paul Wong.

  By Lizzy Hill

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Heave-ho, Halifax

  The Awesome Foundation presents the craziest tug of war ever. HFX TUG, you against a 160 tonne tugboat.a

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Starfish troopers: Seth Smith's Lowlife

  The Dog Day frontman's debut feature film sinks into a chilly bog of slime, despair and addiction. Bring an Archie comic for later.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Neptune’s street smarts

  To celebrate a half of century of great theatre in Halifax, Neptune Theatre is shutting down the block.

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Bones unburied

  Pro skateboarder, entrepreneur and filmmaker Stacy Peralta looks back at his old crew, the world’s most famous skateboard team, the Bones Brigade.

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Must-see movies

  Navigate the best of the fest with reviews you can use. We explore grimy drug films, salty dramas, heartwrenching documentaries and lots more.

  By Jacob Boon, Jaime Forsythe, Carsten Knox, Simon Thibault and Molly Segal

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Map quest

  Dalhousie’s group show Place Markers: Mapping Locations and Probing Boundaries takes you on a trip through mapping technology. 

  By Julie Sobowale

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Blackbird flies

  Dark and occasionally harrowing, Jason Buxton’s Blackbird tells the story of a frustrated teen in an even more neurotic community.

  By Carsten Knox

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Great Danes

  Carsten Knox explores the Scandinavian domination of this year’s Atlantic Film Festival and discovers why something’s awesome in the state of Denmark.

  By Carsten Knox

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Atlantic Film Fest guide

  All our coverage in one click

  By Stephanie Johns

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Resident Evil: Retribution

  For the die-hard Jovofan only

  By Molly Segal

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  Like a G would

  The finale in Jay Mayne’s #ChopTrees series sharpens the focus on the east coast and shows off Mayne’s strengths.

  By Adria Young

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  Charles Bradley: Soul of America

  By Molly Segal

  Sep 18, 2012

  
• Music

  Sleepwalk With Me

  Slapstick somnambulism

  By Jaime Forsythe

  Sep 16, 2012

  
• Music

  Jack & Diane

  Girl meets girl, rips her heart out

  By Jacob Boon

  Sep 17, 2012

  
• Music

  Replicas

  Domestic Showdown Meets Social Anxiety

  By Jaime Forsythe

  Sep 17, 2012

  
• Music

  Kathleen Edwards’ star trek

  Voyageur was a stand out hit of the year, exposing emotion, self-definition and autobiography in an expansive, melodic album.

  By Ryan McNutt

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  Songs for the big screen

  The Atlantic Film Festival’s Music & Image conference showcases home grown talent, worthy of a spot on the silver screen.

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  LISTEN up

  suddenlyLISTEN celebrates their 12th season with Berlin's Reidemeister Move.

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  Quad squad

  DALFEST brings Shad, Plants & Animals, Yukon Blonde to campus to headline two free shows.

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  All hail your new Master(works finalists)

  Lieutenant Governor 2012 finalists announced

  By Stephanie Johns

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  Berserker Lion's collective soul

  Alex Cameron, The Lucy Grays and more this weekend at Summer's Eve

  By Stephanie Johns

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  TIFF update two

  By Tara Thorne

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Music

  The Disappeared

  Close and unflinching, it's a powerful debut from Mitchell

  By Jacob Boon

  Sep 15, 2012

  
• Music

  Blackbird takes TIFF

  Sharing the Toronto International Film Festival's best debut Canadian feature prize with Brandon Cronenberg

  By Stephanie Johns

  Sep 18, 2012

  
• Music

  Word On The Street books it

  Books on the water, good vibes in the sky.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Sep 19, 2012

  
• Music

  Producers wanted

  Hey problem solvers! Give of yourself.

  By Jacob Boon

  Sep 19, 2012

  
• Music

  Feral Trade's coffee to go

  Not your domesticated coffee shop

  By Michaela Cavanagh

  Sep 19, 2012

  
• Comics

  True Story by Emily Hedgecock

  By Mike Holmes

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys

  By Paul Hammond

  Sep 13, 2012

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Top Chefs

  This week Grand Pré gets pretty delicious with the Canadian Chefs’ Congress biennial event. Simon Thibault looks at why that’s important for Nova Scotia.

  By Simon Thibault

  Sep 13, 2012

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Fling rice at yourself, Pisces.

  By Rob Brezsny

  Sep 13, 2012

  
• Savage Love

  Lessons in sexducation

  Help the young women in your life stay banana-free in the least awkward way possible. Also, stinky feet, rest-stop blowies and the limits of GGG.

  By Dan Savage

  Sep 13, 2012