Mar 13-19, 2014

News + Opinion

• News

  Hazardous material incident at Halifax's Ceres Terminal

  The biggest threat was to first responders, says nuclear safety expert.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 14, 2014

  
• News

  Women told to leave Old Triangle after "make out session"

  Bar says eviction came only when patron touched doorman.

  By Hilary Beaumont

  Mar 18, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Friday's food for thought

  Five tasty things worth clicking on and one weird story about cheese

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 14, 2014

  
• Opinion

  Here’s why the Irish are so important, and what Saint Patrick’s Day is all about

  Longing for home is part of the human condition.

  By Lorraine Glendenning

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, March 13,2014

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Mar 13, 2014

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Halifax’s art problem

  Are shrinking art spaces contributing to a cultural void in Halifax, or does necessity breed invention from the city’s most creative?

  By Jade Nauss

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  All Our Names

  By Dinaw Mengestu (Bond Street)

  By Zoe Migicovsky

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Bad Milo!

  Directed by Jacob Vaughan (New Artists Alliance)

  By Jade Nauss

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Diana

  Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Ecosse)

  By Jade Nauss

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Banshee Chapter

  Directed by Blair Erikson (Sunchaser Entertainment)

  By Jade Nauss

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Magic: The Gathering—Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014

  PC, PS3, Xbox 360, iOS, Android (Wizards of the Coast)

  By Colin Chisholm

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

  PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One (Ubisoft)

  By Colin Chisholm

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Need for Speed

  No need, really

  By Tara Thorne

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Veronica Mars

  One tough Marshmallow

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Music

  JRDN’s living the dream

  Juno nominated JRDN’s return home sees him on the Metro Centre stage, proving that talent and hard work make a winning team.

  By Adria Young

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Music

  Fuck Montreal

  Saturn Return (independent)

  By Kathleen Higgins

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Music

  Each Other

  Being Elastic (Lefse)

  By Noel Macdonald

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Music

  Each Other

  Being Elastic (Lefse)

  By Noel Macdonald

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Music

  Ten things for you to do this weekend

  Turn down for what?

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 14, 2014

  
• Music

  Backstreet Boys in Halifax May 4

  You will get to know me a little more better

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 17, 2014

  
• Music

  March Madness: New Media vs Old Media starts TODAY

  Day One: Pro Publica vs Upworthy and New York Times vs Metro

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 18, 2014

  
• Music

  Theatre Nova Scotia's Merritt Award Nominations 2014

  Congrats to everyone!

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 18, 2014

  
• Music

  March Madness Day 2: Buzzfeed vs allNS & The Herald vs. Maclean's

  You've got big listicles, I'll give you that much

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 19, 2014

  
• Music

  Women Making Waves' big splash

  Female role models on and off the screen abound at this weekend's conference

  By Julie Sobowale

  Mar 19, 2014

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys

  By Paul Hammond

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Comics

  Crummy Pants

  By JJ Steeves

  Mar 13, 2014

  

Food + Drink

• Drink

  Label appeal

  Are we easily wooed by branding when it comes to buying beer? Adria Young talks label design with local makers and sellers.

  By Adria Young

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Drink

  Brew looks like a lady

  Halifax’s Ladies Beer League and Boxing Rock Brewing Co. celebrate International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day together

  By Whitney Moran

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Drink

  Beginners’ drunk

  Learning to love beer is possible. Take the liquid adventure and you'll see practice makes for the perfect pint

  By Simon Thibault

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Drink

  Mommy beerest

  Beer and breastfeeding: A frank look at how I reconciled my love for the two.

  By Kristin Innes-Kaufman

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Drink

  Stillwell’s raising the bar

  Stillwell beer bar runs deep with its rotating wall of local craft brew and sinful snack menu. Here’s how downtown’s heady new hangout is changing our beer culture.

  By Whitney Moran

  Mar 13, 2014

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  be here now, gemini

  By Rob Brezsny

  Mar 13, 2014

  
• Savage Love

  Her cheating (on my dying) heart

  I’m terminal, and my wife cheated. Is it worth it to get a divorce? Plus: How do I delicately go about outsourcing my kinks?

  By Dan Savage

  Mar 13, 2014