Aug 28 - Sep 3, 2014

News + Opinion

• City

  Halifax taxis turn to tech

  Cab companies using GPS and apps, considering video cameras after spate of dangerous incidents

  By Hilary Beaumont

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• News

  Clusterfuck continues on Market Street

  Construction company appears confused by bylaws

  By Jacob Boon

  Aug 29, 2014

  
• News

  Province breaks up with fracking

  Nova Scotia would like to see other energy projects

  By Jacob Boon

  Sep 3, 2014
• Shoptalk

  Market Street shut-down

  But thankfully shoppers will still have Inkwell access.

  By Jacob Boon

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  The wonderful Glitch Wizard

  A Halifax-made app you're going to want to download

  By Allison Saunders

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  SHOP THIS: The Seven Year Pen

  Limit your back to school supply list to one pen and one pen only

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 1, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Brilliant Boutique and Room 152 debut

  Crimson Clover's Stacey Thompson opens two new women's clothing boutiques

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 3, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Got Soul Shack?

  Honest to goodness soul food pops up in north end Halifax

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 3, 2014
• Shoptalk

  Hilltribe Designs retires

  Downtown veteran Victoria Raine closes her Barrington Street shop

  By Allison Saunders

  Aug 29, 2014

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, August 28, 2014

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Opinion

  Dear students

  Voice of the City

  By Cher Hann

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Opinion

  Giving credit where it’s due

  Thanks for these surprising recommendations on fracking

  By Robin Tress

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Education

  “We need people”

  Facing a dwindling population, Halifax is desperate to get more people inside of it. To that end, mayor Mike Savage will be hosting the first ever Mayor’s Barbecue on September 13

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Education

  Hey! It's the Back to School Guide!

  Wanna be teacher's pet? Click here.

  By Allison Saunders

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Education

  Debt by degrees

  Is a student loan a blessing or a curse? The Coast polled over 500 people to find out.

  By Allison Saunders

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Education

  Pub life: 7 nights out in Halifax

  Need a break from the campus bar? Tonight, and every night, is a wonderful time to fall in love with Halifax after dark, just follow Michelle Cameron and Allie Sweeting’s sudsy syllabus

  By Michelle Cameron and Allie Sweeting

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Education

  Halifax music bingo

  First one to lose their hearing wins!

  By Stephanie Johns, Jaime Forsythe and Noel Macdonald

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Education

  New in town

  International students share their ups, downs and best advice for new arrivals settling into school, and life, in Halifax.

  By Allison Saunders

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Education

  Coast quiz: What style of beer are you?

  It’s time for your first—and, dare we say, most important—test of the year, Whitney Moran’s wobbly-pop quiz

  By Whitney Moran

  Aug 28, 2014

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Lonely Travellers

  By Stephanie Johns

  Aug 21, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Hard Drive’s hard bargain

  Bill MacGillivray’s staccato-paced Hard Drive will open this Friday

  By Adria Young

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Half-heard, chapter 3

  A weekly serial novel.

  By Ryan Allen

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Get on the bus with Legoland

  Atlantic Fringe Festival kicks off this weekend, Legoland hitches a ride


  By Kevin Hartford

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Androidgynous’ robot love

  Ian Mullan does the robot at the Atlantic Fringe Festival

  By Kevin Hartford

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Fringe Binge 2014: Day One

  By Kate Watson

  Aug 31, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Fringe Binge 2014: Day 2

  By Kate Watson

  Aug 30, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Fringe Binge 2014: Day 3

  By Kate Watson

  Aug 31, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Fringe Binge 2014: Day 4

  By Kate Watson

  Sep 1, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Fringe Binge 2014: Day 5

  By Kate Watson

  Sep 2, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Fringe Binge 2014: Day 6

  By Kate Watson

  Sep 3, 2014

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys

  Ding Dongs

  By Paul Hammond

  Aug 21, 2014

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Halifax's white night

  The international pop-up picnic, Diner en Blanc, made its Halifax debut last weekend, here's one take on the divisive event

  By Kyle Shaw

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Restaurant Reviews

  Shack attack

  Kiss the summer goodbye at The South Shore Fish Shack—it’s worth the drive, the wait and paying a little extra for.

  By Melissa Buote

  Aug 28, 2014

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Try gender fluidity, Gemini

  By Rob Brezsny

  Aug 28, 2014

  
• Savage Love

  The ball room

  My boyfriend has some testicular proclivities. How do I deal? Plus: My husband’s dominatrix is our friend. Should we still pay?

  By Dan Savage

  Aug 28, 2014