Dec 22, 2016 - Jan 4, 2017

News + Opinion

• City

  Refugee support handed off from feds to province

  One year after Syrian refugees landed in Canada, is Nova Scotia ready to step up?

  By Alexander Quon

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• City

  Consider the saga of James Robinson Johnston

  The first black graduate of Dalhousie wasn't immune to the complex intra-racial violence that continues to this day in Nova Scotia.

  By Evelyn White

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• News

  How to solve a murder

  Investigators in Halifax's homicide unit describe their work.

  By Christy Somos

  Dec 27, 2016

  
• News

  Silent nights (and days) at Shannon Park

  Sports fields at unused military property will remain off-limits, even while redevelopment lags.

  By Michael Lightstone

  Dec 28, 2016

  
• News

  Halifax Pride's new director, uncertain direction

  Adam Reid takes the job as Halifax Pride's first executive director amidst unaddressed calls to boycott the festival, and a growing dissatisfaction post-AGM.

  By Allie Graham

  Dec 29, 2016

  
• News

  A toast to the Halifax Media Co-op

  The other sad local media story in 2016 was the HMC's “indefinite hiatus.”

  By Jacob Boon

  Dec 30, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  Drones for the holidays

  The sky isn’t the limit, it’s just the beginning at this new Dartmouth tech source.

  By Allison Saunders

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  Morris East scores a hat trick

  If you can wait til 2018, there's pizza

  By Allison Saunders

  Dec 21, 2016

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, December 22, 2016

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Opinion

  Long-distance love

  Saying goodbye to Halifax, for now.

  By Tanya Davis

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Opinion

  The holidays make me reflect on my mother

  As a kid growing up, I knew Christmas would mean my Mom and Dad would both drink too much.

  By Anonymous

  Dec 26, 2016

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  What a Friend We Have

  Fiction by Carol Bruneau

  By Carol Bruneau

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  The best movies of 2016

  Tara speaks highly of Blake Lively, I can't believe it.

  By Tara Thorne

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  Titanic’s song of fire and ice

  2017 off to a hot start for fans of big boats and conspiracies.

  By Kyle Shaw

  Jan 3, 2017

  
• Music

  Shevy Price’s music comeback

  “For the first time I can confidently say that my music career is going to advance because I think my life has changed.”

  By Aya Hilmi Al-Hakim

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Music

  Caution: Wet Paint

  Wet Paint expand the live show for an epic experience.

  By Jonathan Briggins

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Music

  Ten ways to make merry this week

  Naught list, nice list, to do list? Who cares with there's this many parties to hit?

  By Morgan Mullin

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys!

  By Paul Hammond

  Dec 22, 2016

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Where we work: Tidehouse Brewing Co.

  Meet the pair behind downtown’s newbie brewer.

  By Adam Fiske

  Dec 22, 2016

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Be an innovator, Gemini

  By Rob Brezsny

  Dec 22, 2016

  
• Savage Love

  Quick hits

  Dan digs into his Christmas Spectacular mailbag to pull out some of the things he couldn’t answer live.

  By Dan Savage

  Dec 22, 2016