Halifax, Nova Scotia | THE COAST | Issue Archives | Oct 4, 2007
Photographer Scott Munn went to the SMU track to find a real athlete (thanks to Tony Flemming) willing to pose in real athletic togs (thanks Cleve’s Source For Sports).

Oct 4-10, 2007

Vol. 15, No. 19

News + Opinion

Arts + Music

Food + Drink

Lifestyle

  • SAVAGE LOVE

    Make lemonade, says Dan Savage, from lemons of sexual insecurity

    By Dan Savage

  • Grand slam

    Poets from away pit literary wits against Halifax word-slingers at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word.

    By Mike Landry

  • Commonwealth Games Investigation part one: Halifax 2014 big plans

    Game over: An air of secrecy surrounded Halifax’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, even after the bid’s very public collapse in March. For the first time, we reveal a complete picture of what was happening behind the scenes.

    By Tim Bousquet

  • Frequent flying

    Members of the Halifax 2014 bid committee were so busy travelling the globe to lobby other Commonwealth Games Associations, work was suffering back in the office. In this companion article to the "Game over" feature, information now coming to light revea

    By Tim Bousquet

  • Rating approval

    Was there a pro-Games agenda behind the opinion polls that showed a strong majority of Nova Scotians supported the Commonwealth Games bid? In this companion article to the "Game over" feature, minutes from Halifax 2014 meetings raise questions about bias

    By Tim Bousquet