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Painting a picture with music

Haligonian Jeffrey Miller helps acclaimed director Michael Mann bring his Tokyo Vice vision to life As Jeffrey Miller watched TV at home with his wife, he experienced a surreal moment. When HBO aired the premiere of Tokyo Vice, the music consultant and musicologist heard something familiar. "My wife and I got to see a scene where he's walking into his apartment, and as a Pearl Jam song was playing, that was [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Apr 12, 2022
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Through the storm

COVID has been a hurricane of uncertainty for restaurateurs — the successful survivors behind Mappatura Bistro look ahead Alongside the tiny bar on the left of Mappatura Bistro’s front door hangs a multi-picture frame. Moments preserved in time. At the top is a photo of the staff taken on what would be the restaurant’s last night of service before the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. In it, staff c [...]

By Robyn McNeil May 06, 2022
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Step into the metaverse

For better or worse, virtual technology will transform the way we work, play, and live together — meet the locals on the cutting edge I remember the moment it clicked. Looking up the steep steps to Sacré-Coeur in Paris, I got reverse vertigo, regretting having skipped leg day. Only there was no climb ahead. I was on a level floor inside the (now closed) Reality Shop on Queen Street. It was Googl [...]

By Chris Benjamin May 04, 2022
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Changing the face of politics

Nova Scotia has never elected a woman premier — Angela Simmonds and Claudia Chender are both working to change that Approached about running for the Liberals one month before the provincial election in 2021, Angela Simmonds didn’t just have her eyes on a seat in the legislature — she wanted to lead the party. While she was executive director of the Land Titles Initiative, a government project to he [...]

By Ameeta Vohra May 03, 2022
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A plan for Nova Scotia, not for Nova Scotia Power

To meet our climate goals and get off fossil fuels, our province’s leaders need to make some smart choices — and fast Kevin Mullen figures Elon Musk or Ryan Reynolds would have no problem selling Premier Tim Houston on his idea to help get Nova Scotia off coal by 2030. But he’s not a high-tech evangelist or famous actor. And so far, the Halifax finance whiz turned renewable-energy entrep [...]

By Janet Whitman May 02, 2022
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The new eco-warrior's muse

Charlotte Mendel puts her prodigious talent to work fighting global warming. With her new book, she wants the next generation to know they “can do it” one step at a time Halifax author Charlotte Mendel’s latest book is about a boy who travels into the past to save the world from climate change, and, yes, she would like to talk about it. After all, Reversing Time: One Boy’s Quest to Change H [...]

By Alec Bruce Apr 29, 2022
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Painting a picture with music

Haligonian Jeffrey Miller helps acclaimed director Michael Mann bring his Tokyo Vice vision to life As Jeffrey Miller watched TV at home with his wife, he experienced a surreal moment. When HBO aired the premiere of Tokyo Vice, the music consultant and musicologist heard something familiar. "My wife and I got to see a scene where he's walking into his apartment, and as a Pearl Jam song was playing, that was [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Apr 12, 2022
Cover Features

Through the storm

COVID has been a hurricane of uncertainty for restaurateurs — the successful survivors behind Mappatura Bistro look ahead Alongside the tiny bar on the left of Mappatura Bistro’s front door hangs a multi-picture frame. Moments preserved in time. At the top is a photo of the staff taken on what would be the restaurant’s last night of service before the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. In it, staff c [...]

By Robyn McNeil May 06, 2022
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Step into the metaverse

For better or worse, virtual technology will transform the way we work, play, and live together — meet the locals on the cutting edge I remember the moment it clicked. Looking up the steep steps to Sacré-Coeur in Paris, I got reverse vertigo, regretting having skipped leg day. Only there was no climb ahead. I was on a level floor inside the (now closed) Reality Shop on Queen Street. It was Googl [...]

By Chris Benjamin May 04, 2022

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Artist Brian Hotson finds Halifax's beauty in the unnoticed Brian Hotson’s work starts with photographs of pay phones, recycling bins, sheds, and utility poles: the things and forms of life, “ [...]

By Trevor J. Adams May 04, 2022

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Mead's resurgence

The world's oldest drink is more fashionable than ever You may not have tried mead, but you’ve likely heard about it in movies and books. It’s what the Vikings have in their giant mugs, what p [...]

By Lori McKay May 03, 2022

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Roundup: COVID kills 18 more Nova Scotians, Antigonish merger opponents demand vote, Pictou grad tradition cancelled, property-tax climbdown may save South Shore project

Plus: Mead's resurgence — local producers embrace the world's oldest drink COVID-19 killed 18 more Nova Scotians from May 3 to 9, but Dr. Robert Strang remains upbeat. “We’re seeing virus [...]

By Trevor J. Adams May 13, 2022

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Greener housing

Buildings are the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases in Halifax. HRM is ramping up efforts to get homeowners to fix that Halifax homeowners might get a new incentive to spend on upgrades li [...]

By Janet Whitman May 12, 2022

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: Earthquake rattles South Shore homes, COVID persists, calls for gov to do more about Lyme disease, authors preserve local history

Plus: Through the storm — a pair of local restaurateurs share how they've (so far) survived COVID's uncertainty Simone Mombourquette, who co-owns Mappatura Bistro with partner (and chef) Terry [...]

By Trevor J. Adams May 12, 2022

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: Westray's emotional weight continues 30 years later, Desmond inquiry concludes, employers struggle to find workers, COVID update

Plus: A new life doesn’t come easily — a Bangladeshi immigrant shares her experiences starting over in Halifax It's been three decades since the Westray mine explosion killed 26 workers, [...]

By Trevor J. Adams May 11, 2022

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Out in the cold

A new life doesn’t come easily — a Bangladeshi immigrant shares her experiences starting over in Halifax When textile engineer Tori Bhattacharya (name changed) graduated from university in h [...]

By Marianne Simon May 06, 2022

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History repeating

Victorian Halifax had many institutions to help the poor, yet the wealth gap grew, and countless pe [...]

By Katie Ingram May 10, 2022

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Line changes

Local researcher Cheryl MacDonald explores how hockey is diversifying and better supporting young a [...]

By Ameeta Vohra May 04, 2022

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Who has the power?

As concern over the climate crisis grows, Nova Scotia Power proves to be troublingly out of step wi [...]

By Trevor J. Adams May 02, 2022

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