The stars were aligned correctly, because longtime print astrologer Rob Brezsny comes online, forever. by Rob Brezsny Scorpio (OCTOBER 23-NOVEMBER 21) "There's nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly," said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. I encourage you to make that your personal motto in the coming weeks, Scorpio. From what I can tell, you are capable of generating ...

Gimme gimme gimme: Perving on Henry Rollins in person? Don't mind if I do! You thrilled to his ramblings in Get In The Van , you felt uncomfortable when you watched that YouTube video where he humiliates that poor kid trying to interview him, and you've thought about him countless times in the shower, now you can have a chance to see that neck in person when Henry Rollins comes to the Rebecca ...

[image-1] Whats wrong? Bike-unfriendly barriers, Dartmouth waterfront trail. Whos responsible? Terry Drisdelle, Waterfront Development Corporation, 422-5115. REMARKS The new chicanes were required by CN, says Drisdelle, because travelling through them requires facing one direction, then the opposite, so that its almost impossible to not see that one train a day rolling at five km/hr down the ...

General Rick Hillier avoids questions of his personal responsibility for the alleged torture of prisoners. by Bruce Wark Rick Hillier, former chief of the Canadian defence staff, dodged questions in Halifax on Saturday about the torture of prisoners handed over by the Canadian military to the Afghan intelligence service. Hillier was asked by The Coast why the Canadian forces followed a ...

There’s a point in Return Ticket where it really hits home that playwright Shahin Sayadi (played by Theo Pitsiavas) has put himself in danger by returning to his hometown in Iran. He has been interviewing people for a play he hopes to write about his uncle, a “sacred martyr” in government terms, but an intriguing, peace-loving man to his nephew. Sayadi is summoned to meet with Iranian ...

Where to get your knicks and knacks for the chimney stocking. by Carsten Knox The Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council Christmas Craft Market The NSDCC Christmas Craft Market is a juried craft market that takes place at towards the end of November, featuring artisans working in pottery, decorative art, glass, jewellery, textiles, leather, organics, wood and metalwork. November 20-22, Cunard Centre ...

Pro Skates has kept people rolling and well dressed for 23 years. by Carsten Knox Pro Skates has been keeping people moving for 23 years. Zach Tovey and Jon Swinamer, the current owners, have been working at the store almost since the beginning, and in the past decade they've taken over the operation—and expanded it, with Pro Girl just up Blowers Street and another Pro Skates on Quinpool Road ...

Here's a list of organizations doing good things to help promote and encourage local economies. by Carsten Knox Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Nova Scotia Chapter See story on page 58. 1888 Brunswick Street, Suite 806, 877-999-5907, ballens.ca GPI Atlantic See story on page TK.535 Indian Point Road, Glen Haven, 902-823-1944, gpiatlantic.org Clean Nova Scotia The environmental non ...

Halifax is a hub for videogame design, an exploding world of local manufacturing happening right under our noses. by Carsten Knox Years ago, Willie Stevenson worked in the film and TV business for Salter Street Productions. He was a producer on the popular fantasy series Lexx. Eventually, the compromises of that world started to get to him. "I always wanted to get into this sector," he says, but ...

We asked Barry Ring, owner/manager of MacEast to give us a sense of how buying a MacBook at his local business benefits him and the community. by Carsten Knox [image-1] MacBook Pro $1,399 purchased at MacEast 6 percent profit (approx. $100) $10 Pure Profit Mortgage on the space Condo fees Utilities Staff x3: sales, technician and sales/management MacBook Pro $1,300 purchased at apple.com $100 ...

Kapahi and his wife opened their first store in 1972. Now there are 19 Wicker Emporium outlets in Atlantic Canada, employing 150 people. by Carsten Knox In a province that has a documented lukewarm relationship with immigrants, Madan Kapahi is a spectacular success story. Born in India, he came to Canada to study law. He met his wife and opened the first Wicker Emporium in 1972 in Scotia Square ...

Kingston's boutique fills a niche offering handmade, small-run products created by local and Canadian designers and artisans. by Carsten Knox Having studied to be a contemporary art curator, Chara Kingston decided she didn't belong in that world: "It didn't feel real." Kingston moved from Ontario, worked at the Nova Scotia Cultural Network then decided she wanted to make her own stuff, so she ...

Stroink keeps leaving Halifax, but as he's realized, it's a city that keeps bringing you back in. by Carsten Knox Joachim Stroink has left Halifax six times. The last time, he was on top of a mountain when he had an epiphany that Halifax was where he needed to be. "The Trail Shop has been in business for 43 years," he says. "I bought it, going on year five." The Trail Shop has just opened a new ...

Sure, they're laughing now... The lengths that Fredericton's We, The Undersigned are going to go to to play with Protest the Hero in Halifax for Megafest (Thursday, November 26 at The Cunard Center. Featuring Protest the Hero with special guests Iron Giant , Children of Eve , Black Moor and, of course, We, The Undersigned) are sort of nuts. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

The Genuine Progress Index is a search for better measures of our success by looking more thoughtfully at the world around us. by Carsten Knox It's called the Genuine Progress Index, offering a more accurate picture of our progress as a society than any Gross Domestic Product calculation could do. It takes into account things that we haven't considered in our measures of success, like ...

When people think of buying locally, most will start with what they eat. Sean Gallagher was way ahead of the wave with his Local Source Market and Terroir. by Carsten Knox Like many people from Ontario who visit Halifax for school, Sean Gallagher got hooked into Halifax pretty quickly, and decided to stay. "I was in university doing commerce co-op and a lot of entrepreneurial work terms," says ...

As the buy local movement gains popularity, be ready for corporations using the language of the movement to market their products. by Carsten Knox What does "local" really mean? It's a bit of an ill-defined term, so it would certainly help to try and offer some guidelines for what we're getting at when we urge you to spend a healthy portion of your dollar at local businesses. We believe calling ...

Finding a decent picture of Glen Matlock is no picnic Billed as: "An intimate performance from the man who penned such classic songs as, 'Pretty Vacant,' 'God Save The Queen,' and 'Anarchy In The UK,'" Glen Matlock ( The Sex Pistols, The Rich Kids, Vicious White Kids, The Philistines, The Flying Padovanis, Slinky Vagabond ) comes to The Paragon Theatre [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Is the new Halifax library going to be an interesting and compelling addition to the city fabric, or will it be a designed-by-committee dud? And how, exactly, to you get a good public building? Those questions came front and centre when architect Brian MacKay-Lyons went on CBCs Information Morning to blast the citys selection process for an architect for the library. He was followed on ...

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