AltWeeklies Wire
The Heated Debate on Patio Heatersnew
Hey you! Yes you, you wine-sipping, art-plotting, outdoor-cafe patronizing, cosmopolitan urbanite! You're killing the planet!
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
10-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
State of Confusion at the Halifax Refugee Clinicnew
Why did founder Lee Cohen abruptly shrink the clinic's mission, leaving frustrated ex-staff concerned about the fate of dozens of active cases?
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mike Fleury |
10-15-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Why I'm For the HPV Vaccinenew
Gardasil won't give kids licence to hop into the back of the family minivan for an afternoon of delight, any more than having an STD made me stop screwing, screwing around and, undoubtedly, passing on HPV.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lezlie Lowe |
09-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Personal Choices Won't Save the Planetnew
All our individual efforts to limit our eco-footprints won't amount to squat if they aren't accompanied by major political action.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-31-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Facebook Activismnew
Last week, Dalhousie University and an animal activist identified as Amy Scott turned Facebook into a bizarre cyber battlefield when they locked horns over the university's use of animals for medical trials.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mark Bolton |
08-31-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Nova Scotia's Premier Votes in Favor of Global Warmingnew
Rodney MacDonald joined up with his counterparts from Alberta and Newfoundland to kill a plan to impose a national "cap and trade" system to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Nova Scotia Coast is On the Rocksnew
The "international treasure" is supposed to be public property to the high-water mark -- but private development and ineffective regulation threaten to both wreck the coastal ecosystem and take access to the shore out of you.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-10-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
His and Hirsnew
For today's young transsexual, there are many ways of being trans -- a medical transition is only one option.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Brendan Dunbar |
07-20-2007 |
Sex
Fair Warningnew
How Halifax cops managed to turn cruising into a public safety issue without pissing off the gay community.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
07-20-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The March of Progressnew
What started as edgy activist demonstrations have become mainstream tourist attractions -- so why bother having pride parades anymore?
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lis van Berkel |
07-20-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Porn it Yourselfnew
April Showers recreates the Paris Hilton sex tape for the Reel Out Film Fest's homemade porn night.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sue Carter Flinn |
07-20-2007 |
Sex
Lawn Ordernew
Banned pesticides are sold all over Metro Halifax.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
05-25-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Chasing Amy: Widely Recognized But Not Knownnew
Artist. Activist. Addict. Wife. After years of washing windshields for spare change, Amy Lee Collins came to the hospital to die.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lezlie Lowe |
05-25-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Fighting Against the Defunding of Equalitynew
Prime minister Stephen Harper's government announced it was cutting five million dollars from the Status of Women budget last fall; as Halifax's office closed, protesters were out in full force.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jodie Barnaby |
04-09-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Waste 2.0new
Halifax continues its slow march towards putting more source-separating waste bins on city sidewalks.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mike Fleury |
04-02-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
