the coast Halifax knows it s a music hub. It s the east coast s magnet for rockstars-on-the-rise and is full of the quiet certainty that, at any given venue on any given night, you ll happen upon some serious local talent onstage–someone that s not just good for a small city, but fucking good, full stop. So, really, who’s surprised that this year’s East Coast Music Awards short list is bursting with some of the finest talent our fair city has to offer? With Rose Cousins’s bright-as-marmalade
Bravado and Classified’s fan favourite
Time leading the pack of nominations–with six and eight nods, respectively–and shout-outs to local gems Keonté Beals (whose record
Both online and in-person, here’s how to celebrate not-men this year. click to enlarge Clinical social worker, writer, researcher and PhD candidate Rajean Willis will be speaking at an International Women’s Day celebration March 8 halifax.ca On this International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8, let’s take a beat to remember that women earn less money per hour for the same work as men, and women of colour earn even less than white women. Call it the wage gap, call it the power gap, it’s real and it’s the reason if you conjure up the image of all the bosses you’ve ever had in your life, most of them were likely white men, and only if you’re lucky, one of them was a woman of colour. If this makes you mad, channel that energy into celebrating the non-men in your life and on earth
the coast While some children have fond memories of going to the candy shop or the toy store, Greg Richard’s memories are of trips to the local pharmacy. “When I was growing up, I remember going to the pharmacy. Maybe that’s a weird thing but I remember it, and I remember being just so impressed with this feeling of they know me, I know them and it’s almost like a family-type feel,” he says. “Community pharmacy has been like, pretty much the only option for me.” Richard wears a blue sweater with a nametag pinned on, and although he has a black face mask, you can tell he’s smiling underneath. He’s approachable. Between chatting with a maintenance guy and helping a senior find some insoles, he sits with The Coast in the bright back office of the new Boyd’s Pharmasave at 2525 Agricola Street, the same place he hears patients’ needs and writes prescription