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Matt SticklandMatt spent 10 years in the Navy where he deployed to Libya with HMCS Charlottetown and then became a submariner until ‘retiring’ in 2018. In 2019 he completed his Bachelor of Journalism ...

Atop a high-rise building, Gavin, a young hotel manager, is about to end his life. Hollis, a detective whose own world has just been turned upside down, is dispatched to the scene. As Hollis tries to ...

Kyle was a founding member of the newspaper in 1993 and was the paper’s first publisher. Kyle occasionally teaches creative nonfiction writing (think magazine-style #longreads) and copy editing at the ...

David FlemingThis time, I’m the one saying “Farewell to Nova Scotia” Why my fiancee and I are leaving Halifax for Ottawa.

Every big show happening in Halifax in July 2025 From jazz to buskers, it’s festival time in the city. By Julie Lawrence ...

On the heels of missing the CPL playoffs after bringing back their core from 2023, the Halifax Wanderers have a busy winter ahead of them—and some tough decisions to make, too.

Every big show happening in Halifax in May 2025 From ’90s divas, to big name comedians, to provocative Canadian theatre, there’s something for everyone this month. By Julie Lawrence ...

Every big show happening in Halifax in April 2025 From throw back hip-hip, to controversial comedians, to ground-breaking Canadian theatre, there’s something for everyone on the city's stages this ...

Scene and heard: What’s being filmed, streamed and screened in Nova Scotia right now On Sullivan’s Crossing ’s American debut, Bystanders on the big screen and From filming in HRM: here’s all the ...

Lake City Cider is planning to launch a brewery in the space vacated by Brightwood Brewery, general manager Russel Layden tells The Coast.

Things get weird when the $300 million “Titanic Experience” collides with a fake UN department and a possible crypto scam.