T he New Year might have just arrived, but the lineup of shows coming to Halifax in 2025 is already jam-packed. Here we keep track of the major shows—music, theatre, comedy and events—scheduled for the city and around Nova Scotia throughout the year.

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Oct 2, 2024 · Those interested in provincial public housing have to fill out an application that must be approved by the NSPHA. The waitlist, while averaged to be around two years provincewide, ranges from 2.3 years in the Metro Halifax region—where 45% of applicants are applying—to just under 1.9 years in the northern and western parts of the province.Cape Breton has the shortest waitlist, with only 13 ...

Nov 8, 2024 · The plan to introduce a residential tenancies enforcement unit would help both tenants and landlords efficiently resolve issues, hopefully freeing up the overburdened tenancy court and legal aid. It would also see landlords face consequences for actions contrary to the Residential Tenancies Act, which some experts have derided as useless without a unit to enforce the rules, allowing offenders ...

W elcome to the 30th annual Best of Halifax Readers' Choice Awards. Yes, 30 years of The Coast's awesome readers voting for their favourite people, places and things about our great city. To mark this major anniversary, we've made a major change—adding Honourable Mentions in each category, along with the standard gold, silver and bronze winners.

A cclaimed singer-songwriter Iron & Wine and indie rock band The Decemberists will be taking the main stage at the waterfront during Halifax Jazz Fest 2025, playing on July 17 and 18 respectively.. In the first lineup announcements for the festival, it was also revealed that Nigerian Afrobeat and jazz musician Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force will perform at …

Nov 13, 2024 · H alifax’s new city council had their first regular meeting of Halifax Regional Council on Tuesday, Nov 12, and it was a pretty routine affair. A lot of the discussion this meeting happened in-camera. In the public portions of the meeting, the bulk of the interesting debate was around the climate, specifically the yearly update on Halifax’s climate action plan, HalifACT AKA Halif-Acting on ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Re: Every woman killed since Brad Johns said domestic violence wasn’t an epidemic in Nova Scotia So we officially declared domestic violence to be an epidemic and then have ten homicides… Posted by: Country Mouse on Jan 21, 2025 Re: The cold truth about warmer Halifax winters This report should be called the climate terrior report.

Nov 21, 2024 · The Coast is proud to offer a platform for its readers to share their diverse opinions on matters of interest to Halifax. The Coast does not necessarily endorse the views of those published, but believes in exercising the rights guaranteed by the Canadian Charter to "freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press."

The Bertossi Group’s literal golden child, The Bicycle Thief, scores the top spot for Best Restaurant for the fourth time since its opening in 2011. This resto is just as much a staple in our readers' hearts as it is a staple of the Halifax Waterfront, and …