News 1. Bus Stop Theatre gets half a tank At its meeting yesterday, Halifax council nearly unanimously (Matt Whitman was the only contrary vote) agreed in principle to $250,000 in assistance to the theatre. The money will be used to help the theatre buy the Gottingen Street building it operates in. There’s something of a […]
We’re gearing up for the next concert scandal: Morning File, Friday, June 30, 2017
We’re approaching a long weekend, and there’s not much in the news. 1. Concerts on the Common “We expect during the daytime activities, at the oval, around the commons, at least 25,000 during the day,” Billy Comer, the Civic Events Coordinator, tells Global. “Then there’s going to be another 13,000 at Citadel Hill. We’re going […]
Halifax Armageddon: Morning File, Tuesday, June 13, 2017
News 1. Downtown, the waterfront, and Armageddon Canada Day is of course a very big deal this year, so I was wondering what is going on. Unfortunately, the city’s Canada Day website is confusing: on the Events page, it lists the Tattoo as the one and only community event on Canada Day: Thinking that can’t be […]