It all seems, well, so … Nova Scotian. Let’s begin way back in the late 1960s and early seventies when a local developer named Ben McCrea cobbled together various deals that helped save a group of historic but ramshackle waterfront buildings from the wrecker’s ball. McCrea’s efforts not only transformed those rundown blocks into our...
Change is Brewing: new collective brings queer and BIPOC presence to the brewing industry
Last summer found me savouring a brew at The Hatfield House in Tusket. Unlike the many who’ve met my queries about race relations in Nova Scotia with shame or silence, a staffer at the posh restaurant spoke openly about the former residence of Abigail Price. “Records show that she was a Black woman who built […]
There’s a secret plan to put the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia on the waterfront: Morning File, Friday, January 26, 2018
News 1. Michelle Coffin on Jamie Baillie’s resignation The CBC spoke with Michelle Coffin about Jamie Baillie’s resignation. Coffin, you’ll recall, was the former Liberal staffer who was assaulted by Stephen McNeil’s spokesperson, Kyley Harris. Last year, Coffin spoke of her experience — and how the party turned its collective back on her — in a Coast […]
NSCAD to accept students stranded by Trump’s immigration order
NSCAD University will be among a group of Canadian art schools accepting international students slated to go to U.S. schools now left stranded by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The immigration order bars Syrian refugees from entering the United States, suspends refugee admissions for four months, and puts a 90-day block on...
Dissolution of Film and Creative Industries ‘a slap in the face’ for film students
Although much of the attention in the aftermath of the provincial budget has been devoted to the reduction in the Film Tax Credit, students of NSCAD and NSCC say they’ll be just as much affected by the elimination of Film and Creative Industries NS. The latter provided resources for students making their final-year thesis films,...