🗞️ A Windsor exchange

Hey Halifax,

Good news for all the TikTok tradwives out there: you can head over to the Memory Lane Heritage Village this weekend and learn how to churn your own butter!

If you’re not familiar, a tradwife refers to a married woman who embraces traditional gender roles, particularly focusing on homemaking and supporting her husband by raising the kids, cooking and keeping the house clean.

The Women's Heritage Celebration is an annual celebration of women’s work in the home—with activities for the entire family throughout the village grounds.

Grab your daughters and sample some sweet and savoury traditional cooking as the women in old-timey smocks make jams and jellies on the old wood cookstove! Then try your hand at the wringer washer and lend a hand with the weekly washing!

Plus, there’s a tea party and church!

I guess it’s useful to remind ourselves how women used to have to do everything around the home so that you can see how little things have changed. We were expected to do it all then and we’re expected to do it all now. Plus work a full time job!

At least we have washing machines now and grocery stores for all our preserve needs.

I’m going to be skipping this one because I think it’s honestly strange, but you feel free to fill your aprons!

Have a safe and restful weekend!

– Julie

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OPINION

We asked, you answered.

At this week’s meeting, regional councillors voted unanimously in favour of continuing some preparation, or early work projects, at the Windsor Street Exchange this year—as planning continues on a final design that will be back before council in the spring of next year.

Whatever that means.

City staff told council that by getting work underway this year, the project maintains eligibility for $30 million in external funding from the federal and provincial governments.   

So, it sounds like it’s back on…for now. 

We asked for your thoughts on the whole fiasco and—as usual—you did not hold back.

🤔 Need To Know

🏛️ Tim Houston has issued a scathing appraisal of Halifax regional council—saying there's a "serious disconnect" between the decisions being made and the desires of citizens, and indicating the province is examining whether to give the mayor more power.

🤮 RCMP in Halifax are asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest in a voyeurism investigation in Lower Sackville—police were notified of an incident at a business, where it’s alleged a man entered the women’s washroom, lay down on the floor and observed a woman from under a stall door.

🏛️ Halifax council has unanimously approved a motion aimed at finding ways to alleviate some of the financial pressures facing the municipality—the motion follows a staff report that includes several recommendations, including a review of services and a directive for the chief administrative officer to return to council with a corporate user fee policy and pricing strategy.

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Experience the Gottingen Street Festival!

Join the vibrant Gottingen Street Festival this Saturday, July 12th, from 1-6 PM! The street will come alive with colourful murals from the Halifax Mural Festival and energetic Hip Hop performances by Unity Fest. Don’t miss this exciting celebration filled with art, music, and community spirit. Be there!

NEWS

Make the most of Maritime summer: Halifax's weekend event guide for July 11-13

After a long spring, Halifax is embracing the warm days and bright evenings that define the Maritime summer. With only a few short months of sunny weather and extended daylight, this is the time to make the most of the season’s offerings.            

This weekend, from July 11 to 13, the city comes alive with a variety of events that showcase the best of Halifax’s vibrant arts scene, outdoor culture, and community spirit. From family-friendly fishing lessons on the coast to electrifying live music and colourful festivals, here’s a look at some of the top things to see and do.

The Coast has you covered with everything going on this weekend in the city.

🗞️ In Other News

🚨 Halifax Regional Police say the suspect barricaded inside a burning home Wednesday evening in Fairmount pointed a gun at one of its officers—and in response—police shot the man.

🏘️ Nova Scotia’s official Opposition is calling on Premier Tim Houston to re-establish a department dedicated to housing and appoint a full-time minister to oversee the portfolio.

👁️‍🗨️ The mother of Devon Marsden, a Halifax teen who went missing and was found dead last year, is speaking out after being denied a federal benefit—she was hoping to rely on it to attend upcoming court appearances.

🖍️ Nova Scotia's minister of education and early childhood development says the province will need more "help" from Ottawa to achieve $10-a-day child care by March 2026.

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🗓️ Things To Do

Looking for something to do this week? Check out these Coast picks:

🗓 Robin Hood in Concert: Get ready to laugh your tights off—ROBIN HOOD: The Legendary Musical Comedy (Best Theatre Production 2011/2012 by Coast Magazine’s BEST OF Halifax) is back and bolder than ever for its 20th anniversary! This riotously funny, fast-paced musical helped launch a tradition of family theatre in the park. | July 5-Aug. 30 | From $34 |

🗓 Alexander Koltakov - Golden Light Over the Bay: This series of paintings—seascapes and landscapes—depicts the shores and ocean views of Nova Scotia. Gold leaf has been incorporated into each acrylic painting, creating a glowing, magical atmosphere of sparkling light on the sky, the clouds, the ocean waves and boats. The opening reception is on June 10 from 6pm-10pm where you can chat with the artist, take in the show and enjoy refreshments. | July 8-29 | 

🗓 Paint Peggy's Cove: This year's fun three-day event highlights the beauty of the shorelines, towns, fishing villages and heritage of Peggy's Cove. Artists from several provinces will be bringing brushes, oils, water colours, pastels, pencils and setting up on the rocks, wharfs and park areas to create new works inspired by this unique Nova Scotia community. | July 11-13 | 

🗓 Peggy's Cove Area Festival of the Arts: Already a highly anticipated event locally, the Peggy's Cove Area Festival of the Arts has put the area on art-lover's maps and is a "must do" for locals and visitors alike. You are sure to find something to delight you in this exceptional place that inspires so many artists. | July 9-20 | 

Have an event to share? Let us know at [email protected].

⚓️ What’s In The Harbour

🚢 The MSC Banu III container ship arrives in Halifax from Montreal at 5:45am.

🚢➡️ The Zim Pacific container ship arrives in Halifax from Valencia, Spain at 6:20am and leaves for Savannah, Georgia at 6pm.

➡️ The Algoscotia oil tanker leaves Halifax for Sydney at 12pm.

➡️ The Oceanex Sanderling container ship leaves Halifax for St. John’s at 5pm.

➡️ The Future Way vehicle carrier leaves Halifax for Tuxpan, Mexico at 5pm. 

➡️ The Nolhan Ava container ship leaves Halifax for Argentia at 6pm.

🍴 Where To Eat & Drink

🐔 Take lunch to the next level with the new Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich at Bar Stillwell: classic fried chicken, black forest ham, swiss cheese, arugula and peppercorn-sage sauce.

🍳 Start the day right at Bliss Caffeine Bar with The Sunriser on a house biscuit: baked fresh every morning, the house-made buttery biscuits with flaky sea salt are now available to upgrade your favourite breakfast sandwich.

👀 In Case You Missed It

🏳️‍🌈 Halifax Pride is excited to bring 2SLGBTQIA+ folks and allies two whole weeks of pride-filled celebrations.  From drag shows to queer markets, picnics to the parade, this year’s Halifax Pride festival is set to be one of the best yet, at a time where it’s as important as ever. “Things are really exciting,” says Halifax Pride chair Connor McKiggan. “We’ve got our full staff on board and everyone is working full speed ahead.” The Coast’s Brendyn Creamer has more on this year’s celebrations that will take place from July 17 to 27.

🕴🏻 The air inside the Lighthouse Art Centre was alive with anticipation. Models, both seasoned and new, moved between mirrored walls, adjusting their poses, checking their outfits, and perfecting their walks in preparation for Halifax Fashion Week. In the midst of the controlled chaos, 16-year-old Ethan Horton strode with purpose, his tall frame cutting through the crowd, his focus on his next move. The Coast’s Warren D’Silva spoke with Horton about his fashion week experience and his quest to raise funds so he can walk the runway at Paris Fashion Week this October.

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