🗞 Two Halifax staples join forces

SHOPTALK

Fortune Doughnut is closing—and reopening as Vandal Doughnuts

Ten months after Vandal Doughnuts closed its doors on Gottingen Street, the popular north end Halifax haunt is back as of this weekend. Gone instead? Fellow Gottingen bakery Fortune Doughnut. On Sunday, Aug. 27, Fortune shared on its Instagram that it would be closing for renovations. The reason, it revealed Tuesday, is that it had “joined forces” with Vandal Doughnuts and would be reopening under the latter’s banner as of Saturday, Sept. 2.

Both businesses underwent changes of ownership in early August, The Coast has learned. Per Nova Scotia’s Registry of Joint Stock Companies, the two entered an amalgamation agreement on Aug. 10.

As The Coast’s Martin Bauman reports, the donut shop’s new owners come with an extensive restaurant resume of their own.

Need to know

🦠 Canada has confirmed its first case of the new COVID-19 variant, BA.2.86, in BC.

⚠️ Global Affairs Canada has issued an LGBTQ2S+ travel advisory for the US following the implementation of new legislation in 18 states.

🚌 Transit staff deserve a safe workplace, you deserve a safe ride. If you witness or experience any acts of aggression on Halifax Transit notify transit staff or call 311.*

🩺 Dr. Lisa Barret, Nova Scotia’s infectious disease expert, says it’s time for individuals to become vigilant again as we enter flu and COVID season.

🎮 Now is your chance to get down with the classics and Level UP your Saturday plans at Discovery Centre's 19+ Retro Games Night!*

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It’s Brunch Time in Downtown Halifax

Brunch. That classic late morning meal that makes Saturdays and Sundays that much more worth waiting for.

Whether it’s a full plate of bacon and eggs or just coffee and a croissant, there’s certainly no shortage of places to enjoy a delicious brunch in Downtown Halifax. Check them out here.

In other news

🚦 Cogswell Interchange construction is causing major traffic that’s impacting multiple businesses in the area.

🌍 What will capping the amount of international students in Canada mean for the country?

🗣️ The Province is looking for public input on how to improve its environmental assessment process.

📣 A newly proposed strict noise bylaw for Mahone Bay has local musicians worried about what it could mean for their careers.

⚽️ Meet the Halifax referee who had the time of her life working at the Women’s World Cup in Australia.

😷 A new Dalhousie program led by medical students is spreading important information about meningitis B after two Nova Scotian students died last school year.

🏒 Multiple NHL stars like Connor McDavid and Connor Bedard are wandering around Halifax this week as they attend Biosteel camp.

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Best of Halifax 2023: Less than two weeks left to vote

This is it Halifax, the final vote for the 2023 Best of Halifax.

Now in its 29th year, The Coast's annual BOH Readers' Choice Awards is the definitive guide to local excellence, and you get to make the decisions. After a public nomination period earlier this summer, we at The Coast tabulated the nominees to generate a final ballot of the top seven contenders in each category. That ballot is now open for anyone and everyone in Halifax to vote to determine the gold, silver and bronze winners.

To take part, vote here before September 10, when the voting period ends.