🗞️ Best of Halifax nominations open

Good morning and welcome back to reality Halifax,

One of the most perplexing and therefore intoxicating phenomena for me right now is doomsday prepping, and every once in a while I’ll get an intrusive thought that’s like “pssssst! You should pack a bug-out bag so that you’re ready.” But then I’m invariably like…ready for what?

Why would I WANT to survive the apocalypse? It seems like it would be a really bad, dusty time. And then I just picture myself all Mad Max with three cats in goggles strapped to my person and that makes me LOL and then I go back to sleep.

But apparently I’m in the minority of “just take me End Times” because Costco now has a Doomsday Dinner that has a shelf life of 25 years! ReadyWise's Emergency Food Supply contains 132 servings of food and is packed with a variety of meals like cheesy macaroni and other pasta, teriyaki rice, soup, cereal, whey milk alternative and vanilla pudding. 

And it comes in a bucket. 

That’s a resounding nope from me. I’d rather enjoy the best food now than worry about bucket food later, which is my less-than-perfect segue into a big announcement: Best of Halifax is back! 

That’s right, the biggest and best peoples’ choice awards are back and the nominations are open. Make sure you read more below on how the nomination process works.

Let’s do the damn thing!

– Julie

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CITY

Help your faves go for Best of Halifax gold

The Olympics are winding down this week in Paris, but here at home the medal hunt is only getting started. Nominations just opened for the 30th annual Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice Awards, meaning you—and other Coast readers like you—get to pick the people, places and businesses that go for BOH gold, silver and bronze.

Think your favourite coffee shop or sushi spot is one of Halifax’s best? Nominate it! We’ve got loads of categories for bars, restaurants and their staff, and the places that get the most nominations in August move on to the final BOH ballot in September.

Want to give your barber, dog groomer or tattoo artist the ultimate tip? Nominate them for Best of Halifax recognition. The city’s original consumer choice award is an instantly recognized sign of success with hundreds of categories—and the BOH winners attract a lot of attention all year round.

Do you deserve a Best of Halifax award? That confidence is good, but it alone won’t get you on the ballot, so go ahead and nominate yourself! There are BOH categories for politicians, musicians, artists, activists and more. Someone is going to win, so it might as well be you. And it all starts with a simple, free, painless nomination. It’s the best thing you can do today.

Head to bestofhalifax.com to make your picks.

🤔 Need To Know

🏛️ Campaign promises to fund mental health care, reinstate public school boards and give tax breaks for dog adoptions are among the pledges that—nearly three years into his mandate—premier Tim Houston has either tossed aside or been slow to enact.

🇨🇦 Explore A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada and discover the experiences of enslaved Black people in Canada through biographies, documents and artifacts.*

🌊 The provincial government is sharing more details about how it will help municipalities handle coastal protection—months after abandoning legislation that would have brought in province-wide rules.

👶 Health Canada has issued a recall for Gerber brand Oat Banana & Mango Baby Cereal due to possible Cronobacter contamination.

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🚒 A group of Nova Scotia fire crews departed Sunday to assist in fighting wildfires in Alberta.

🎭 Bring the whole family out for Alice in Wonderland The Musical in the beautiful Point Pleasant Park, presented by Shakespeare by the Sea! Get your seats TODAY!*

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🗞️ In Other News

🤸 After competing in her fourth Olympics, 28 year-old gymnast Ellie Black says she hasn't determined if a fifth Olympics is in her future—but she hasn't ruled it out.

📰 Toronto-based Postmedia Network Inc. has offered to purchase Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain for $1M—according to a newly released monitor's report.

📷 A photography project celebrating local businesses across Halifax—called Time and Tide—will be on display in early Sep.

🏀 A unique basketball tournament made its return to Halifax over the weekend—the Full Court 21 Canada tournament is a “free-for-all.”

🥀 Funeral directors across the country are warning grieving families about a trend of third-party websites republishing obituaries for profit—with many people complaining of altered details in the death notices.

🌈 The AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia is changing its name to better reflect the health challenges of 2SLGBTQ+ people in the province.

🥉 Nova Scotian boxer Wyatt Sanford took home a bronze medal after losing his semi-final bout in Paris while hundreds gathered to cheer him on at home.

SPONSORED BY NOCTURNE HALIFAX

Art or Nah? You decide!

With Nocturne: Microcosm right around the corner taking place October 17-20, Joshua Cadegan-Syms reflects on Nocturnes past, and questions the liminal space between “Art” AND “Nah”—everything “could” be art, it’s us who gives it that power: “Suddenly everything, if you pay enough attention, becomes art.” 🌕

SPONSORED BY NORTH END BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Don't miss the last North by Night Market of the Summer!

The last North by Night Market of the summer is happening this Friday, August 9th from 7-10pm, at The Local Restaurant & Bar back patio! Enjoy a DJ dance party, good eats, vintage finds, and local artisans. Support your local economy and get to know your community better at the North by Night Market!

🗓️ Things To Do

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

🗓 Jeremy Vaughan—New Paintings: Through this collection of paintings at Teichert Gallery, Vaughan explores his connection to nature and the local settings where he has built lasting relationships. Spending time with nature, and exploring with a sense of love and wonder allow these relationships to deepen and details in the space to open up. Vaughan offers an insight into the deep and personal connection with nature. | Aug 8-22  

🗓 The Sadies Tour: Without doubt or qualification, The Sadies are one of this continent’s greatest extant rock ’n’ roll bands—just as they have been for the last quarter century. Versatile and imaginative, they skip from astral psychedelia to shuffling bucolics, and leap from puckish pop to righteous garage-rock without losing momentum or mastery. | Aug 8 | 8:00pm | $34.20

🗓 Halifax Seaport Beerfest and Fizzfest: It’s time to get fizzy with it! Enjoy refreshing hard seltzers, pre-mixed cocktails and sodas to go along with the extensive assortment of delicious craft beers and cider. Grab your 5oz. mug and taste away in search of your new summer favourite. | Aug 8-10 | $49.17

🗓 The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival: The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival welcomes Nate Bargatze to the Garrison Grounds, along with Gerry Dee and Derrick Stroup. | Aug 9 | 6:30pm | $89.50

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

⚓️ What’s In The Harbour

🛳️➡️  The Morning Linda vehicle carrier arrives in Halifax from Southampton at 5:55am and leaves for New York at 4:00pm.

🛳️➡️  The CMA CGM Paranagua container ship arrives in Halifax from Montreal at 6:15am and leaves for Antwerp at 5:00pm.

🛳️➡️  The Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship arrives in Halifax at 6:30am and leaves for Canadian seas at 6:00pm.

🛳️➡️  The Emerald Princess cruise ship arrives in Halifax at 6:55am and leaves for Canadian seas at 4:00pm.

🛳️➡️  The Norwegian Star cruise ship arrives in Halifax at 9:30am and leaves for Canadian seas at 6:00pm.

🛳️ The CMA CGM T. Roosevelt container ship arrives in Halifax from Montreal at 3:15pm.

🍴 Where To Eat & Drink

🐟 Try a modern twist on a classic with the Fish Cakes at Brooklyn Warehouse: these haddock cakes are served with two soft poached eggs, green salad, pickled onion and house-made tartar sauce.

🌭 Hot diggity dog! There’s another new savoury breakfast option on the menu at Tart and Soul: the Sausage Bialy. Pickled mustard seeds, chorizo, nigella and cheese nestled in fresh bialy dough.

👀 In Case You Missed It

🚰 The city’s Environment and Sustainability Committee met on the first day of August, and started that meeting with two presentations before moving on to their agenda of making sure we have enough clean drinking water. The first presentation was from LungNSPEI, which gave the committee a look at the dangers of radon, the second-leading cause of lung cancer in Canada. The second presentation was from Bird Friendly Halifax, giving an update on what they’ve done since the HRM declared itself a bird-friendly city in 2022—mainly some awareness campaigns and a pilot project to give out window stickers to prevent bird strikes. The Coast’s Matt Stickland has everything you need to know about what happened at this week’s enviro meeting.

⛺ Dalhousie University reopened its Halifax campuses last Wednesday July 31, after unexpectedly shutting down on Monday following the police removal of a coaltion of pro-Palestinian students who had camped on the Studley quad since May. The Coast’s education reporter Lauren Phillips has been providing in-depth coverage on the pro-Palestinian encampment, and has more on the removal.

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