🗞️ Bud the Spud is moving on

Say it ain’t so Halifax!

When I get my fortnightly summer cravings for fries, my feet know exactly where to go without my brain even telling them. Over the course of my life span, my actual DNA has mutated to include the GPS coordinates to the old library on Spring Garden Road. Now what? What exactly are we supposed to do now?

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, Bud the Spud has lost the spot he has claimed for almost 50 years. Apparently the city made some new rule that forced operators to enter a blind bid process for that location…or something. All I heard was “fries gone”.

Fear not my french fry compatriots, Bud the Spud will still be operating somewhere in the city this summer and when I know where, you’ll know where.

Let us know your thoughts on the spud of it all in our poll.

Love and light!

– Julie

🌡️ Traffic & Weather

Today: ☀️ 17°

Tomorrow: 🌧️ 7°

Next Day: ⛈️ 8°

7-day forecast

🚗 Driving, biking or busing today? Check out the current traffic conditions and ongoing road closures.

HAPPENINGS

From Broadway to Benedict: Try something different this Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and we know you want to spoil the women and mother figures in your life who mean the most to you. This year, consider taking her off the beaten buffet path.

The Coast has you covered with a list of hip downtown spots that have Mother’s Day offerings that are as unique and special as she is.

🤔 Need To Know

🍟 After almost 50 years, Bud the Spud has to find a new place to park. New rules forced operators to enter a blind bid process, resulting in the fry truck losing its Spring Garden location.

🏥 The IWK is asking for help finding a 17-year-old boy who went missing from the hospital. Dawson Lively is five-feet-seven-inches tall, weighs 134 pounds and has brown hair.

SPONSORED BY NSCAD UNIVERSITY

2024 Student Art Award Gala: May 9

Our Student Art Award Gala provides young artists with vital visibility as they embark on their careers. Meet the ten finalists and see their work. This celebration recognizes our students’ outstanding work with one $5,000 purchase grand prize, and nine $1,000 best-in-category prizes.

EDUCATION

NS teachers council talks upcoming presidential election, new tentative agreement and bringing back school boards

Over the first weekend in May, the Nova Scotia Teachers Union–the NSTU–held their 103rd annual council meeting in Halifax. Up for discussion over the three days was the upcoming election of a new union president, the need to raise awareness of rising levels of school violence, the new tentative agreement to be voted on, and 90 resolutions that were put to a vote including one that passed before the weekend began. 

NSTU’s current president Ryan Lutes tells The Coast that the vote happens through an electronic process before council where, if a resolution gets over 75% approval in advance then it gets passed before the council weekend. One of those that passed “overwhelmingly” was a resolution to reaffirm the NSTU’s commitment to bringing back elected school boards in the province. Says Lutes, whichever candidate is elected to fill his shoes once his term ends this summer will be representing the majority of teachers who have made their position clear on this: school boards must come back to Nova Scotia.

The Coast’s Lauren Phillips has everything you need to know about what happened a the NSTU’s annual council meeting.

🗞️ In Other News

👶🏼 The province’s auditor general says vulnerable children are at risk of being improperly cared for because of weak oversight within Nova Scotia’s temporary care and youth home network.

🚒 A small fire at Turkish Delight on Spring Garden Road was doused with minimal damage to the property.

⚖️ Jaddus Joseph Poirier—a former Halifax-area school teacher—has been acquitted of historical sexual assault charges. Two men accused Poirier of abusing them in the 1980s. 

🏗️ A heritage building in downtown Dartmouth will be the site of a 26-storey residential tower. The development will create about 140 units.

🏥 Health Minister Michelle Thompson drew on her own experience as she asked nurses to emphasize inclusivity as international nurses arrive in N.S. at the union’s AGM.

🚨 Halifax police released impaired driving statistics for April. Of the 35 people charged, 15 were pulled over as a result of calls from the public.

🗓️ Things To Do

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

🗓 Book Launch for Halifax Art & Artists - An Illustrated History: Join author Ray Cronin and other artists as they discuss this new book that presents the stories of the city’s creators from craftspeople and portrait painters to filmmakers and multidisciplinary makers. | May 8 | 7pm | Free

🗓 Sarah in Paradise Stand-up Comedy Show: Sarah Bennett is joined by Halifax comics Luba Magnus, Clare Belford, and Amanda Rose for an epic random fun-loving night full of smiles at Good Robot Brewing. | May 8 | 8pm | $17.31

🗓 Our Legacy: Many Voices, Many Stories: Cultural producer Shelley Fashan curates an evening of guests as a “tribute and celebration of Black families, stories and songs.” Fashan invites Africville descendent Florence Mae West, singer and former Nova Scotia Mass Choir president Linda Carvery, North Preston’s gospel-singing Fraser family and East Preston’s activist Thomas family for an evening of stories and songs at the Bus Stop Theatre. | May 10 | 7-9pm | Pay what you can

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

⚓️ What’s In The Harbour

🛳️➡️ The One Crane container ship arrives in Halifax at 5:45am and leaves for New York at 11pm.

🛳️The NYK Nebula container ship arrives in Halifax from Caucedo at 3:20pm.

🍴 Where To Eat & Drink

🍹 There’s a new booze in town! If you’re at the LC, pick up a just launched Drink Sprizzi Limonata variety pack. These delicious, ready-to-drink artisanal vodka spritzers are made locally with real juice in small batches.

🌮 Enjoy the Mini Cochinita Pibil Sope until June 14 at Antojo Tacos and Tequila: masa corn sope, cochinita pibil, refried beans, pickled onion and avocado.

👀 In Case You Missed It

🎤 It was a weekend of awards that came with a haul of silverware for Halifax artists: Sixteen different Haligonian musicians, media personalities and venues earned recognition over the weekend, with Jenn Grant leading the pack. Catch up on all the big winners from the 2024 ECMAs.

🐝 If you’re interested in helping spring pollinators adjust from winter hibernation into their busy flower season, you might have heard of the No Mow May campaign. The Coast’s Lauren Phillips spoke with Dalhousie biology professor Paul Manning about how to help encourage biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes, like cities and suburbs.

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