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đď¸ The JUNO Week issue
Plus, warm spring expected for Maritimes
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Weeks after Nova Scotiaâs government introduced a controversial subsidy for wine bottlers that some warned would have a âcatastrophic effectâ on the provinceâs wineries, premier Tim Houston changed course this week. On Tuesday, Houston told wine producers that heâs âpausingâ the subsidy programâor putting a cork in it, if you willâto create a working group that can come up with a solution to benefit bottlers and wineries alike.
Thatâs a different tune to when the premier suggested Nova Scotiaâs small wineries should âramp it upâ if theyâre worried about foreign grapes flooding the wine market. (Houston also faced scrutiny for his apparent friendship with the co-owner of one of the provinceâs two largest bottlers, with whom he was recently photographed. Houston scoffed at any suggestions that he was helping a friend, calling it âabsolutely ridiculous.â)
How the times change.
âObviously, concerns have been raised and heard, and I would say, respected,â Houston told the wine producers on Tuesday.
Now thatâs an apology to raise a glass to.
â Martin
đĄď¸ Traffic & Weather
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Tomorrow: đ¤ď¸ 2°
Next Day: đŚď¸ 2°
đ Driving, biking or busing today? Check out the current traffic conditions and ongoing road closures.
WHATâS HAPPENING
The Coastâs guide to all the JUNO Week events in Halifax
đ¸ L-R: Maestro Fresh Wes, Nelly Furtado, Begonia
When Nelly Furtado steps onto the Scotiabank Centre stage to host the 2024 JUNO Awards this Sunday, Mar. 24, it will mark a big moment for Halifax: The first time since 2006 that Nova Scotiaâor any part of the Maritimes, for that matterâhas hosted the annual awards ceremony, and the first time since 2010 that Atlantic Canada has welcomed the JUNOs, when rapper KâNaan won âArtist of the Yearâ in St. Johnâs.
Sunday promises to be a party, but itâs not the only one in town this weekâtrue to Halifaxâs nature, there are shows all week long, ranging from the JUNO-affiliated to the JUNO-adjacent to the not-quite-adjacent-but-definitely-worth-the-admission.
Allow The Coast to be your guide with a look at whatâs happening between Thursday and Sunday.
đ¤ Need To Know
âď¸ A 22-year-old charged in connection with last yearâs historic wildfire in Shelburne County has pleaded not guilty.
đ° Halifax Water plans to apply for a rate increase to offset an $18M deficit, the utility told HRM council this week.
đ¨ Mounties are now treating a recent shooting in North Preston as a homicide after the 18-year-old victim passed away in hospital.
đ We need your help: As The Coast reports on food insecurity and the challenges many Haligonians face under a grocery duopoly, help us to update our map of the HRMâs independent grocers.
đś The JUNOS are here! And Downtown Halifax will be jam-packed with exciting things to do to celebrate. Find out everything that is happening here.*
*Sponsored Post
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The 2024 JUNO Awards are being hosted in Halifax between March 21-24. One of the events is JUNOfest - a two-night music festival this Friday and Saturday, taking over intimate stages and bustling pubs across Halifax. Itâs going to be action-packed; featuring over 100 artists, fans can catch some of their favourite Canadian musicians and JUNO nominees in more than 10 venues across the city. Fans can purchase a wristband for $65 to get access to all JUNOfest shows. Get your wristband here.
Venues include Hide + Seek, Pacifico, ROX LIVE, Sanctuary Arts Centre, St. Matthewâs United Church, The Carleton, The Local, The Loft, The Marquee Ballroom and The Seahorse Tavern.
Find out about the FREE JUNO Express bus, and other transit options here.
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Kingâs to host conversation between authors of The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Donât Want to Know About Each Other
đ¸ Left: Raja Khouri. Right: Jeffrey Wilkinson
Haligonians looking for answers and reflection about the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict may find some tonight, as the University of Kingâs College hosts a conversation with the authors of the book, The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Donât Want to Know About Each Other.
Co-authored by Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson, the book makes the case for how dialogue and connection across cultural lines is more important than ever before. Khouri, a Palestinian-Lebanese Canadian, co-founded the Canadian Arab-Jewish Leadership Dialogue Group, while Wilkinson, a Jewish American living in Guelph, Ont., works as a facilitator within the Jewish community on issues relating to trauma, memory and the Israeli-Palestinian struggle.
In a November op-ed for The Walrus, the two write about how trauma âacts like a force field that repels narratives that appear threatening to our own perspectives.
âThe respective traumasâincurred by Jews through millennia of exile, culminating in the Holocaust, and by Palestinians through mass displacement during the Nakbaâhave kept us each in our camps, resistant to viewing the other and the otherâs pain,â they write. âIt is a very real obstacle to reaching out beyond our own painful stories and to grasping the depths of the otherâs pain.â
Tonightâs event at Kingâs is free and starts at 7pm at Alumni Hall.
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đď¸ In Other News
âď¸ Nova Scotiaâs Utility and Review Board says a disciplinary hearing for the Halifax Alehouseâunder scrutiny for a series of alleged violent incidents involving its bouncersâwill be public, despite the wishes of the Alehouseâs lawyers.
đĄď¸ Meteorologists are expecting a warm spring across the Maritimes, after the third-warmest winter on record in Nova Scotia.
âŁď¸ Researchers find some Nova Scotia lakes are still showing traces of arsenic and mercury, decades after the provinceâs gold mining era ended.
đĽ Nova Scotia frontline health-care workers told a provincial standing committee theyâre still facing burnout and pressure amid a system struggling to recruit enough workers.
𪧠Nova Scotiaâs NDP wants the province to enact a bill that would ban the use of replacement workers by companies during a strike.
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MUSIC
Halifax punk rockers Customer Service spearhead relief concert for unhoused Haligonians
đ¸ Belinda Naugler Adams
Owen Harris and his bandmates knew they wanted to do something when they saw the HRM had cleared out and fenced off the Grand Parade tent encampment. Raised in Halifax, the Customer Service drummer had watched the cityâs housing crisis turn âvery severeâ in recent years as the province grew and struggled to keep pace with living costs. And as the city prepared to welcome the countryâs biggest music stars for the JUNO Awards, it felt to Harris like Halifaxâs most marginalized residents were getting pushed out of the frame
His band, Customer Service, is organizing a benefit concert for Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH), which offers health-care services for unhoused and insecurely-housed Haligonians. The concert will take over the Seahorse Tavern tonight.
âWe were kind of like, whatâs something we can do to show our support for our neighbours?â Harris says, speaking by phone with The Coast. âFor us, we figured we could hold a show and hopefully raise a good amount of money.â
đď¸ Things To Do
Looking for something to do this week? Check out these Coast picks:
đ Allison Russell at Light House Arts Centre: The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and activist visits Halifax alongside Oji-Cree singer Aysanabee for a special pre-JUNOs show | Mar. 21 | 8pm | From $44.45
đ Amir Amiri Ensemble: Hear the diverse sonic palette of Persian traditional, folkloric and dastgahi music at the Lilian Piercey Concert Hall this Saturday | Mar. 23 | 7:30pm | Pay what you can
đ Canada vs. Trinidad & Tobago Watch Party: See Nova Scotiaâs Jacob Shaffelburg and the Canadian menâs national team take on Halifax Wanderers captain Andre Rampersad and the Soca Warriors in a Copa America qualifier. Niche Lounge is hosting a viewing party with the Wanderers | Mar. 23 | 5pm | No cover
Find more Halifax events in The Coast listings.
âď¸ Whatâs In The Harbour
âĄď¸ The 183-metre-long East Coast oil tanker is expected to leave Halifax early this morning for Charlottetown, PEI.
đ˘ The 14,669-tonne Bakkafoss container ship is due to arrive at Halifaxâs South End Container Terminal around 1pm. Itâs inbound from Portland, ME.
đ˘ The 364-metre-long ONE Apus container ship is expected to arrive in Halifax from Colombo, Sri Lanka, around 4pm.
đ˘ The 71,552-tonne CSL Tacoma bulk carrier is scheduled to arrive in Halifax around 8pm. Itâs en route from Wilmington, NC.
đ˘ The CB Pacific oil tanker is due at the Irving Oil Terminal from Albany, NY, around 8:40pm.
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