Can you identify the Boxing Rock beer bandits?

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THIRSTY THIEVES

Can you identify the Boxing Rock beer bandits?

Boxing Rock Brewing Co. taproom manager Linnea Swinimer had just settled in with her morning tea on Wednesday when a text message from her neighbour at the Local Source Market gave her the news: Thieves had broken into their Windsor Street storage locker overnight and made off with a whole lot of beer.

Her first reaction was one of bewilderment. “What the hell?” she says, speaking at the north end taproom with The Coast.

The shock turned into disappointment when the scope of the break-in became clear. All told, the beer bandits took more than $5,000 worth of suds. But for Swinimer, who also lives in the neighbourhood, the brazen break-in struck a personal chord.

Security footage shows three thirsty thieves (or is that Pilsner pilferers? Porter pinchers? Lager lifters?) using two vehicles to load the stolen beer and returning several times between roughly 12:40am and 5am.

Need to know

🌤 Today's weather: Partly cloudy with a high of 6C and a low of -3C.

💨 Curious about your home’s air quality? Halifax Public Libraries is now offering the public access to carbon dioxide monitors through the Community Access to Ventilation initiative.

🛣 The province has introduced a new Road Trails Act aimed at making roads safe for off-highway vehicles. Read the release.

♿ Stopping for a minute? Find another spot. Keep accessible parking accessible. Visit Halifax.ca/Parking and check out our interactive map to find accessible parking spaces.*

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THEATRE

Why Wednesday night is special in Dartmouth: A must-see play makes its east coast debut

Jivesh Parasram grew up in Dartmouth, where his white neighbours assumed he was Black—and his Black neighbours assumed he was Arab-Canadian. (Both camps struck out: He has Indian and Trinidadian roots.)

Parasram—a noted playwright and actor now based in Vancouver—turned this childhood rife with copy into a one-person play: Take d Milk, Nah?, a piece of theatre that’s wowed audiences and critics across the country, pulling rave reviews from NOW Magazine and The Globe and Mail.

Now, Parasram is finally bringing his story back to the place that inspired it as Take d Milk, Nah? starts a tour of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by making its east coast debut at Alderney Landing Theatre on March 29.

SPONSORED

Applications open for the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate program!

This is an opportunity for young poets (aged 12-21 at the time of application) to hone their writing skills, receive mentorship, and engage with others on issues that resonate with their peers across the municipality.

The selected Youth Poet Laureate will serve as a literary ambassador and seek to inspire and engage local youth to share their stories through written and spoken word. They will champion community vibrancy and inclusion while engaging young citizens in shaping the region in creative ways. The program was developed alongside Halifax’s current Poet Laureate, Sue Goyette, and our partners at the Nova Scotia Writers’ Federation and AfterWords Festival.

Applications will be accepted until 5pm on Apr. 1, at Halifax.ca/PoetLaureate.

On The Coast

In other news

🗃 Halifax’s Cornelia Schneider is outraged after discovering her doctor's retirement means she’ll have to pay hundreds to gain access to her family’s medical files.

🚌 Nova Scotia is among the east coast province exploring the possibility of transitioning over to electric school buses.

🖌 Nocturne art festival is looking for artwork submissions that will represent Nocturne X Propeller Brewing both during the fall festival and on the label of a Nocturne beer. The deadline to submit is April 17.

🍫 Joe Biden has a peace of Nova Scotia thanks to Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. The politician gifted the American president a Peace By Chocolate chocolate bar at a recent event.

📺 Nova Scotian-filmed TV series Son of Critch has been renewed for a 3rd season by CBC.

⚽️️ With three weeks to go before HFX Wanderers FC kicks off its fifth Canadian Premier League soccer season, Halifax fan blog From Aways breaks down the intriguing ins and outs of the team's roster.

🇭🇰 Sugar Marmalade, a Chinese fusion dessert chain with restaurants across Canada, has opened a Halifax on Brenton Street.

🌙 Check out how Haligonians are celebrating Ramadan this year!

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The Games are coming - Join our legacy

The largest sport and culture event in Atlantic Canada’s history will be coming to Kjipuktuk in only a few months! Take part in this once-in-a-lifetime event by volunteering at the 2023 North American Indigenous Games, July 15-23. Learn, share, and grow with cultures from across Turtle Island and show 5,000 Indigenous youth athletes some of that east coast hospitality.

Learn more at NAIG2023.com/Opportunities.

Things to do

Get ready to light up the group chat: here's your weeknight going-out guide, proof that there's tons to do and see in the city every night of the week.

• Feast at Burger Bash | March 23-April 1

• See Ballad of the Motherland | until April 2

• LOL IRL at Comedy Improv Mondays | March 27

• Rock out at The Lemonheads concert | March 30

• Drop in and participate in the Halifax Brewery Market’s seed swap | April 1

Find more Halifax events in The Coast listings

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