🗞️ No Re(doubt) about it

Hey Halifax,

Another day, another whole lot of 🦗🦗🦗 from York Redoubt and Parks Canada on the big show featuring Christian rocker Sean Feucht.

Feucht unsuccessfully ran for U.S. congress as a Republican in 2020 and is also a missionary and an author who has spoken out against the 2SLGBTQ+ community, abortion rights, and critical race theory on his website.

Many residents are calling for the event to be cancelled, but a reader let me know that set-up for the event has already begun on the site—which indicates to me that the plan is still going full steam ahead.

This CBC article says that residents of the area have never seen a concert at York Redoubt before and that they only learned about the event after Parks Canada sent out an email over the weekend warning residents about potential noise and parking issues.

Yesterday I asked what you guys thought about the event being held at a national historic site and you did not hold back. Head on over to The Coast to see the official results of the poll and our favourite reader responses.

Have a great day,

– Julie

📷 @editorjulesl

_{P.S: THIS STORY NOW INCLUDES A MAJOR UPDATE FROM PARKS CANADA.}

🌡️ Traffic & Weather

Today: ☀️ 27°

Tomorrow: ☀️ 24°

Next Day: 🌤️ 27°

7-day forecast

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

💨 Here is Halifax’s Air Quality Index and the smoke report.

NEWS

Nova Scotia model Inspires new colouring book

Illustrator and entrepreneur Leslie Carvery is launching a new colouring book today that honours Sherry Anne Crowe, a Halifax-based model, actor, inspirational speaker, emcee and corporate leader whose story is inspiring to women of all ages.

Titled Call Me Sherry Anne, the 22-page book created under Carvery’s Afro Girl Design brand features illustrations that capture Crowe’s dynamic presence and commitment to representation, confidence and community leadership.

The Coast’s Warren D’Silva has more with Carvery and Crowe on the message behind this colouring book.

🤔 Need To Know

🇺🇸 Some residents are calling on Parks Canada to cancel a performance by a U.S. singer and rising star in the MAGA movement at a national historic site near Halifax this week.

⚖️ A judge has convicted a 17-year-old boy of manslaughter for his role in the stabbing death of a Halifax high school student—the offender, whose identity is protected from publication, was charged with second-degree murder in the death last year of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach.

⛪ A Catholic church in Halifax that closed last year could become affordable housing—the Archdiocese shut down Saint Theresa’s Church on North Street and Saint Patrick’s Church on Brunswick Street in May 2024—citing financial, attendance and structural problems.

🍻 We’ll say it louder: The Pint isn’t just another pub — it’s dishing out some of the best pub food in Halifax. Big flavours, zero shortcuts, and a kitchen firing on all cylinders.*

🌙✨ Join the North By Night Market at The Local's patio (2037 Gottingen St.) on August 15, from 7-10PM for an evening full of local delights and fun!*

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🗞️ In Other News

👀 An RCMP officer is facing sexual assault charges following an alleged incident in May—the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) said it received a referral from the RCMP on May 17 after an adult female alleged she was sexually assaulted by one of their officers the day prior.

🏘️ The province announced Tuesday that the HRM is receiving more funding towards almost 100 affordable housing units—Rooted: Community Development Partners, along with the provincial government, are funding the projects.

🇨🇦 The federal auditor general is planning a probe of Canada’s international students program after critics claimed that public services were ill-equipped to take on a surge in student visas.

🏗️ According to a recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation report, the pace of housing construction starts in Nova Scotia needs to more than double for the next decade in order to restore affordability to pre-pandemic levels.

🦷 A judge will rule in November whether a Halifax-area dentist is guilty of assaulting child patients decades ago, parsing opposing arguments made this week by the prosecution and defence over the reliability of testimony and the role a Facebook group may have played.

🗓️ Things To Do

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

🗓 Sloan - Live at the Shore Club: There are so many moments peppered throughout the 30-year history of Canadian indie rock heroes Sloan that set them well apart from the pack. From the band’s earliest home studio recordings that married their pop smarts with fizzy, fuzzed out guitars, right up to later efforts that contain multitudes in their track listings, ranging from Dylanesque streams of consciousness to short, sharp blasts of power pop — somehow, it all remains quintessentially Sloan. | July 24 | 9:30pm | $56 |

🗓 Haliwood Queers: A hilarious quiz show featuring some of Haliwood’s most famous faces. Join host Anna Mona-Pia and a slew of queer Halifamous celebrities in a classic game of trivia tic-tac-toe. Contestants from the audience will compete for glamorous local prizes, wading through campy questions and hilarious answers to determine who is telling the truth, and who is bluffing. | July 24 | 7:30pm | From $10 |

🗓 Courtney Gilmour Live at Yuk Yuk's Halifax: Courtney Gilmour is a JUNO-nominated stand-up comedian, television writer, and finalist on Canada’s Got Talent. She has been seen on Kevin Hart's LOL Network, Roast Battle Canada, Just For Laughs, Howie Mandel's "All Stars Gala" on The CW Network and Crave, and has starred in CBC's Humour Resources alongside Jon Dore and Sarah Silverman. She currently voices the role of Lizzy on the animated series PAW Patrol. | July 25 and 26 | 8pm | $25 |

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⚓️ What’s In The Harbour

🚢➡️ The Siem Cicero vehicle carrier arrives in Halifax from Vlissingen, Netherlands at 5:55am and leaves Halifax for Davisville, Rhode Island at 4pm.

➡️ The Atlantic Star container ship leaves Halifax for New York at 6am.

🚢 The Oceanex Sanderling container ship arrives in Halifax from St. John’s at 7am.

➡️ The Hellas Margarita oil tanker leaves Halifax for Houston at 11am.

🚢 The Marti Cloud container ship arrives in Halifax from New York at 3:20pm.

🍴 Where To Eat & Drink

🍔 Beef up your life with the Little Red Ryan Hood at The Armview this week only: smashed beef patties, red pepper relish, bacon jam, jack cheese, and shredded lettuce. 

🥪 Introducing the latest drop in the $7 sandwich series at The Nook Urban Kitchen and Cafe is The Larry’s Pork Belly Sandwich: slow-cooked Vessel Meats pork belly, pasilla chili mayo, chimichurri, arugula and house-made focaccia.

👀 In Case You Missed It

🏘️ Jody Allen, a real estate agent with Royal LePage Anchor Realty, has worked with over 10 2SLGBTQIA+ couples in the past year alone from the U.S. seeking a safer and more welcoming environment. A queer realtor himself, Allen understands the gravity of what his clients are facing. The Coast’s Warren D’Silva chatted with Allen about how he has helped over 10 queer couples fleeing U.S. discrimination, using his own experience to guide them.

👨‍💻 Online misogyny is seeping into Halifax classrooms in 'frightening' ways, according to teachers and experts—one Dalhousie researcher is blaming social media influencer Andrew Tate for affecting student behaviour.

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