🗞 Artists in the spotlight

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Everything you need to know about the 2023 Prismatic Festival

Celebrate Indigenous artists and Canadian artists of colour at the annual Prismatic Festival, starting Friday and going to Oct. 8. The artists’ goal is to challenge barriers with their creative projects under a national spotlight. This year’s lineup includes works in theatre, dance, music, film, visual arts, media arts and more.

Here’s everything you need to know before attending the festival

Need to know

🏗️ Good news: The Cogswell District Project is halfway done. See where the redevelopment is at here.

🚑 The province released its Ground Ambulance Services report yesterday and wait times continue to be a concerning, and growing, issue.

🫶 The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is looking for nominations for its annual Human Rights Awards.

🧶 Visit #HopeandHealingCanada, a live installation using thousands of meters of red yarn, by Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers. Check it out at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.*

😷 Wondering how to protect yourself from this fall’s feared COVID-19 wave? Halifax infectious disease specialist Dr. Lisa Barrett weighs in. 

🕺 Get your tickets to Bboyizm! A hip-hop show of dazzling flips and tricks happening this weekend, presented by Live Art Dance!*

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On The Coast

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Atlantic News Celebrates 50 years

In celebration of 50 years of Atlantic News, they are looking for your suggestions for the "Name Our Dog" contest. Please send the name and why you choose it to [email protected]. They will be drawing the winning name on Oct 7th.

In other news

😳 Food Banks Canada has released a new report and Nova Scotia received an overall grade of F when it comes to managing poverty in the province, the worst score in the country.

🚨 Four people were arrested in Halifax earlier this month in connection with a huge US cocaine bust.

😔 A pitbull has been seized after two household pets were killed in Bedford.

💢 The Chester Playhouse put Nova Scotia Power on the hot seat, claiming the power company failed to notify the theatre of a planned power outage.

🔍 After a year of storms, fire and floods, CBC has a look at how the city is handling climate change.

🏕️ With the continued growth of the unhoused population in Halifax, people are calling on HRM campgrounds to remain open further into the fall season.

✈️ Experts are looking into how inflation has impacted tourism in the Maritimes.

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Get Ready for Hal-Con 2023!

🌟 Get ready to unleash your inner geek at Hal-Con 2023! Join us for a weekend of epic adventures, unforgettable cosplays, gaming and thrilling activities. Mark your calendars for the weekend of October 27th to 29th. Don't miss the excitement, get your tickets today!

THE WANDERER GROUNDS PODCAST

The Halifax Wanderers and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Nothing good happens in Langley—at least, that is, if you’re the Halifax Wanderers. Twice in 2023, the Canadian Premier League soccer club has made the trip west to British Columbia’s Fraser Valley and left empty-handed, despite holding the better record. On Saturday, Sept. 23, the Wanderers seemed to be well in control of the game against their BC opponents, holding a 1-0 lead into the 69th minute and looking dangerous—until a pair of Vancouver FC goals turned the Wanderers’ lead into a gut-punch of a loss.

In this week’s Wanderer Grounds episode, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman dissect what went wrong for Halifax in Langley and what it’ll take for the team to hit their stride going into the playoffs—if they manage to qualify.

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