Fans of The Bear (unwatched by me) will know well the lead, Jeremy Allen White, whereas I recognize him only from The Iron ...

It’s rare to see a feature film tackle a culture war subject — whether it’s Diversity, Equality and Inclusion or #MeToo — but ...

I’m talking about David Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone (1983), starring Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, and Tom Skerritt, the ...

Many of you will not be aware of St Paul’s Parish Hall that once was a strong presence on Argyle Street. Bits of the building survive, buried in the facade of the office building immediately south of ...

Apparently our developers will soon be presenting their design concept for the block of Spring Garden Rd facing the Central Library (Queen to Brunswick). * [News flash – the plans are available- see ...

The other day, I was walking on May Street in the North End and noticed this house. A narrow passage (sometimes called a horse walk) pierced the line of row houses to provide access to the backyard, ...

Recently Halifax Retales, in his reports on businesses opening and closing, noted that Noggins Farm Market was going to open an outlet in the new Capital Suites building at the corner of Coburg and ...

Gordon Stephenson was brought in by Halifax Council in 1957 to develop a plan for slum clearance. Stephenson was considered to be an expert in urban renewal and, as advocated by modernists like ...

Have you noticed the talk recently about the burying grounds that were on the old Memorial Library site, and under the paved parking lot beside St Mary’s Basilica? A strong voice in this conversation ...

Last month, Elizabeth Cushing tweeted astonishing “then and now” pictures of St. Mary’s Girls’ School on Grafton Street. Over the decades the building had lost decorative dormers and the pointy top of ...

The recent designation of the “Parrsboro Shore” as a UNESCO Geo Park is a big, wonderful deal. I’m a fan of that shore, but it might take me a little time to totally embrace the “Cliffs of Fundy” ...

Recently the design for the redevelopment of the old World Trade and Convention Centre was presented to the city’s Design Review Committee. My attention was attracted by the proposed changes to the ...