The awards season is in full swing, and this movie — which I missed in theatres, it’s now available to rent — has been given ...

Sunday evening is the Golden Globes, a Hollywood event that’s slowly emerging from a recent history of scandal to be a real ...

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 ...

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 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” ...

Did you attend any Jane’s Walks last weekend? Experiencing the city with folks who are passionate about their surroundings, exactly what I enjoy. A great job by Sam Austin organizing this event! I ...

Having binged the various versions of Little Women, I discovered the many adaptations of another beloved book: Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. Not all the versions are available — ...

What a lot of talk about toilet tissue. By now maybe you are in the mood for some photos of vintage toilet facilities, to go along with all that paper work. “I am just going outside and may be some ...

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 ...

The Prince of Wales Tower is a well known monument in Point Pleasant Park. It was one of 16 similar towers built in Canada. Of the 16 built, five were built at Halifax; one at Saint John, ...

ICYMI, I was on the radio again late last week to review two movies now in cinemas. The first is the blockbuster a lot of people have been anticipating: Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, the epic ...

Directed by John Frankenheimer | Written by George Axelrod, Edward Anhalt, and John Hopkins, based on the Robert Ludlum novel | 112 min | | Prime I’ve seen a lot of the movies Michael Caine made in ...