Jun 22-28, 2017

Vol. 25, No. 4

It’s been an epic year for musicians starting projects, so it’s an epic New Music issue. In the annual up-and-comer round-up, arts editor Stephanie Johns reveals 101 acts. For the full impact, pick up the print version’s amazing two-page map.

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City

Lise Portelance is a harbour queen

One of Halifax Harbour's few female captains speak to The Coast about what it takes to earn a crew's respect.

By Rana Encol
Jun 22, 2017
City

Lee Hung San honours the dead

The annual “hill walk” is one of the few remaining Chinese traditions in Halifax.

By Jenn Lee
Jun 22, 2017
City

The aftermath of the Sandeson verdict

High-profile murder case ends with a conviction, but the story’s far from over.

By Kieran Leavitt
Jun 22, 2017
City

SCIENCE MATTERS: Nature offers the best defence against flooding

By David Suzuki
Jun 28, 2017
News

902 Man Up finds healing within

Halifax organization wants to prove transformation comes from the inside out at Family Day event this weekend.

By Nzingha Millar
Jun 23, 2017
News

Council’s summer vacation power handoff

Steve Craig hopes to reinstall CAO’s unlimited spending power during holidays, without creating another Washmill.

By Jacob Boon
Jun 27, 2017
News

Solidarity Halifax is exposing Canada 150

The anti-capitalist group is gathering at the Macdonald Bridge Wednesday morning.

By Rebecca Dingwell
Jun 27, 2017
News

All your Canada Day fireworks questions answered

Looking to watch the sky get lit this long weekend? Here’s all the need-to-know info in one place.

By Morgan Mullin
Jun 28, 2017
News

Four ways to NOT celebrate Canada 150

Not into house music or celebrating colonialism? Here’s how to spend your July 1.

By Morgan Mullin
Jun 28, 2017
Shoptalk

Take a ride with Roundabout Bicycles

Dust off your old bicycle and visit this in-home bike repair shop.

By Rebecca Dingwell
Jun 21, 2017
Shoptalk

Shop this: 90s swimwear at Makenew

Which way to the beach?

By Allison Saunders
Jun 22, 2017
Shoptalk

Guided Tour - Bedford

It’s got some of the best walking areas in the city, businesses are booming and the pubs and stores are popping up. The growth happening in Bedford is incredible. No wonder it’s been named the fastest-growing community in Atlantic Canada.

Jun 21, 2017
Opinion

Letters to the editor, June 22, 2017

These are the letters and comments from the print edition

Jun 22, 2017
Opinion

Disabled is just different

What if you exist as a person who can never be fully independent?

By Margaret Kelly Pearson
Jun 22, 2017
Opinion

I ended up celebrating: My first year as a Canadian

By Raja Salim
Jun 29, 2017

Arts & Culture

Beatriz at Dinner: deeper than it looks

And it's weirder than you expect.

By Tara Thorne
Jun 22, 2017
Arts & Culture

Move with FUSE

New dance festival announces its Canada Day lineup.

By Rebecca Dingwell
Jun 26, 2017
Music

Perfect for reading on a phone, the text of 101 New Music Issue acts

A version of our big list without all the photos and song links that slow browsers down.

By Stephanie Johns and Jonathan Briggins
Jun 22, 2017
Music

Find your new favourite musician: 101 new local acts to see and hear

Songs and stories that make up the New Music Issue 2017.

By Stephanie Johns and Jonathan Briggins
Jun 22, 2017
Music

Listen to this year’s New Music

Welcome to the biggest and best New Music Issue yet, with 101 acts and a five-hour playlist.

By Stephanie Johns
Jun 22, 2017
Music

Whoa, that's a lot of music: New Music 2017 mapped out

Country to classical, funk to folk, explore the connections between this year's New Music Issue artists.

By Stephanie Johns
Jun 22, 2017
Music

Ten wild weekend picks

From dinosaurs to dachshunds to an old-timey circus, this weekend's a wild one.

By Morgan Mullin
Jun 22, 2017
Music

Catch Bahamas at StanFest this weekend

“And also playing in the summertime in general is so different for me—everyone’s outside so they’re already in a good mood, you know?”

By Tara Thorne
Jun 28, 2017
Comics

Welcome to Hellifax

By Tim Carpenter and Jordyn F. Bochon
Jun 22, 2017

Food

The waterfront’s next wave

The Halifax waterfront’s snack shacks will have their own delightful neighbourhood when the dust settles.

By Melissa Buote
Jun 22, 2017

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Find a detour, Aquarius

By Rob Brezsny
Jun 22, 2017
Savage Love

The reluctant energizer

The guy I’m into waited to tell me he’s poly—is he using me as new relationship energy for his own? Plus: The reluctant cuckold.

By Dan Savage
Jun 22, 2017
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Top 10 ways to reinvent your Canada Day holiday long weekend in Halifax

Cut into the red and white cake and discover the multicoloured layers.

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Jun 26, 2017

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