A prospective client dies in a car crash, which might be a murder, leading her first to a couple of contacts in the local cop ...

We rarely see this kind of thing these days — a movie with a lock-tight plot, compelling characters, and a detailed and vivid ...

ICYMI, here's a link to my recent appearance on CBC Radio talking about a few new movies in cinemas and available online.

A sweet stretch of romance and redemption in the third act goes some way to warming the more flinty elements that went before ...

It’s easy to see why some in the audience might think the new horror/drama by Zach Cregger ( Barbarian ), about a group of ...

Built by CN in 1928, the train station and Hotel Nova Scotian were the final pieces of the Railcut and Ocean Terminals project. The images above are aerial views from 1931, and are from The Richard ...

The Queen’s Wharf sits at the foot of Prince Street, and is currently an empty parking lot. The site has a long history dating back to the formation of Halifax. The Queen’s Wharf originally was the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Italianate style was common in Canada from 1850-1870. It was particularly popular for commercial buildings in Halifax, possibly due to a number of large fires requiring reconstructing entire ...

Recently I blogged about the charms of the Maritime Life Building on Spring Garden Road because it is on track to be demolished. A number of folks said they enjoyed the building and that got me ...

Many Haligonians have recently been calling for the removal of the Highway to Nowhere – the Cogswell Interchange. Many know why it was built, however few probably understand the thinking that led to ...