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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are many little pieces of infrastructure in our urban surroundings that we are aware of but mostly ignore, for example those chirps and tones heard at busy intersections. These pedestrian ...

Movie talk on CBC Radio!Last week I went to see the new Mission: Impossible movie, The Final Reckoning, on its opening day — the same day I saw the new Disney remake of one of its animated hits, Lilo ...

As you travel the province this summer, keep your eye out for our older bridges. You will have to slow down anyway because they are all one lane. Post Script Here I’m not sure of the real facts but I ...