Music
Five Minutes With: Rock Band June Body
It’s the spring of 2017. Connor James is on the couch when Alex Callaghan stumbles through the front door. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to barge in on you like that. I was expecting there to […]
Articles by Emilea Semancik
Charity
Charitable Choices: Stephanie Clarke of the Halifax Community Fridge
Stephanie Clarke, board member with the Halifax Community Fridge, brings both personal experience and professional dedication to her volunteer work. Drawing on a decade in social services and the memory of her own family’s financial […]
Business
Homegrown Business: Liquid Gold Tasting Bar & All Things Olive
Darryn Steeves and his wife Jackie didn’t just buy a business when they took over Liquid Gold Tasting Bar & All Things Olive in September 2025 — they bought into a mission. After a decade […]
Metal
Five Minutes With: Alternative Metal Band Where Giants Once Stood
Where Giants Once Stood is an Alternative Metal band from Halifax, Canada. Featuring high-energy shreddy metal with cyberpunk style aesthetics. Blending 2000s-style sing-along rock with a more modern, produced metal style. Our lyrics blend themes […]
Business
Homegrown Business: Peter Llewellyn of Shoreline Design
Peter Llewellyn spent years climbing the corporate ladder before realizing something was missing — the simple, profound satisfaction of making something with his own hands. So he walked away, picked up a carving tool, and […]
Folk
Five Minutes With: Singer-Songwriter Andrea Cormier
Raised along the coast of small-town New Brunswick, Andrea Cormier is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Halifax. In 2020, she released her first solo album, Creatures of Illusion, followed by a bilingual self-titled EP […]
Charity
Charitable Choices: Anastasia Payne of Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank
Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank is Nova Scotia’s largest independent food bank, funded entirely by community partnerships, grants, and private donors. We provide wraparound support for Halifax-area residents experiencing poverty through diverse programs designed […]
Business
Homegrown Business: Nathalie Rousseau of ROUSSEAU Chocolatier
Nathalie Rousseau didn’t set out to solve a problem — she set out to fill a feeling. Together with her husband, Julien, a French Master Chocolatier, she built ROUSSEAU Chocolatier from the ground up in […]
Charity
Charitable Choices: Trey Russell Johnson of The ALS Society of New Brunswick
The ALS Society of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia stands as the sole advocate for ALS patients and their families across both provinces, providing critical support through an Equipment Loan Program that delivers roughly $100,000 […]
Charity
Charitable Choices: Sara Coffin of Mocean Dance
Sara Coffin, Co-Artistic Director and Program Director of Mocean Dance, has spent nearly a decade building Moving with Mocean into Halifax’s most accessible dance offering—a free, inclusive class that has reached over 1,800 participants since […]