{"id":693143,"date":"2026-05-25T18:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693143\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:32:15","slug":"the-business-of-art-eradicating-the-broke-artist-stigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693143\/","title":{"rendered":"The business of art: ‘Eradicating the broke artist stigma’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, the Examiner published Jaya Condran\u2019s story<\/a> on artist Duane Jones.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s his studio in the photo above. Note the sign at the top left that says, \u201cArt Pays Me.\u201d Art Pays Me is Jones\u2019 brand<\/a>, under which he sells apparel. It\u2019s also the name of his podcast<\/a>, on which he features interviews with a range of people in the arts.<\/p>\n

One of the things I appreciate about this story is Jones\u2019s openness to talking about money, and his framing of creative work in the context of other ventures.<\/p>\n

Condran writes:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see a popular startup, like Twitter\u2026Then you realize they\u2019ve been propped up by venture capital for the entire time. They\u2019re not making money either,\u201d Jones said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo as an artist, we don\u2019t need to feel ashamed if we don\u2019t hit it big right away. Sometimes we all need to percolate.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jones said he often hears people say \u201cthe market decides\u201d when talking about how much artists should be paid or how much support they should receive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell then why do we keep giving funding to these corporations when \u2018the market decides?\u2019 So they shouldn\u2019t need funding,\u201d Jones said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI find that hypocritical and I think that\u2019s where my big frustration kicks in.\u201d <\/p>\n

Have you ever hung out with startup people? They talk about getting government money all the time. They go online and promote the shit out of their works. Meanwhile, authors are making social media posts that say things like, \u201cI hope you don\u2019t mind if I mention that I have a new book out\u2026 it would be nice if you pre-ordered it, but it\u2019s OK if you can\u2019t afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n

I am exaggerating, but only somewhat.<\/p>\n

The Canada Revenue Agency recognizes that artists may not turn a profit from their work for years, and their agents are supposed to take that into account when deciding whether or not deductions are legitimate. Maybe I\u2019ve spent years researching a novel. I have legitimate research-related expenses, even though it may be years until I see a profit. Or, I may never see one. We can\u2019t know how the novel will sell. <\/p>\n

(Many years ago, someone giving a presentation on this subject cautioned that if you\u2019re writing a book about gambling, you can\u2019t go to Vegas twice a year and write off all your losses at the blackjack table; you have to be reasonable.)<\/p>\n

There\u2019s the stereotype of the artist with no business sense, but most of the writers and artists I know think about money all the time. They are running small businesses, and they understand how to get the most out of limited funds. (A few years ago, I was talking with writer Stephen Marche, a Canadian living in the U.S., who said every writer and artist talked a lot about getting and keeping health insurance; at least that\u2019s something we don\u2019t have to worry as much about on this side of the border.)<\/p>\n

Jones does note though, that brushing up on business skills is important for artists, and that some undervalue those skills:<\/p>\n

Beyond his paintings, Jones does graphic design and fashion, notably via his endeavour called Art Pays Me.\u00a0As noted on its\u00a0website<\/a>, the initiative aims to \u201ceradicate the \u2018broke artist\u2019 stigma that we\u2019ve all been conditioned to accept.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to turn all artists into raging capitalists. But at the same time, I think artists have to pay attention to the bottom line of practical things,\u201d Jones said when asked to expand on that notion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are business skills that we should all be paying attention to that a lot of us don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Jones works full-time at Dalhousie University, as a records and information manager. I think many people would be shocked at how many of their favourite musicians, writers, actors, and other artists are working full-time jobs. On social media, I frequently come across people who seem to think that because they see a writer or illustrator being interviewed in the media they are somehow rich.<\/p>\n

Instead, actors and TV directors are taking vacation days to shoot episodes of series, musicians are taking unpaid leaves of absence to go on tour, and writers are either typing away early in the morning and late at night, working around their day jobs, or cobbling together teaching gigs, temp contracts and more, to make it all work.<\/p>\n

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NOTICED<\/p>\n

1. Picking a colour<\/p>\n

\"ACredit: Or Hakim\/Unsplash<\/p>\n

My partner and I were at the nail salon last weekend. I was sitting in the chair, feeling my back being gently kneaded while the nail tech worked on cleaning up my horrible feet and hands. As she was filing the nails, clipping the cuticles, bringing some sense of order to my fingernails, she asked if I wanted any colour.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never really thought about colour. I didn\u2019t have much of a history of going to nail salons, either.<\/p>\n

The first time was several years ago, when my partner suggested we go get our feet done. We were standing outside one of the nail places on Quinpool and I was horrified.<\/p>\n

Not that there was anything bad about getting your feet done. Growing up, I had an aunt \u2014 my mother\u2019s cousin \u2014 who did in-home nails in residences and long-term care. I loved listening to them speaking Greek, talking about their lives in Canada and in Greece, while my aunt soaked my mother\u2019s feet and painted her nails while they watched soap operas, talked, and then drank coffee together.<\/p>\n

No, I was horrified because my feet were in terrible shape. I mean, I would walk around barefoot a lot, including on the gravel outside. I didn\u2019t want anyone else looking at my feet! Even if I know the people who work in the nail salons and do the mani-pedis have seen everything.<\/p>\n

So, in we went. And it felt great. I can\u2019t say I\u2019ve become a regular, but every so often I look at my nails, notice my feet, and think, yeah, I should probably drop in somewhere to get these done. I used to be an inveterate nail-biter. It\u2019s a terrible habit, and it\u2019s very hard to break. I\u2019ve mostly given it up, and having decent looking nails helps; I don\u2019t want to mess them up.<\/p>\n

When the woman who was working on my nails asked if I wanted colour, I resisted the urge to immediately say no. \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d I said. \u201cDo I?\u201d Her teenage son was working in the place also, buffing a man\u2019s feet two chairs down. He looked up at me and said, \u201cDo it! Do it!\u201d My partner, in the chair next beside mine, looked at me and shrugged, her expression saying, \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n

I thought about a guy I met in Haarlem two years ago. He was a math teacher and kombucha maker, and we sat in a cafe and talked about fermentation for a couple of hours. He had brightly coloured nails; they were striking and I liked them. I admired them, but they were not something I\u2019d ever think of doing myself. Why? I don\u2019t know. Foolishness.<\/p>\n

So I said, yeah, I guess so. I mentioned having met a guy who had nice nails. \u201cRainbow?\u201d the nail salon worker asked. No, I said, not rainbow.<\/p>\n

I eyed the wall of coloured bottles across the room. Totally intimidating. So many shades. And here I am, a guy who knows basically nothing about colour. \u201cDo you want shellac?\u201d she asked. I had no idea. Did I? I\u2019m a person who, one day at Scotia Square saw a nail salon price list with \u201cPolish Nails\u201d on it and went home and asked what Polish (as in the country) nails were. I had no idea if I wanted shellac.<\/p>\n

Apparently without shellac the nails would last only a couple of days, so yes, I wanted shellac. At first I thought of just doing a couple of nails. Pinkie and index finger on each hand. Devil horns. Then I thought that might look kind of silly.<\/p>\n

The nail tech walked over to the shelf with the colours, and I pointed. When her fingers came to rest on the one I had wanted, a lime green, she shook her head. No. I figured I would trust her judgment.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, I read Pick A Colour<\/a>, the Giller Prize-winning novel by Souvankham Thammavongsa. The whole thing takes place over the course of one day in a nail salon, and not much happens externally. But it\u2019s a great character study of Ning, the lead character and salon owner \u2014 a former boxer working among women who, to their customers, are all named Susan. \u201cPick a colour, pick a colour, pick a colour.\u201d It\u2019s a refrain repeated all day long, throughout the book.<\/p>\n

Instead of the lime green, the nail tech (we did not exchange names and she was not wearing a name tag) came back with a kind of bluish purple with sparkles. All right, I said. She told me I could pick two colours. So I got another sparkly one too. A little more rust coloured.<\/p>\n

As she started putting on the shellac, I realized how ignorant I was of this whole process. The layers, the steps, the hardening under the light. Paint, harden, paint, harden. Switch from one hand to the other. She worked quickly and precisely, and I admired her skill.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019m typing this, I glance down and see the sparkles on my thumbnails. When I\u2019m outdoors, the fingernails glint in the sunlight.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re fun. I like them. A bit of cheer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat does it mean?\u201d or \u201cWhy?\u201d I got asked, over and over, when I first had ear piercings, many years ago \u2014 something nobody would ask now. Sure, some guys had earrings, but they were generally still seen as a very gendered form of expression. That\u2019s changed. Maybe it can change for nails too.<\/p>\n

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2. Canadian book of the week: Ontario & Back<\/p>\n

\"CoverThe cover of Ontario & Back, by Patrick Allaby. Credit: Patrick Allaby<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve enjoyed Patrick Allaby\u2019s work since I read his book Martin Peters, which I picked up at Sappyfest. Allaby has been a regular at the zine fair there for years.<\/p>\n

Ontario & Back<\/a> is a \u201cheavily fictionalized\u201d version of a period in the unnamed main character\u2019s life, when he is adrift in Ontario \u2014 going to grad school at Waterloo while obsessing over Bob Dylan bootlegs, and spending far too much money (that he can ill afford) on them.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something disarmingly simple seeming about Allaby\u2019s work, but there is more depth to it than you might first realize. You could whip through this book in about half an hour, but I recommend taking a bit more time with it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m interviewing Allaby later today, and if all goes according to plan will run that interview in the Morning File on Thursday, so I won\u2019t say too much more about the book here. If you have ever been to Sappyfest; if you\u2019ve been away from home, miserable and wondering what the hell you\u2019re doing; if you\u2019ve ever done a deep dive into Bob Dylan\u2019s work; or if you have had an obsession you know you need to break but can\u2019t, you will find a lot you can relate to in this book. (I happen to fall into a few of these categories, so maybe that\u2019s why it resonated with me.)<\/p>\n

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3. \u2018Mid\u2019 foods: best and worst<\/p>\n

\"PizzaThe full glory of Swedish fulpizza. Credit: @NiklasAstrand on Twitter<\/p>\n

I enjoy the Action Cookbook Newsletter<\/a>, written by Scott Hines (day job: architect). Hines\u2019 most recent entry is called, \u201cWhat\u2019s the Best \u2018Mid\u2019 Food?<\/a>\u201d In other words, what\u2019s the food that, no matter how bad it is, is still pretty good?<\/p>\n

Hines says pizza is often the answer to this question, but those who give that answer have \u201cnever had pizza in northern Europe.\u201d Eh, I thought, how bad could it be? But then I remembered that a few years ago, I wrote this<\/a> about Swedish fulpizza, aka \u201cugly pizza.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question of the best mid food was prompted, Hines says, by \u201ceating lunch at the fifth-grade field trip to an amusement park that I chaperoned this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fulpizza aside, I would probably still go for pizza. Even the stuff they advertise on the screen at the Irving gas pumps looks good to me. Nachos top the list for Hines, because they are so hard to screw up. The floor and the ceiling, as he puts it, are close together.<\/p>\n

I particularly enjoyed his discussion of the worst mid foods, including salmon:<\/p>\n

The baseline \u2018fancy\u2019 food, served tepid and dry to you at weddings, fundraising galas, corporate luncheons and medium-nice restaurants. It is simultaneously overcooked and undercooked, and you will wish you had ordered the chicken instead. (The chicken is also bad, but it was never pretending to be otherwise.)<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m wondering if a donair would be more likely to land among the best or worst mid foods. I can see an argument for each.<\/p>\n

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4. Ripping off Ansel Adams with AI-generated \u2018art\u2019<\/p>\n

\"AAn AI-generated image made by prompting the generator to create a colour version of Ansel Adams\u2019 famous photo, \u2018Moonrise, Hernandez.\u2019 Credit: Danziger Gallery<\/p>\n

The Ansel Adams Trust is furious with the Danziger Gallery, featured an AI-generated print for sale, based on Adams\u2019 famous photo, \u201cMoonrise, Hernandez,\u201d ArtNews reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From the story:<\/p>\n

The artwork, which still appears on Danziger\u2019s website, does not contain a title but is headlined\u00a0A.I. GENERATED, From the prompt: Make a realistic color version of Ansel Adams\u2019 iconic \u201cMoonrise Over Hernandez\u201d.\u00a0It is listed as printed by master printer Esteban Mauchi. Danziger offered the piece in its booth at the [AIPAD Photography Show] \u2014 which ran from April 22 to April 26\u2026<\/p>\n

In the statement, the trust said it \u201cdid not authorize, endorse, consent to, or acquiesce\u201d to the work being exhibited or offered for sale and claimed that the piece \u201cexploited Ansel\u2019s name, reputation, and his most iconic image, while failing to identify any human artist responsible for its creation.\u201d The trust said further that it was not notified by the gallery prior to its appearance and that, once it was alerted, it reached out to Danziger to have the work removed, which the gallery appears not to have done.<\/p>\n

The gallery has not made any public statement, nor responded to requests for an interview.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m with former White House photographer Pete Souza, who called this \u201cmorally wrong.\u201d Actually, I think he is being restrained. It is truly infuriating, and represents so much that\u2019s wrong with how we see the value of art and the act of creation.<\/p>\n

You can read about how Adams created the original photo here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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THE LATEST FROM THE HALIFAX EXAMINER:<\/p>\n

1. \u2018He didn\u2019t give specifics\u2019: Councillors weigh in on Mayor Andy Fillmore\u2019s state of the municipality address about \u2018brutal facts\u2019 of growth<\/p>\n

\"AHalifax Mayor Andy Fillmore gives his state of the municipality address at the Halifax Convention Centre on May 20, 2026. Credit: Suzanne Rent<\/p>\n

Suzanne Rent reports on Halifax mayor Andy Fillmore\u2019s second state of the municipality speech \u2014 delivered last week at an event sponsored by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce \u2014 and on reaction to it.<\/p>\n

From the story:<\/p>\n

Fillmore spoke about the three pillars he ran on during his mayoral campaign: affordability, housing, and congestion.<\/p>\n

Fillmore\u2019s address for 2026 focused on the three aspects he spoke about in his 2025 address, but he added a fourth factor: infrastructure readiness\u2026<\/p>\n

In March, the federal government\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0it is spending $3 billion on defence infrastructure across Atlantic Canada. That includes spending in Halifax: $1.2 billion at CFB Dockyard; $240 million for the new Hartlen Point land-based test facility; $180 million for the new Combatant Training and Integration Centre at Stadacona.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Fillmore said Halifax must be ready for those improvements, and called Halifax \u201cCanada\u2019s City of Defence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rent also reports that Coun. Kathryn Morse called into question Fillmore\u2019s claim that the city needs 68,000 new housing units by 2032, and said she worries he \u201cmay be making a case for a watering down of regulations\u2026 in place to protect the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click or tap here<\/a> to read \u201c\u2018He didn\u2019t give specifics\u2019: Councillors weigh in on Mayor Andy Fillmore\u2019s state of the municipality address about \u2018brutal facts\u2019 of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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2. Avi Lewis speaks to Halifax audience<\/p>\n

\"AAvi Lewis at the Nova Scotia NDP convention on May 24, 2026. Credit: Jennifer Henderson<\/p>\n

Federal NDP leader Avi Lewis was in Halifax over the weekend, speaking at the provincial NDP\u2019s annual general meeting, and Jennifer Henderson reports on his speech to some 200 delegates:<\/p>\n

On the housing front, Lewis sees another failure of the free market to build affordable housing on the size and scale required by Canadians. His proposed solution is to establish a government-owned corporation with a mandate to build a million non-market homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic is not a dirty word,\u201d Lewis told the audience, reminding them that as Canadians we are familiar with publicly-owned liquor and cannabis stores, car insurance, and in most provinces, publicly owned electric utilities. He criticized Mark Carney for acting as a banker treating Canadians as \u201can asset class\u201d rather than \u201ca common good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, the prime minister mused about selling our airports to foreign investors. And just weeks later, he is musing about selling our ports \u2014 [Brings boos from the audience] \u2014 telling us he is open \u2018as a part of a comprehensive approach to catalyze the building of an economy that could include recycling certain asset classes\u2019\u2026 as if hiding privatization in a macro-economic word salad of microgreens would fool us and slip one by us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis also praised the Nova Scotia NDP as a model for \u201chow effective the NDP can be even when we don\u2019t have a huge number of seats in legislature or parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click or tap here<\/a> to read \u201cAvi Lewis speaks to Halifax audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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3. Municipality of Cumberland Mayor Rod Gilroy on the Chignecto Isthmus and the land of eagles, tides, and legends<\/p>\n

\"AMunicipality of Cumberland Mayor Rod Gilroy in his office in council chambers in Upper Nappan, N.S. on April 10, 2026. Credit: Suzanne Rent<\/p>\n

Suzanne Rent\u2019s ongoing series, interviewing all mayors in Nova Scotia continues, this time featuring Rod Gilroy, mayor of the Municipality of Cumberland County.<\/p>\n

The municipality is huge, covering over 4,000 square kilometres, and includes the former towns of Parrsboro and Springhill. Gilroy says driving from one end of the municipality to the other takes four hours. Despite the large area, it is sparsely populated, with only 23,000 people.<\/p>\n

Gilroy invites Rent to hop into his white pickup for a tour of the Chignecto Isthmus and dykelands around Amherst:<\/p>\n

Gilroy is a longtime hunter, fisherman, and forager who spends much of his time outdoors. We drove around in his white pickup making a large circle from Upper Nappan to the dykelands around Amherst, through the access roads of the Amherst Community Wind Farm.<\/p>\n

As he looked out across the area, Gilroy called this the place of eagles, legends, and tides. We saw several bald eagles flying overhead and fishing for gaspereau\u2026<\/p>\n

We also visited\u00a0Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence<\/a>, where Gilroy was raised and spent much of his time on the surrounding marshlands.<\/p>\n

This is where the Tantramar, Missaguash, and LaPlanche rivers all dump into the Bay of Fundy. Gilroy calls this spot \u201cthe end of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go out there at 3 o\u2019clock in the afternoon and the water is level with the dyke. You can go out there at 8 o\u2019clock at night and it\u2019s 155 feet [walking out from the dyke] down to the water,\u201d Gilroy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re out there in a storm, you really get to see what could potentially happen. You can run ahead of that tide.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chignecto Isthmus is a beautiful landscape with seemingly endless views that include the turbines of the wind farms in Amherst, the tides, and even lines in fields that are the evidence of historic dykes built by Acadians.<\/p>\n

Of course, Gilroy talks about the challenges of being mayor of the community, the compensation and expectations, and his thoughts on the Chignecto Isthmus project. \u201cYou already found out I have an opinion on just about everything in some form or another,\u201d he tells Rent, when she asks him about that.<\/p>\n

Click or tap here<\/a> to read \u201cMunicipality of Cumberland Mayor Rod Gilroy on the Chignecto Isthmus and the land of eagles, tides, and legends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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4. \u2018There\u2019s a lot of beauty that comes out of here\u2019: Duane Jones on art in Nova Scotia<\/p>\n

\"ADuane Jones in his home studio in Timberlea on May 20, 2026. Credit: Jaya Condran<\/p>\n

Jaya Condran interviews Duane Jones about his work, art, and the challenges of making a living:<\/p>\n

He said although it isn\u2019t necessarily intentional, a lot of people are taught growing up (by their parents and society) that art is not a profession in which you can make money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But through his work at a magazine startup, Jones realized how valuable his design work was for advertisers. He also came to realize that value himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat kind of triggered something in me. But also as a designer, people didn\u2019t want to pay you. So you\u2019re dealing with this weird thing,\u201d Jones said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to create my own product, and I was like, what better [than] to have a product that advocates for the creative space and the creatives, and saying \u2018Hey man. We deserve to get paid just like lawyers and everybody else.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when he created Art Pays Me, using apparel as a means of expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, most people can\u2019t afford my paintings, but they can afford a T-shirt,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

Click or tap here<\/a> to read \u201c\u2018There\u2019s a lot of beauty that comes out of here\u2019: Duane Jones on art in Nova Scotia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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IN OTHER NEWS<\/p>\n

1. Newborn\u2019s body found; two people face charges<\/p>\n

\"AHalifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street. Credit: Suzanne Rent<\/p>\n

CBC news reports<\/a> on the tragic end to the story of a missing newborn:<\/p>\n

Halifax Regional Police say they were notified on Friday by hospital staff that a 23-year-old woman was there in life-threatening condition and she appeared to have just given birth. The baby was not at the hospital with her.<\/p>\n

The baby\u2019s remains were found off the Prospect Road. <\/p>\n

Stephanie Tsicos at CTV reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Police said it\u2019s believed the woman experienced a medical emergency and do not believe her condition is the result of violence\u2026<\/p>\n

Sukhpreet Singh, 23, who police said is a relative of the woman, and his wife Ramandeep Kaur, 26, are scheduled to appear in court Monday to face charges of concealing the body of a child, obstruction, and indignity to a dead body.<\/p>\n

I looked at a local Reddit post about this story, and there was a sea of comments deleted by the moderators. I can only imagine what must be going on on Facebook, with all the local amateur crime investigators out in full force.<\/p>\n

This is a terrible story. Infants dying goes against what we see as the natural order of things. But we don\u2019t know what happened, and we shouldn\u2019t jump to conclusions. Let\u2019s hope the mother recovers. <\/p>\n

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2. Former Upper Clements land up for development again<\/p>\n

\"ARoller coaster at Upper Clements Park. Credit: Photo: Martin Lewison\/Flickr<\/p>\n

Linus Mulherin reports<\/a> for CBC that the County of Annapolis is taking another kick at the development can for the site of the now defunct Upper Clements Park.<\/p>\n

This, after the former absurd plan to make it the site of an elite private school fell through.<\/p>\n

From the story:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited. It\u2019s a beautiful piece of property. We know it was great as a park and we\u2019re interested in who might be interested in making it the next best thing for Annapolis County,\u201d said Rob Frost, the county\u2019s chief administrative officer.<\/p>\n

He said that the council is open to all proposals\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cLike everywhere in Nova Scotia, housing is a critical issue and something we\u2019d like to see more of, but if there\u2019s something that can create additional jobs, that can spur on additional housing, those would be great too,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we\u2019ll have to evaluate what\u2019s the best thing for the county in general.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Government<\/p>\n

City<\/p>\n

Monday<\/p>\n

Executive Standing Committee\u00a0(Monday, 9:30am, hybrid) \u2014\u00a0agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

Accessibility Advisory Committee\u00a0(Monday, 4pm, virtual) \u2014\u00a0agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/p>\n

Halifax Regional Council\u00a0(Tuesday, 10am, City Hall) \u2014\u00a0agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

Province<\/p>\n

Monday<\/p>\n

No meetings<\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/p>\n

Natural Resources and Economic Development\u00a0(Tuesday, 1pm) \u2014\u00a0details here<\/a><\/p>\n

On campus<\/p>\n

Dalhousie<\/p>\n

PhD Defence: Mathematics and Statistics\u00a0(Monday, 1:30pm, hybrid) \u2014\u00a0Thiago Holleben<\/a>\u00a0will defend \u201cThe failure of Lefschetz properties: a combinatorial perspective\u201d<\/p>\n

Mount Saint Vincent<\/p>\n

Monday<\/p>\n

No events<\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/p>\n

Connecting for Action: Gender-based Violence and Leadership in Nova Scotia\u00a0(Tuesday \u2013 Wednesday, 8:30am) \u2014 a free two-day community and academic gathering, with featured panelist Tracey Raney, Toronto Metropolitan University, and co-editor of\u00a0Gender-based Violence in Canadian Politics in the #MeToo Era;\u00a0register here<\/a><\/p>\n

NSCAD<\/p>\n

Opening receptions\u00a0(Monday, 5:30pm, Anna Leonowens Gallery) \u2014\u00a0exhibitions of work by\u00a0Ruby Gillam<\/a>,\u00a0Bree Kuhnen<\/a>\u00a0and Beth Neville, and\u00a0Ruben Viktor Valentine<\/a><\/p>\n

Literary Events<\/p>\n

Monday<\/p>\n

No events<\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/p>\n

Book launch\u00a0(Tuesday, 7pm, Halifax) \u2014\u00a0Stephen Gerard Malone<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0The Unnameable<\/p>\n

In the harbour<\/p>\n

Halifax
05:30:\u00a0Nabucco<\/a>, car carrier, arrives at Autoport from Zeebrugge, Belgium
06:00:\u00a0Tropic Lissette<\/a>, cargo ship, arrives at Pier 42 from Philipsburg, St. Croix
06:45:\u00a0Floretgracht<\/a>, heavy lifter, arrives at Pier 9 from Belfast, Northern Ireland
07:00:\u00a0Rt Hon Paul E Martin<\/a>, bulker, sails from Gold Bond for Saugatuck, Connecticut\u00a0
08:45:\u00a0Zuiderdam<\/a>, cruise ship with up to 2,364 passengers, arrives at Pier 22 from Portland, on a 14-day roundtrip cruise out of Qu\u00e9bec City
13:00:\u00a0Floretgracht<\/a>\u00a0sails for sea
17:45:\u00a0Zuiderdam<\/a>\u00a0sails for Sydney
20:30:\u00a0Nabucco<\/a>\u00a0moves to Pier 9<\/p>\n

Cape Breton
09:20:\u00a0Acadia Desgagnes<\/a>, cargo ship, transits through the causeway, en route from Halifax to Pugwash
10:45:\u00a0Volendam<\/a>, cruise ship with up to 1,718 passengers, arrives at Sydney Marine Terminal from Halifax, on a 13-day cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Montr\u00e9al\u00a0
17:30:\u00a0Volendam<\/a>\u00a0sails for Charlottetown
18:00:\u00a0AlgoScotia<\/a>, oil tanker, arrives at Government Wharf (Sydney) from Sept-\u00celes, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Footnotes<\/p>\n

I was not stoned at the nail salon, but I had this song running through my head the whole time anyway.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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