The Coast

The Coast is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The paper distributes 24,000 copies per week throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality. The paper is owned by Coast Publishing Limited.

Founded in 1993, The Coast has a generally left wing editorial policy. It focuses on local issues, especially "people working for change" within the community.

The Coast is available in Bedford, Lower Sackville, Tantallon, and the Stanfield International Airport, but 75 percent of its readership lives in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth.

The paper claims a readership of 61,263. According to a January 2007 Corporate Research Associates metro quarterly survey, 55 percent of The Coast's readers are between 18 and 34 years of age (34.701 readers).

See also

  • List of newspapers in Canada
  • References

    External links

  • The Coast on the web
  • The Coast (EP)

    The Coast is the debut EP from Toronto, Canada-based indie rock group The Coast. The EP was first self-released in Canada on March 7, 2006, then released in the US by Aporia Records on May 29, 2007. The EP was produced by the band and Chris Hegge, who also provided backing vocals on "Evening's Heights." In 2004, when The Coast was known as The July 26th Movement, they released an EP titled Take a Walk Outside, featuring an early version of the song of the same name found on the self-titled EP.

    The EP garnered critical acclaim in Canadian music press. Rob Bolton of Canadian music magazine Exclaim! hailed: "The Coast are yet another example of the increasingly talented and seemingly unstoppable Canadian indie music scene."

    Track listing

    All songs written by The Coast.

  • "All Farewells" – 3:43
  • "Circles" – 4:44
  • "Take a Walk Outside" – 3:15
  • "The Lines Are Cut" – 4:30
  • "Evening's Heights" – 2:53
  • "Harbour Lights" – 4:54
  • Credits

  • The Coast are:
    • Ian Fosbery – guitars
    • Jordan Melchiorre – drums
    • Luke Melchiorre – bass, vocals
    • Ben Spurr – vocals, guitars
  • Locations of Half-Life

    The Half-Life video game series features many locations set in a dystopian future stemming from the events of the first game, Half-Life. These locations are used and referred to throughout the series. The locations, for the most part, are designed and modeled from real-world equivalent locations in Eastern Europe, but also include science fiction settings including the Black Mesa Research Facility, a labyrinthine subterranean research complex, and Xen, an alien dimension.

    Locations

    Half-Life and expansions

    Black Mesa Research Facility

    The Black Mesa Research Facility is the primary setting for Half-Life and its three expansions: Opposing Force, Blue Shift, and Decay. The base is a decommissioned ICBM launch complex at an undisclosed New Mexico desert location, which has been converted into a scientific research facility and bears a number of similarities to Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory and Area 51. Black Mesa is a distinctive landmark visible from NM502 a few miles outside Los Alamos. This facility is depicted as a vast series of underground research laboratories as well as surface constructions such as offices, chemical waste disposal plants, and personnel dormitories (even cafeterias, where Gordon Freeman can destroy Doctor Magnusson's microwave casserole), all powered by a hydroelectric dam and connected by an advanced tram system.

    Podcasts:

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    The Coast

    by: Court Yard Hounds

    I'm gonna head down to the coast
    Where nothin' ever seems to matter
    You know I love it there the most
    When every piece of my world gets scattered
    Blue skies, green water
    White birds in the air
    Brown skin, blue collar
    And the wind blowin' in my hair
    And I wrote you this little note
    And I never even sent the letter
    But I still want you to know
    I found a place I feel a whole lot better with...
    Blue skies, green water
    White birds in the air
    Brown skin, blue collar
    And the wind blowin' in my hair
    Blue skies, green water
    White birds in the air
    Brown skin, blue collar
    And the wind blowin' in my hair
    I'm gonna leave my old winter coat
    And I won't even need a sweater
    I'm gonna sit out on a boat
    'Cause it's time for some sunny weather and...
    Blue skies, green water
    White birds in the air
    Brown skin, blue collar
    And the wind blowin' in my hair
    In my hair...
    Blue sky, green water
    White birds in the air
    Brown skin, blue collar
    And the wind blowin' in my hair




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