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You are here:Home / City Hall /Halifax council wants a park plan for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes

Halifax council wants a park plan for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes

June 10, 2020ByZane Woodford

Nearly four years after directing city staff to start buying the land to make it happen, Halifax regional council wants to see a plan for the long-promised park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes. The picturesque area between Bayers Lake and Hammonds Plains — 1,700 hectares, or 4,200 acres, of which is a provincially-protected wilderness area…

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Filed Under:City Hall,Environment,Featured,News,Subscribers onlyTagged With:Annapolis Group,Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park,Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS),Chris Miller,councillor Richard Zurawski

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Zane Woodford covers municipal politics for the Halifax Examiner.Email:[email protected];Twitter

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For a show (and cult film) out of the mid-1970s, The Rocky Horror Show was ahead of its time in its depiction of queerness and gender and—save a handful of instances—has aged surprisingly well enough to fit into this contemporary time. Neptune Theatre’s production opens this week (running through June 26) and director Jeremy Webb and actors Allister MacDonald (Dr. Frank N Furter) and Breton Lalama (Riff Raff) squeeze in a chat between tech run-throughs to dig into how they’ve updated (and produced) the show with 2022 eyes—namely an intimacy director and active consent between characters—and whether they’re prepared for the rare theatre audience that talks back. Plus a new song from Nicole Ariana.

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