To the red-jacket homeless man I keep passing by at multiple places on Spring Garden: I have nothing against homeless/jobless people and understand that life has dealt you a pretty bad hand for you to be where you are now. I’m in no place to speculate about how or why you are where you are. When I'm employed/not struggling to pay my own bills I give change when I can. Maybe not as often as I should, but I try. I thought it was a isolated incident when you started shouting profanity at me when I didn’t give you change one day. You actually shouted at me until I was out of earshot. I summed it up to you having an off day. The next time you actually followed me to the corner of spring garden telling me how you hoped “God struck me dead” and how “my people” don’t deserve to live. And it’s happened again. And again. And again.You follow me, you yell at me, and I’ve had to duck into different shops just for you to leave me alone. I have never said anything to you, or done anything to you. I don’t know if it’s something in particular about me that you hate, or if you do this to everyone who passes you by. I don’t respond to you - frankly because I’m scared of you. It’s getting ridiculous though. Homeless or not, it’s harassment. If you were anyone else, I would have called the police by now. Grown man follows young woman for 3 blocks shouting profanity and death threats? Yeah. That’s harassment. —Trying To Be Patient

Why does go time not work? It has been more than 1+ month of having one of the only useful parts of Metro Transit completely out of service. You can't call Go Time to see when your bus is coming, why does Go Time even exist? And now you can't even use google maps, which was the only thing that worked while go time didn't. What, exactly, are our tax dollars paying for if they can't even keep the basic components of its customer service tier on line and working? Last year you screw us with a strike in the dead of winter, and this year, in the same window, we're just supposed to guess and hope the bus shows up? You owe a GIANT apology to every single transit user in HRM. At the very least some free service, or ANY SERVICE AT ALL, would be appreciated by the people who depend on Metro Transit. Please, get your act together. The citizens of HRM are suffering, and also PAYING THROUGH THE TEETH for the right to do so. It's reprehensible. —All Our Tax Dollars Down the Drain

We recently moved to Halifax from a major urban Canadian city and were delighted that our building complex has a designated off-leash dog park: so welcoming and convenient! The park even has a "doggy bag" dispenser that generous neighbors (including myself, and who I take to be a building superintendent) fill with waste bags. The park features several friendly reminders to pick up after pets. But wouldn't you know it? Just about NO ONE cleans up after their dog. Rarely is there more than one dog/owner in the park at a time, and so opportunities to leave dog dump without reprimand are rampant. WHAT IS THE DEAL HERE, GUYS? In the city I am from, it is near impossible to find a dog-friendly park, and to live in a complex that designates space specifically for off-leash dogs is unimaginable. I am so grateful for this space but stunned that no one else seems interested to treat it with the lowest modicum of respect. Is this a Halifax thing? Do people here think leaving dog sh*t around is appropriate and acceptable? Should I conduct a sting operation? — Dog Lover, Sh*t Hater

I cannot believe the enormous stupidity of dog owners who buy those horrible doggie dental chews they advertise of TV. Get your dog a good old butcher's bone which will make your canine's teeth white & healthy. Don't buy these horrible, additive-ridden products. They are every bit as bad as the beef or chicken jerky they sell that's made in China. Or the dog food you buy with ANY ash content. If you love your pet, don't infect him or her with chemicals. Same goes for cat food. No wonder vets are so rich from the effects of these harmful substances. —Sometimes the Old Ways Are the Best Ways

I've been hearing the term "playing the race card" more and more lately and it's starting to piss me off. Sure, when it comes to racism, you could probably say that there are winners and losers. But the last time I checked it wasn't a competition or some kind of game, so lay off already. Also, there's no such thing as "reverse racism". Whether or not it's coming from the racial majority of the minority it's still just racism. Seriously, think about it: when a woman is discriminating against a man because of his sex, we don't accuse her of "reverse sexism" - she's just being sexist. —Time To Enter the 21st Century

I love that we have a tax free Lottery, and that it provides residents of Ontario with lots of winnings; but why does the Lottery have 2 different "Lifetime"s? Their 'Set for Life' scratch tickets win $1000 a week for 25 years, a total of $1,300,000.00. But their February 'Set for Life' Bonus draw on the 649 where you win "$100,000 a year for life" is a total of $1,500,000.00. That's only 15 years. Huh??? —MoPOD

So a local restaurant is crowdfunding its renovations...Why would I donate money to a for-profit business, when there are charities, non-profits, and arts organizations out there that actually do good for society with the money they raise? What does my donation do in this case? It helps this business expand its kitchen and allow it to increase its profits. You want me to support your business, then provide me with a good product or service, and I will. But donate? Seriously? You're not helping society, you're just serving food to people with disposable income. —Skeptic

To the idiot driving the silver hatchback sunfire who almost hit me Friday morning walking into the medical clinic in Dartmouth, nice job almost mowing down a pregnant lady! When I called you on it you opened your door and laughed. I hope your little douchbag friend and you had a great laugh and when your texting and driving eventually gets the better of you that you are the only one put in harms way. —Mama To Be

You don't have a conscience or you are that narcissistic you think you are so much smarter and better than.. Capital Health offers help to those people now. I do hope your daughter doesn't marry a psychopath just like her father. You do know that girls do grow up to marry men just like their daddies. You know you've "helped" yourself to women who married men like you. By "help" I mean fucking them then, cutting them down. What does your friend think of what you've done to me or is that person still covering your ass. She told me of people like you who take advantage of certain women...What can I expect as payback for the things I wrote in this post?You really don't think I would not cover my ass in anyway after the things you and your friend did to me?I found out today you've been spreading more lies about me,why don't you want me around there?...I knew something was up when we met for the first time,a woman became very upset and left the room calling you an asshole. —Done with you, Asshat

I have been stuck with you for the past two years and I have done nothing but support you and clean up after your filthy ass. We were supposed to be "best friends" but you have done nothing but lie steal and mock me every single day of my life. You lived in a sloppy filthy mess like a dirty hamster and I constantly cleaned up after you, your pathetic mooching off of your parents was unbearable. I can't believe the time has finally come where your whore self has moved out and allowed me to breathe in a clean apartment and not hear your whiney love songs on repeat. Please for the sake of everyone else in Nova Scotia... grow up, stop sleeping around, and shut the fuck up! You're a sloppy, smelly, slutty, mess and nobody will ever love you. —Pissed Off Roommate