Dan Savage advises young and old to stop playing games.
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History repeating
Tonight New Yorker and ex-pat Dartmouthian Laura MacDonald will be on the Boston Common, a special invited guest to the lighting of the now controversial Boston Holiday/Christmas tree. This year’s tree is a 14-metre white spruce from Chester Basin. “No one I ask in Boston ever has any idea why the tree is from Nova […]
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McGuire’s move
Anne McGuire wears red well. Dressed in an ochre suit overlaid with an autumn pattern, she offers a handshake. McGuire’s presence stands in direct contrast to the cold, wet inclemency outside. Like her suit on this grey November day, McGuire, the chief executive officer of the IWK Health Centre, recently stood out from the crowd, […]
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John Ralston Saul
Renowned Canadian author and philosopher John Ralston Saul will be in Halifax on Tuesday to give a lecture as part of The Canadian Institute of International Affairs’ annual lecture series. The focus of this year’s lecture series is “Wielding Power in a World Without Borders: Exploring Visions of a Fairer World.” The topic of Saul’s […]
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Ice capades
The area in and around Uniacke Square is famous for all the wrong reasons. The neighbourhood has struggled with a reputation for violence, drug activity, and run-down housing conditions, leaving residents with every excuse to give up on their community. Apparently, the PEP Bro Divas never got that memo. The Divas is a six-woman collective […]
