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 […]
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Let the games begin
It’s summer 2014, and sports enthusiasts, tourists, and 5,000 international athletes have descended upon Halifax. The sun glints off several shiny new sporting venues, and the new transportation upgrades are a success. Doubtless this is what city staff are daydreaming about as they gear up to compete against Ottawa, York Region, Hamilton and Calgary for […]
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Life’s a Riche
According to Newfoundlander Edward Riche, no writer is an island. The award-winning novelist is making the trek from St. John’s to the mainland to read from his latest piece of fiction The Nine Planets. Riche is stopping in Halifax on October 27 to read at the Dalhousie University Club. “I’ve dared myself never to read […]
