On Wednesday morning, Craig Campbell, the principal of Dartmouth’s Prince Andrew High School, sent out a mass email. “I am writing to share some exciting news!” he began, going on to say “we are resuming the process of changing the name of Prince Andrew High School.” The Woodlawn Road school first opened in 1960, and […]
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Why Dalhousie’s HoCOVID party is the perfect thing to be mad about
On Saturday night, a few residential city blocks between Coburg and Jubilee Roads were unlike any other. Busier than Pizza Corner after the bars close, bodies packed tighter than Christmas at the Forum in pre-COVID times. But rather than waiting for poutine or shopping for gifts, these people were Dalhousie (and probably King’s and SMU […]
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Breaking the silence on COVID exposures in schools during the fourth wave
In the first 27 days of September, Nova Scotia announced 535 new COVID-19 cases. How many of those were at elementary and high schools, colleges and universities, we simply don’t know. This is because the Nova Scotia government doesn’t require exposure notifications to be issued to the public if everyone who was at an event […]
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Stealing homecoming
Homecoming at Dalhousie University is designed to be a combination reunion, school-spirit celebration and community-building exercise—HoCo 2017 was no different. “Homecoming is all about the people,” says Dal’s webpage promoting the 2017 weekend. “Alumni can reconnect with former classmates and make new friends.” Activities are clearly pitched at getting older, established Dal grads to come […]
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How your campus is responding to COVID
Just days after school starts, Nova Scotia could enter the fifth and final phase of its plan for reopening from the worst of the pandemic restrictions, getting on with whatever the new normal of co-existing with COVID-19 for the rest of our lives looks like. The province is expected to enter Phase 5 on September […]
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Free Halifax
Float your boat (or paddleboard) The sea is calling, and at this price you have no excuse but to accept. Every weekend until the end of September, St. Mary’s Boat Club sinks the cost for renting some of its fleet. Get into a canoe for nothing, or if boats aren’t your thing, take advantage of […]
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Say high, Halifax
Getting high in a new place is similar to taking your first bong rip: You’ll get stoned in some capacity, but most of that time will be wasted choking for air—or in this case, searching for a cannabis community. If you’re green to the province or just looking to take the stress out of your […]
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6 study spots beyond the campus library
Finding the perfect place to study is vital to your post-secondary education. Getting away from your living space is good—we’ve already spent too long sheltering in place—but trudging to the dreary school library like countless masses of students before you can be soul-crushing. Is a little ambience really too much to ask? Here are some […]
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Wake me up when Stress-tember ends
How much of a sick joke did your day planner feel like by mid-2020? Time was an endless slip-and-slide of zoom meetings while the campus bubble—which can already feel small—shrunk to the size of your computer screen. It wasn’t an easy year for anyone, students included. But just as the pandemic might be making its […]
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Have the best week ever
One of the great things about going to school in Halifax is Halifax itself! Waiting for you just beyond campus is a thriving nightlife scene—on a busy evening downtown, it can feel like the bars outnumber the people—tons of arts and culture and a generally social city. Especially with Phase 5 of COVID reopening coming, […]
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Dal students scramble for housing after getting residence rejections
Becky Foster was on a trip to Cape Breton recently with other students she met during her recently completed first year at Dalhousie University. Although their classes had been completely online due to COVID-19, the group decided to meet in person before beginning second year in the fall. At one point during their trip, they […]
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Racism delivered in Grade 10 correspondence course
UPDATE: Comment from education department spokesperson Jasmine Flemming added Friday, June 18. The correspondence course material arrived on shalan joudry’s doorstep in the spring, requested from Nova Scotia’s education system for joudry’s teenage daughter, Malaika. But it wasn’t until Wednesday night, June 16, that Malaika felt ready to tell her mom about the blatantly racist […]
