Education

So it begins It doesn’t matter how it happened: personal emergency, your dog consumed your carefully prepared but not backed-up thesis or maybe you just spent the last three weeks every night levelling up in Diablo 3. Whatever, we all have our own special brand of procrastination (see page 24). Here we are now in […]

Coffee Caffeine: 95mg-120mg per 8oz cup Focus: 3/5 Flavour: 5/5 Ol’ faithful, but too many cups and you’ll be lucky if you can keep your fingers still long enough to type anything at all between bathroom breaks. Yerba Maté Tea Caffeine: 85mg Focus: 5/5 Flavour: 5/5 Feel good about this choice, with plenty of flavour […]

Good morning wise pupils, welcome to Halifax! We present to you a syllabus of sorts, our annual Back to School Guide. Don’t slack on reading this one, it’s chock-full of tips (expert and otherwise) for how to survive the year ahead. CLICK HERE! You’re gonna be great. Happy learning!

Take a simple visual sweep across any crowd of people in Halifax and you’ll notice a lot of diversity. Whether it be the stage-front area at a killer rock concert, or a first-year Intro to Psychology university class, a whole spectrum of engagement emerges from the behaviour of those in attendance. Let’s run with the […]

I f you’re a student (or anyone else, but especially a student), you should pop onto the database at electionsnovascotia.ca and make sure you’re on the voting list. That’s because the premier will likely call an election next week, with voting in early October. Anyone who is a citizen, over 18 and has lived […]

Like sands through the hourglass, your summer slipped away quickly. Just when you were getting into it, it was gone. If you’re lamenting all of those hours you spent (wasted) in front of the television or your computer screen instead of frolicking in the sun, don’t. (Or, maybe do, but this might help you feel […]

THE BASICS “When I was a student, I figured out how to survive on an $11 per week grocery bill. Every night it was Minute Rice cooked up in the microwave with frozen corn, salsa and no-name cheese melted on top,” says Jenna Durling. It’s a far cry from the healthy, seasonal comfort food Durling […]

Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street Well, duh, the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design would have its galleries on lock, showcasing not only creatives from across the country, and world, but students, staff and alumni, too. The great thing about the cluster of gallery spaces that make up Anna Leonowens (named for the […]

Pump your bod like A-Rod on Halifax’s local sports scene. We don’t need the Rogers Centre, we’ve got the Metro Centre. With a rich sporting history that dates back to the first days of hockey, Nova Scotia is home to some of Canada’s greatest boxers, ice legends and wrestlers. And our professional, minor and varsity […]

The sidewalk’s an everyday runway for the trio of photographers that work hard to make Fashion East (fashioneasthalifax.com) a wardrobe-inspiring blog. Krista Comeau, Melissa Dubé and Meghan Tansey Whitton share their best advice for finding pre-loved pieces. Make a mental list of the items that you really need or want since it’s very easy to […]