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The lawyer representing disgraced Dalhousie dental student Ryan Millet claims the university advised Millet to lie about being suspended when filling out licensing applications. That’s just one of the charges in a lengthy letter to Dal president Richard Florizone that lawyer Bruce T. MacIntosh sent to media yesterday afternoon. According to the release, Millet is currently back in Utah as a stay-at-home dad to his three children—unable to get work and $400,000 in debt. That’s what you get for speaking out and apologizing for misogynistic behaviour. Dalhousie’s lawyer calls the accusations “factually inaccurate.” And by Dalhousie’s lawyer, we mean the Ottawa lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright (one of the biggest law firms in the world) who replied to MacIntosh’s letter instead of Florizone.
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Evolve is offering free drug test kits to attendees of the three-day festival (taking place this weekend). CBC reports festival producer Jonas Colter was after hearing about bath salts a few years ago (remember bath salts?) and more likely after the six ambulance calls last year. The new kits will be able to analyze LSD, MDMA and speed so everyone makes sure they’re getting the high they want. In between the drug use (and music, I guess), try to stay hydrated? A new report studying British music festivals found attendees of a three-day music festival can burn up to 9,000 calories and walk more than 15 miles. Maybe bring a Clif bar.
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Guess no one would take a rain cheque. Halifax’s pro basketball team the Halifax Rainmen have filed for bankruptcy. Franchise owner Andre Levingston said in a release that he was “incredibly proud of what the Halifax Rainmen have accomplished over the past eight years.” The team had a chaotic past season—making it to the National Basketball League’s championship series before no-showing game seven after a brawl with their opponents had broken out earlier during practice. For those fouls the team was hit with $90,000 in fines for “conduct detrimental to the league.” The NBL’s commissioner David Magley reported in a press release later yesterday that he’s confident Halifax will still have a team for next season. What say you about the future of basketball in Halifax?
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Stan Carew, venerable broadcaster and voice of CBC Radio’s “Weekend Mornings,” died yesterday. He was 64. Carew’s career spanned nearly five decades, hosting the popular weekend radio show for the last 18 years. Back in May, he announced his retirement, which was planned for late-September. Colleagues and friends will have many kind words to say about Carew, so for now, we’ll just leave you with this…
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The newest faces on the food truck scene are Ludlow and Michelle Lee’s—they’re the couple behind the bright green rig that houses Jamaica Lee Style Cuisine, which serves authentic Jamaican eats. The just about two-week-old Lee Style hangs out in Dartmouth (on Main and Caledonia) mostly, and we’ve heard great things about the Jerk Chicken.
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Erin “RealEyez” Dorrington rules. She’s playing this weekend during Spark
at Big Pony on Gottingen Street, but if you can’t wait that long to bow down to the Female King you should probably read Adria Young’s feature from last week’s issue.
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Today is the last day to catch the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, which is sad news for the hundreds of international performers who have flocked to the city and good news for anyone who needs a parking spot downtown.
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This article appears in Jul 2-8, 2015.