If you could improve your overall happiness, wouldn’t you? What if it meant daily work? Probably still worth a shot. Based on that notion, five journalism students at the University of King’s College have created a podcast, called If It Makes You Happy. Over a three-episode series they ask volunteers to test out daily “happiness […]
Home Sticky Feature
Posted inArts + Music
Everything you need to know about Mayworks Festival’s 2024 lineup
Halifax’s longest-running workers’ movement festival is back for its 16th year. Starting Wednesday, May 1, the Mayworks Festival will bring visual artists, poets, emcees, actors, quilters and labour organizers together for a 12-day lineup of shows, workshops and exhibits that promises a little bit of everything—and a whole lot to reflect on. The annual festival […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Students use class at King’s as opportunity to express emotions following Oct. 7
“I’m trying to choose my words cautiously,” says Dorota Glowacka, a professor at the University of King’s College. Glowacka is discussing the exceptional moments university campuses have been experiencing in the immediate and prolonged aftermath of Hamas’ violent attack against Israelis, on Oct. 7. Related In October, Glowacka was teaching a course that King’s offers […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
“We don’t want any more money being slicked with oil”
On Wednesday, Mar. 27, roughly 45 students marched through Dalhousie’s campus raising signs reading “Fossil Free Degree,”and “Net Zero by 2040,” from the Student Union Building to the office of Dal’s president, Kim Brooks. Says student campaign organizer Caitlin Lawrence, “we extended a formal invitation to President Kim Brooks but she did not attend or […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Emily Wilson wants you to read Homer
Emily Wilson is bowing her upper body to the sea goddess Thetis, mother of the greatest Greek warrior, Achilles. Facing her is a packed lecture hall at the University of King’s College, where Wilson is giving this year’s Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture Wednesday Mar. 6. She sports a golden brooch of a hippocampus—a Greek mythological sea-horse—to […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Latest budget just the beginning for education spending
Nova Scotia’s budget for 2024-25 was released Wednesday Feb. 29. Think of it as a collection of estimates the government makes now, for what it expects to spend on all provincial departments from April 2024 through March 2025. It is planning for a total of $16.5 billion, including an estimated $2.72 billion on education. The […]
Posted inFood + Drink
7 food spots opening soon in Halifax to get excited—and hungry—for
Just a few weeks into 2022, it already seems as if the local restaurant scene will be thriving this year. Tons of new cafes, bars and eateries in Halifax are set to make grand openings in the next several weeks, with many bringing a taste of international flavours. Halifax foodies can prepare for a range […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Gambling with Nova Scotia’s future
1 A WHOLE NEW WORLD “Icome from a family of people that gamble,” John says. “I learned how to play poker from my grandfather when I was like three. I’ve always been kind of attracted to money.” This explains his Bachelor degree in business, his “early” Bitcoin investment and his steady, if unexciting, day job […]
