It’s never a great look when the provincial government decides to release the amount of money it spent on an initiative—that it presumably thought was a decent idea to begin with—because the figure “was going to come out in public accounts anyway.” But that’s exactly what finance minister Allan MacMaster did when he announced earlier […]
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PUP’s Stefan Babcock ‘riding the wave’ of dread and creativity
Stefan Babcock is no stranger to feeling like his world is falling apart. The lead singer of award-winning Toronto punk rock band PUP, Babcock pens most of his lyrics from a place of existential angst, from the self-spiraling anthem “DVP” to uncontrollable external conflicts described in “Scorpion Hill”. But what contrasts ideas about navigating through […]
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‘Pride belongs to us’: Pro-Palestine protest organizer speaks on parade demonstration
Since the Halifax Pride Parade on June 20, news outlets have reported that a group of pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated during the event. While some call this a hijacking of a day meant to celebrate the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, others see it as standing in solidarity with people who, like many in the queer community, are […]
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Two years after Halifax tree-girdling incident, art show reminds us of ‘importance of human relationships with trees’
Two years ago Thursday, “some asshole broke into the Halifax Public Gardens and vandalized trees,” as captured by a headline that ran July 26, 2022 in the Halifax Examiner. The mystery of who did this is an unsolved whodunit. Two years later, some of the trees that were girdled in the gardens—or intentionally had their […]
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NSCC Akerley Campus opens 100-bed student housing building, says it’s already full for September
Student housing is a piece in the housing crisis puzzle plaguing Halifax and Nova Scotia. On Monday July 22, the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Akerley Campus officially opened a new 100-bed student housing building that students will begin moving in to this August, for classes starting in September. The building at Akerley is modern, […]
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New MSVU gallery director nearly a year into the job, says ‘no regrets’
A year ago, when Melanie Colosimo started as the new director of the Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) Art Gallery, she was worried about making relationships with students at a school without a fine arts program. Colosimo had spent the last 15 years working in various positions at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design […]
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In Labatt’s north end brewery, the water will flow like beer
The sun is beating down, the UV index is high, temperatures are sky-rocketing and the people, well, the people are thirsty. In other words: it’s beer time. Breweries around Atlantic Canada are pumping out beer like water, with the exception of one, that is actually pumping out water like beer. The Oland Brewery in the […]
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NSCAD students have two ways to tell union how they feel about demands, potential strike action
On Monday July 15, the Student Union of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (SUNSCAD) emailed all members of the union requesting their participation in a survey released the same day. The SUNSCAD executive and council created this survey to gauge how members are feeling regarding their experience as students at NSCAD overall, such […]
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King’s Students’ Union president says letter from university on divestment, disclosure shuts down conversation
On Thursday, July 11, University of King’s College president William Lahey published a statement to the King’s community writ large on the school’s divestment and disclosure status—which included complying with the university’s Responsible Investing Policy. Within it, he mentioned three student and alumni groups by name that have sent demands, written open letters or, as […]
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King’s president says funds invested in weapons manufacturers reduced to zero
On Thursday, July 11, the president of the University of King’s College (King’s), William Lahey, put out a statement reiterating the university’s Responsible Investment Policy, and providing updated actions on divestment and disclosure, following months of demands received from students and alumni groups in solidarity with Palestine. He shared that the current market value of […]
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Dungeons & Dragons class at MSVU this winter, nearly full already
First things first: you don’t have to know how to play Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) to take a new course developed by Jeff MacLeod for January 2025, called Wizards, Rogues and Elves: Exploring Politics Through Dungeons & Dragons. It’s a 3000-level (or upper year) special topics course, cross-listed within the departments of political studies and […]
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Alan Syliboy massive retrospective at Dal Art Gallery hosts artist talk next Saturday
Alan Syliboy’s largest retrospective ever is up at the Dalhousie Art Gallery (DAG), until Aug. 11. The Journey So Far exhibition spans 50 years of work from the prolific self-taught Mi’kmaw artist from Millbrook First Nation. It offers a wide and diverse display of Syliboy’s multimedia work that continually draws material and figurative inspiration from […]
