Nova Scotia loves to get on the bandwagon a few months or years after a trend has hit its saturation point everywhere else. It’s a few years late, but we’re still all in on hamburgers, re-opening coal mines and building failing convention centres. The latest cool thing from last year is enlisting to fight in […]
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UPDATED: Labi Kousoulis refuses to meet with student activists on sexual violence
Kousoulis’ sent a response to the CFS letter just before end of business Monday afternoon. The relevant section is now quoted below. The Canadian Federation of Students says the Department of Labour and Advanced Education is attempting to “silence students and survivors” because of an opinion piece first published in The Coast. In an open […]
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Robie Street frat house has a history with sexual assault
[Image-1] A frat house believed to be the site of a sexual assault earlier this month was the location of a previous rape investigation by police in 2012. On March 27, 2012, Halifax Regional Police were contacted by a 21-year-old woman alleging she was sexually assaulted the previous October at 1770 Robie Street. No charges were […]
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Students occupying finance minister’s office
[Image-1] Boy, that budget really hit a nerve, huh? In the avalanche of discussions that’s swirled about cuts to the province’s film tax credit, changes made by the Liberals to Nova Scotia’s university system received fewer headlines. Their impact hasn’t gone unnoticed it seems, as student groups today assembled at finance minister Diana Whalen’s constituency […]
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Some of the best Halifax burgers are in Copenhagen
[Image-1] We hope you’re making the most out of Burger Week, Halifax. There’s nothing like the flavours of your own city to satisfy your appetite. Imagine if you could enjoy the taste of home internationally. Peter Ahn and Ulrich Dehler have achieved just that by creating the Halifax Burger restaurant in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired while […]
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Greater racial diversity needed in humanities
Picture this. Three white graduate students are earnestly discussing the future of post-colonial studies. It’s happening at a symposium to honour a white English professor—a pioneer in studying the work of non-white writers from former colonies such as Jamaica, Kenya and India. During the question period, a black PhD student points out he’s the only […]
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Planning and Design Centre seeks storefront
Speaking of creative ideas to improve the cityscape, The Planning and Design Centre is on the hunt for a prominent storefront to set up shop in downtown Halifax. The Planning and Design Centre started as a special project of the Cities & Environment Unit—-a community planning and research group based in the Faculty of Architecture […]