Unlike other Halifax-area universities, the University of King’s College won’t be hiking students fees by implementing a tuition reset. Yesterday, new university president Bill Lahey put forward a motion not to implement the tuition reset for the next two school years, an option which was previously left open for this academic year and the next. […]
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Watch this short doc on the benefits of medical marijuana
“Weed is way more than just weed,” says Tristan Williams, the subject of a new short doc on the ‘undeniable benefits’ of medicinal marijuana by Abandoned Spirt House Films, founded in Halifax a few years ago by King’s College grads Roland Eksteins and Nicolas Bergeron. Both Eksteins and Bergeron are currently videographers in residence at The Banff […]
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Best Professor
Gold Winner Dr. Alan Brown, MSVU Silver Winner Dr. Laura Penny, University of King’s College
 Bronze Winner Dr. Randi Warne, MSVU Dear Mount Saint Vincent—do you know how lucky you are? Dear MSVU administration—do you know? This year’s best have all taught at the Mount (or still do), and their expertise has clearly made a […]
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Where to live in Halifax
[Image-1] Every year thousands of new students descend on this city with no clue where to find an apartment. The largest concentration inevitably ends up in the south end because it’s so close to Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s. That’s dumb. Halifax is pretty tiny, geographically speaking. We’re an easy city to walk and bike across […]
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Why Canada is better off with the monarchy
[Image-1] On May 2, members of the Monarchist League of Canada’s Halifax and South West Nova Scotia Branch celebrated the birth of princess Charlotte by donating funds to support children in a local community centre. For those following the event, there was relief in the ease of the birth and, for many, delight in the […]
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Nick’s Halleyfax: from Bebop to Bach
[Image-1] It’s been an eye opening six years since musician Nick Halley moved to Halifax in 2008. Between swinging jazz and sacred choral music, Halley has found a musical niche in the Maritimes that’s hard to find anywhere else. On Saturday, Halley is conducting the King’s Chorus in their fifth anniversary performance. With the Chorus, […]
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A call for representation
Last month at the King’s campus bar, student Meg Shields noticed something was missing. A few pints deep, Shields found herself staring at a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. She was suddenly struck with anger. “I noticed that the wall adjacent to her [the Queen] was totally blank. I was sitting with the King’s Students’ […]
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Working Up a Lather‘s spin city
A three-course meal and a play for 15 bucks just might be the deal of the century, but patrons of Spencer House Seniors’ Centre’s ridiculously affordable dinner theatre aren’t the only ones who’ll be getting something of value from the experience. The cast and crew of the upcoming production of Working Up a Lather are […]
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Crocus Song sings
Thomas McCallum and other students of the University of King’s College will be performing tonight (8pm, free) at The Carleton Music Bar & Grill to launch McCallum’s debut CD, Crocus Song. The free event called “Pre-My-Valentine”, a play on the question many Haligonians will be asking this Friday, will be emceed by East Coast Music […]
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Best Professor
Gold Winner Randi Warne, Mount Saint Vincent University Silver Winner Roberta Barker, Dalhousie University Bronze Winner Laura Penny, University of King’s College

 “I played university when I was a little girl, this is an insane thing to do,” says Dr. Randi Warne, coordinator of MSVU’s Cultural Studies program and all-around brilliant woman. “I’d be stroking […]
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Inventions’ classical swagger
Bryn McLeod, director of operations for the Halifax Music Co-op calls its showcase Inventions “a coming together of two musical worlds, bringing the bar scene into a concert hall and adding everything that entails.” In its 2013 manifestation, the HMC has paired two new composers with local indie artists Gianna Lauren and Hermitofthewoods (AKA Michael […]
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5 x 5 Advanced Television Doc Screening
Free this afternoon at 2:15pm for about an hour? Head over to the University of King’s College for five 10 minute docs by students in Sylvia Hamilton’s Advanced Television class. The titles of the docs are “You Don’t Care”: Voting on the Price of Education, First/Last, Laser Ventures, Lovely Lady Bumps and The People’s Violinist. The films will screen in Alumni Hall at King’s, 6350 Coburg Road.