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What Philadelphia’s basketball team can teach Haligonians

By Matt Stickland

Apr 22, 2024

Being a sports fan of any team is often an unrequited love affair. For most sports fans, the odds of your favourite team winning are vanishingly small...

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Halifax’s Auditor General drops 2024 audit plan

New CAO is fixing her department

By Matt Stickland
Apr 18, 2024
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Halifax Wanderers seek first win of CPL season on the road in Vancouver

The Canadian Premier League club fell 1-0 in last weekend’s season opener against Pacific FC.

By Martin Bauman
Apr 17, 2024
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Cruise season is back in Halifax—with newer anti-pollution rules. But how much has changed?

As many as 375,000 cruise tourists will visit Halifax in 2024. But environmental groups say federal regulations still aren’t protecting Canada’s waters.

By Martin Bauman
Apr 17, 2024
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Apr 15, 2024
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The Grand Parade podcast: Halifax’s budget season is (almost) over. How did councillors perform?

Analyzing the good, bad and otherwise in what is likely HRM council’s final one-year budget before it introduces a four-year cycle.

By Martin Bauman and Matt Stickland
Apr 15, 2024
Education

Nova Scotia teachers vote overwhelmingly for strike mandate

Bargaining with the province isn’t working as is, says union

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Apr 12, 2024
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The power of positive feedback: How one Mi’kmaw community is building toward a net-zero future

By Moira Donovan, Climate Story Network
Apr 11, 2024
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“Never been done before”: Meet one of the women bringing pro women’s soccer to Halifax

The still-unnamed women’s soccer team—possibly titled Halifax Tides FC—has officially joined Project 8, set to kick off in 2025.

By Martin Bauman
Apr 11, 2024
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Everything you need to know about HRM council’s April 9, 2024 meeting

Why can't we build complete communities anymore?

By Matt Stickland
Apr 10, 2024
Education

Vote of no confidence from SMU faculty union against school’s president and board chair

The union of 292 members says university is in a 10-year financial downturn and needs new leadership

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Apr 9, 2024
Education

Don’t take a selfie with Monday’s solar eclipse! says SMU astronomer

Do head to Saint Mary’s University where you can watch it with cool glasses

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Apr 7, 2024
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Road salt lowers the risk of deadly collisions—but it’s also killing Halifax’s lakes. What’s the answer?

Biologists say road and sidewalk salt is harming life in Halifax’s watershed. It’s also the first resort for many Haligonians after a deep freeze. But does it have to be?

By Martin Bauman
Apr 4, 2024
Education

Students use class at King’s as opportunity to express emotions following Oct. 7

“In a class on comparative perspectives on genocide, we could not pretend this was not happening.”

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Apr 3, 2024
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Demystifying Halifax’s budget process

What even is a Budget Adjustment List?

By Matt Stickland
Apr 2, 2024
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Transportation in crisis on the eve of budget playoffs in Halifax

Thoughts from the press box on HRM’s 2024 Budget Season.

By Matt Stickland
Apr 2, 2024
Education

“We don't want any more money being slicked with oil”

It’s time for Dalhousie University to divest from oil and gas, says student group.

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Apr 1, 2024
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Everything you need to know about HRM council's March 26, 2024 meeting

By Matt Stickland
Mar 27, 2024
Education

King’s invites Jewish and Palestinian co-authors to campus for open discussion with students

“People don't know how to talk about it. Everyone's scared. Everyone's scared of alienating and being alienated.”

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mar 27, 2024
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Halifax Transit planning for a ridership decrease

Why can’t city staffer Dave Reage get people on his buses?

By Matt Stickland
Mar 26, 2024
Education

10,000 teachers will take strike vote April 11 as ‘wake-up call’ to province to reach a fair contract

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mar 25, 2024
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The Wanderer Grounds podcast: Where does Halifax fall in the CPL’s pre-season power rankings?

The Wanderers’ 2024 roster is arguably the deepest, most experienced in franchise history. But with rivals forming super teams, will it be enough?

By Martin Bauman
Mar 21, 2024
City

Everything you need to know about HRM's March 19 council meeting

Getting back into the swing of routine business

By Matt Stickland
Mar 20, 2024
Education

'I don't think anyone should graduate from university with any degree and not learn this stuff,' says Indigenous Peoples and Media prof

New mandatory course at King's teaches decolonizing journalism

By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mar 20, 2024
City

A new speed limit exposes design failures

Commutes through Downtown Dartmouth to be largely unchanged.

By Matt Stickland
Mar 19, 2024

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