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In the basement of the Museum of Natural History, a makeshift movie theatre screens local and international films for Halifax moviegoers.
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Movie buffs become basement dwellers
In the basement of the Museum of Natural History, a makeshift movie theatre screens local and international films for Halifax moviegoers. Every Thursday through Sunday, film-loving volunteers transfor...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Tucked in a corner of Dalhousie University’s Student Union Building, Halifax students sang original songs, performed standup comedy and played musical instruments during a talent show hosted by CKDU, Dal’s campus radio station, at the Abstract Café on Nov. 20.
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Dalhousie students showcase their talent at the Abstract Café
Tucked in a corner of Dalhousie University’s Student Union Building, Halifax students sang original songs, performed standup comedy and played musical instruments during a talent show hosted by CKDU, ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What do we do with our grudges? Are they a natural response to being hurt, a way of protecting ourselves? Or are they quietly weighing us down, damaging our well-being and relationships?
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Grudges: knowing when to hold them and when to fold them
If you’re heading home for the holidays, you’re destined to run into your high school ex at the grocery store. You’ll see that girl from middle school who told everyone you still sleep with a teddy be...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ravers in pointed elf ears, chain mail and chest harnesses gathered at the Marquee Ballroom on Nov. 21, for SLURP: Lord of the G-Strings.
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The Renaissance of Halifax Rave Culture
Ravers in pointed elf ears, chain mail and chest harnesses gathered at the Marquee Ballroom on Nov. 21, for SLURP: Lord of the G-Strings.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In a Sept. 22 release, Dalhousie said it would not be issuing tuition refunds to students, pointing to changes to the academic calendar and additional support provided to instructors.
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Dalhousie students continue to seek tuition refunds for lost class time
As the fall semester comes to an end, Ella Kang is one of many Dalhousie University students still seeking tuition reductions.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What began with a professor launching a single course two decades ago has evolved into a campus-wide research hub at Dalhousie University.
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Dalhousie celebrates two decades of GIS Centre
Dalhousie marked the 20th anniversary of its Geographic Information Systems Centre with an event in the MacDonald Building on Nov. 21, bringing together faculty, students and alumni to celebrate the u...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Students in Dalhousie University’s undergraduate nursing program say they’ve faced increased academic pressure from the condensed semester schedule caused by the faculty lockout.
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Shortened class semester strains Dalhousie nursing program
“I feel like they're burning out their nurses before they even get into the field.”
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December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dalhousie University is set to open its new arena, the Oulton-Stanish Centre, in early 2026, bringing the university’s ice-sport teams closer to campus.
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Tigers preparing for a new era as new Dalhousie hockey arena nears completion
The Oulton-Stanish Centre will open its doors in early 2026 and will bring an arena on campus for the first time since Memorial Arena was torn down.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Students come to Dalhousie University’s athletic teams from all over the world. The Dalhousie Gazette caught up with two athletes who’ve excelled since moving to Nova Scotia from abroad.
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Global Tigers
Students come to Dalhousie University’s athletic teams from all over the world. The Gazette caught up with athletes who’ve excelled since moving from abroad.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A 10-year championship streak is tough to top. Since 2023, when the team won its last Atlantic University Sport title, the Dalhousie University women’s volleyball team has been trying to regain its stranglehold on the conference.
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Dalhousie women’s volleyball team looking to return to glory
A 10-year championship streak is tough to top. Head coaches have come and gone but Ella Hornby and Annik Boldon lead Dal into new era.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Being one of the only game-time items a hooper has the power to choose, every pair of hoop shoes reflects a player’s personality and style, with many showcasing flashy colours and designs.
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Best kicks on the campus court
Players on Dalhousie University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams wore these shoes at recent games.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
As we head into the new year, we hope everyone — students, administration and faculty — can start on the right foot. While we’re not entirely sure if we can put aside our quarrels, we’ve put together a wishlist that might help seal the deal.
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Editorial opinion: the Dalhousie Gazette’s Christmas wishlist
But, in all seriousness, the Gazette wishes everyone a happy and restful holiday season. As we head into the new year, we hope everyone — students, administration and faculty — can start on the right ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Politicians around the world, including in Canada, are now trying to imitate Mamdani in hopes of reproducing his success.
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Canada’s left has learned nothing from Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani polled at just one per cent in the New York mayoral election when he began his campaign earlier this year, tied with the option “someone else.”
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December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I’m 23, and engagements seem to be happening earlier and faster than I ever expected. I want to doomscroll in peace, not find out the girl from my Grade 10 religion class is getting married.
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Why is everyone getting married?
On Oct. 29, Vogue published an article asking, “Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?” The piece, by Chanté Joseph, wasn’t really about boyfriends at all, but about how women have long been defined ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Throughout the press tours for both Wicked (2024) and its new sequel, Wicked: For Good (2025), Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo — the lead actors in both movies — have been a “Popular” topic of online debate.
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Holding space for
Throughout the press tours for both Wicked (2024) and its new sequel, Wicked: For Good (2025), Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo — the lead actors in both movies — have been a “Popular” topic of online ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Canada ranks in the bottom five globally in terms of women’s health-related economic gaps, according to the McKinsey Health Institute. It’s embarrassing.
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Canada’s universal healthcare system is only built for half the population
Of all the things Canada boasts about, our free and inclusive health care is often the one we use for bragging rights across North America.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Since June, I have been under a slow dripping tap of dread. With each day that passes, I am filled more and more with the agonizing realization that Christmas will be different this year.
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How to grieve during the holidays
Since June, I have been under a slow dripping tap of dread. With each day that passes, I am filled more and more with the agonizing realization that Christmas will be different this year.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We all knew Robert Irwin was going to win Dancing with the Stars. But he shouldn’t have.
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Whitney Leavitt should have won
We all knew Robert Irwin was going to win Dancing with the Stars. But he shouldn’t have.Though Whitney Leavitt tied for second place, alongside Alix Earle, in this season’s semifinals, earning 58 out ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What I want for Christmas this year can’t be wrapped under the tree; I want Christmas to feel as special as it did when I was a kid.
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We’ve lost our Christmas spirit
What I want for Christmas this year can’t be wrapped under the tree; I want Christmas to feel as special as it did when I was a kid.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One night in May 2024, I was out at Pacifico and, as often happens in Halifax, friend groups began to mix and mingle. One person there was an ex-hookup/situationship — while I’m not sure what we were when we were seeing each other, I am sure he was an ass.
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How are all these people getting together?... When exes are so accessible
Returning to familiar territory seems to be a familiar story in our generation. How can we start over with someone new when exes are so accessible?
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December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
After 15 years, The Wizard of Oz returned to the Neptune Theatre on Nov. 4, with Dartmouth native Henna Matharu leading audiences down the yellow brick road as Dorothy.
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Nova Scotians bring the Emerald City to Neptune Theatre
After 15 years, The Wizard of Oz returned to the Neptune Theatre on Nov. 4, with Dartmouth native Henna Matharu leading audiences down the yellow brick road as Dorothy.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Rezende, Mullen and McNeil have known each other since elementary school and met Waldman in their first week of university. A month in, they started looking for a house together.
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What makes a good roommate dynamic?
Looking back, their advice for students choosing roommates, shared by a Dalhousie counselling professional, is that compatibility is key. Before agreeing to live together, they considered what each of...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Government and military officials from around the world descended on Halifax last weekend for the Halifax International Security Forum — but for students and community members, one event was notably absent.
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Halifax International Security Forum skips annual public panel with Dalhousie, SMU
Since 2017, the forum has hosted a public panel in partnership with Dalhousie University and Saint Mary’s University ahead of its weekend events — except in 2020, when the event moved online due to th...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When Violet Caswell’s student loans were delayed, she suddenly had to decide between feeding herself or her cats.
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StudentsNS campaign advocates for increased financial student assistance
StudentsNS recently finished a two-week campaign called “Fund Our Future,” advocating for an increase in maximum aid for students from $200 per week to $300 per week and a rise in the maximum weekly e...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Dalhousie University reached a new deal with the union representing its nearly 1,000 part-time academics and teaching assistants, over a year after the previous collective agreement expired.
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CUPE members say Dalhousie deal is a ‘stepping stone’
Dalhousie University reached a new deal with the union representing its nearly 1,000 part-time academics and teaching assistants, over a year after the previous collective agreement expired. Executive...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM