Posts by Chris Stoodley
Crystal in Halifax: a photo essay
Cirque du Soleil opened their first on-ice show Crystal in Halifax, on Wednesday Aug 28. The show features acrobats and figure skaters.
Read MoreBlack Student Orientation program launches at Dal
Dalhousie University’s Black Student Advising Centre (BSAC) is launching an orientation program this year to help first-year students transition into university. The Black Student Orientation program is ongoing, so students will attend three different sessions throughout the academic year. The first one took place on Aug. 29. Monique Thomas is BSAC’s Community Outreach and Transition to University…
Read MoreOxfam brings food insecurity awareness to Dal
The Dalhousie and King’s Oxfam Society held a hunger banquet on Nov. 22 in the Student Union Building. The society represented issues of global disparity of wealth and food inequality. “We really had no idea what to expect,” says Katie Clarke, the co-president of the society. “I think we really just wanted to get through…
Read MoreLocal Drag Queens support Children’s Wish Foundation
More than 20 Drag Queens and kings showed up to the Emera Oval for the “Babes on Blades” event on Feb. 9. The Queens individually raised money for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. The $10,000 goal was surpassed with a total of over $13,000 in donations. The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada expects to grant…
Read MoreHalifax then and now: a look at 100 years after the Halifax Explosion
Halifax was devastated on Dec. 6, 1917 when two ships, SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo collided in the harbour. The city was flattened by the largest human-made explosion before the atomic bombs in World War II. This view is from the waterfront on the Halifax side of the harbour. The explosion occurred in the northern…
Read More