Festive ways to stay safe
For local mask makers, taking advantage of Halloween and other seasonal mask opportunities is important.
Five-hundred people fed for Thanksgiving
The season of sweaters, pumpkins, and changing leaves is approaching, and with it, Thanksgiving; the holiday we all associate with an abundance of food – mainly turkey, mashed potatoes, and […]
Rachael Delano
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario Major: Combined Honours in Music + Environment, Sustainability & Society As the weather turns colder, Rachael Delano is already thinking ahead to the ways that she will […]
Trojans and Bighorns renew rivalry
Traditions tend to have deep roots at Dalhousie, a university who’s founding—as a sign on Robie Street kindly reminds passersby—dates to 1818. The list of traditions may soon include a […]
Cute kids asking for money
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) started using Halloween as a fundraiser for their organization in 1950. UNICEF works to combat humanitarian problems like mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS, […]
A look at compassion fatigue
How the media is desensitizing us On the sides of streets, impoverished mothers beg for scraps of food. Children with vacuumed cheeks and distended abdomens sit amongst miles upon miles […]
Justice, not charity, needed in Haiti
By Dave Bush, Staff Contributor Is Haiti cursed? The question seems to be asked by westerners every time Haiti goes through some crisis, whether it is a flood, coup or earthquake. […]
Runners remember Heather Saaltink
By Zack Wilson, Staff Contributor This past weekend, Halifax and Cornwall, Ontario played host to the first annual Heather Saaltink Memorial Runs. The charity events – in which dozens of Dalhousie […]
A second winter Out of the Cold
By Lauren Naish, Staff Contributor As the winter months approach and the temperature drops below freezing, the community members, volunteers and organizers of Out of the Cold emergency shelter are gearing […]
One lacking program per child
I imagine that brightly coloured laptops sit in a small closet in rural Africa and slowly collect dust as the days pass. The school that owns them cannot secure power […]