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HIRING: Copy Editor and Treasurer

The Watch is hiring both a treasurer and a copy editor for the 2017/18 academic year. We love bringing on new people to work with us, so please apply! Both positions are paid positions and open to anyone. Applications in the form of resumés and/or cover letters will be accepted until September 15. Those considered […]

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Online Editor's year in review

This year resulted in so much more than I could ever have expected before becoming part of the Watch as the online editor. I knew I would be busy, and I knew that it would be time-consuming, but I was shocked by how much time I was spending on prepping things for the site or […]

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The old and the new editors

It’s been a great year King’s. Through all the ups and downs this year, I’m really proud of the position that the Watch is currently in both financially and socially. We’re leaving the year with a $6,000 surplus, which I think is grat for the upcoming year. I’m hoping that next year we will be able […]

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Publisher's year in review

So this is it: the end of my three years working at the Watch. Of those years, I don’t hesitate to say this has been the best of them all. Here’s just a quick recap of what we’ve accomplished as a team over the past eight months. We (finally) have insurance, which means we’re protected […]

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Arts & Culture City Editors' Blog In Focus

HPX: Night four

From Oct. 19-22, Halifax Pop Explosion took over venues around the city. Here’s what we thought about the performances we attended Oct. 22; the final night of the festival. Click here to read our night one recap, here for night two and here for night three.  Hannah Georgas John: The Marquee was packed for night four. It was shoulder-to-shoulder all the […]

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HPX: Night three

From Oct. 19-22, Halifax Pop Explosion is taking over venues around the city. Here’s what we thought about the performances we attended Oct. 21. Click here to read our night one recap, and here for night two. John: My roommate complained to me last night about the fact that I started yesterday’s review with a […]

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HPX: Night two

From Oct. 19-22, Halifax Pop Explosion is taking over venues around the city. Here’s what we thought about the performances we attended Oct. 20. Click here to read our night one recap.  John: Fresh off my embarrassing wardrobe choice last night, I decided to toss on a Black Keys t-shirt under a denim button-up. I […]

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HPX: Night one

From Oct. 19-22, Halifax Pop Explosion is taking over venues around the city. Here’s what we thought about the performances we attended Oct. 19. Programm John: Kicking off a festival is no easy task, but this quartet from Toronto pulled it off well. Their unique brand of synth-pop made me seriously melancholy and contemplative. They […]

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Editors' Blog Opinions

Censor this: sticking up for our friends down the road

Election season hits King’s next week. Speeches will be filled with the usual bullshit of “more transparency, student activism and trend X to be applied to TWAK” (what’ll it be next? Holograms? Morse Code? Smoke signals?!). You can guarantee The Watch will follow it every step of the way.

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Editors' note: Why we don't publish KSU PR

KSU executive or council members have asked us on at least three occasions this semester about the “angle” our stories would be taking, including last night after the in-camera session – something that we wouldn’t tell the Prime Minister if he asked.