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Whither the Bohemians?

Halifax’s so-called ‘starving artists’ find their home in the North End.

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The home team

It’s the nature of university athletic teams—there’s turnover every year. But this year, more than most other years, was one of transition for the King’s rugby teams.

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Administration Wrap-Up 2010

With exams just around the corner, everyone needs a study guide. Who actually runs the school? What have they done? The Watch takes notes. Study up!

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Fortunate son

Jason Collett is sitting in a quiet corner of Halifax’s Carleton bar. He’s describing the recording process of “Rave On Sad Songs”, a track off his sixth album, Rat a Tat Tat.

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Veterans' vignettes

Ten years ago, Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire was found on a park bench, passed out from mixing alcohol with his anti-depressants.

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Who you gonna call?

Let’s get one thing straight: I don’t believe in ghosts. The dead haunting the living? I don’t think so. Tortured souls with unfinished business? Not buying it. So when I found out that a group of young Halifax “ghost hunters” were coming to investigate the Pit amid reports that a dead janitor haunts the basement […]