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A person plays a VLT

Numbers Game: Video lottery keeps on spinning, and Nova Scotians keep on getting hurt

More than 30 years after being introduced, the "crack cocaine of gambling" is alive and well

Jun 10, 2022

Students learn the significance of smudging to Mi'kmaq.

Kwe' Eskasoni

Journalism students learn what it means to report in Mi'kma'ki

Jun 3, 2022

Mary Nkrumah prepared steaming soup (l) and two kinds of fufu (r). She taught workshop participants how to make the meal, then she served it for sampling.

Celebrating the African ‘soul food’ called fufu

Halifax chef cooks a traditional meal to challenge social-media shade

Feb 23, 2023 | Community Education Food News

Many Halifax "Swifties" are waiting for Taylor Swift to announce Canadian dates for her tour, 'The Eras'. But they expressed little hope that Halifax would make the cut.

Too small to ‘hangout’ ?

A Taylor Swift party packed The Dome. But fans don't expect a concert to follow.

Feb 17, 2023 | Arts Community Music

Bannock on a stick with berry stew and spruce tip butter.

Reclaiming Indigenous ways of knowing food

Métis chef discusses traditional cuisine, food insecurity crisis

Feb 17, 2023 | News

A shopper reaches for a can of soup from the grocery store shelves on a cold February morning.

Food insecurity can harm both body and mind, says doctor

Lack of nutrients can cause the body to shut down: nutrition specialist

Feb 17, 2023 | News

On Monday, red dresses honoring over 1000 missing and murdered Indigenous women will be displayed in the Public Gardens, such as the one on the first floor of the Halifax Central Library.

Third annual Kjipuktuk March for MMIWG2S set for Monday

Red dresses on display at 2023 memorial

Feb 17, 2023 | News

Health-care workers in Nova Scotia are in demand but statistics indicate their numbers could be on the decline.

Nova Scotia health-care workers are 'at a breaking point'

New statistics show the province’s health-care employment declined in January

Feb 16, 2023 | News

Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union president Janet Hazelton speaks at the legislature's health committee on Feb. 14.

Health-care unions call for higher legislated standard in nursing homes

Hazelton says standard of 4.1 hours per resident per day of care should be law

Feb 16, 2023 | News