Coping with COVID

As we enter the second year of the pandemic, students in the Online Features Workshop explore how our lives have changed – and the ‘new normal’ that could lie ahead.

By Online Features Workshop

Mar 23, 2021 | Magazine

IAPMD’s executive director Sandi MacDonald poses for her portrait at the University of King’s College in Halifax on March 16, 2021.

Halifax woman’s non-profit offers support for people with premenstrual disorders

International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD) has just started providing live peer support sessions for people locally and around the globe

By Ella MacDonald

1 week ago | Health News

A patron at Durty Nelly's pub on Argyle Street in Halifax enjoys a glass of beer on March 31, 2021. Depending on if the province decides to loosen public liquor laws, patrons might not be required to stay inside that fence to crack a cold one.

Eased public drinking rules in Canada spark conversation in Halifax

Some say relaxing public drinking laws could curb irresponsible drinking, help businesses

By Luke Dyment

2 weeks ago | News

An Accessible Pedestrian Signal in Halifax.

Glitchy HRM crosswalk buttons making intersections dangerous for the visually impaired

Sighted individuals might not give these crosswalk buttons much thought, but they are a lifeline for other pedestrians.

By Alexander Sinclair

2 weeks ago | News

Spotlight

2020 COPA Silver Award Winner, Best Interactive/Infographic Story (Academic)

Newsrooms, the heat is on

Scientists and governments have declared a climate emergency. Journalists debate.

Nov 18, 2019

A panoramic view towards the mouth of the Halifax Harbour, spanning the Dartmouth waterfront to the Halifax waterfront, from the centre of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge.

2020 COPA Gold Award Winner, Best Interactive/Infographic Story (Academic)

Harbour rising

Climate change will cause the waters in Halifax Harbour to rise by a metre or more, threatening more than a billion dollars of harbourfront real estate

Nov 9, 2019