Stories by Ellery Platts

Ellery Platts

Ellery is a fourth year student in the BJH program at King's. She is extremely passionate about sports and photography.

A portrait of Triston Reece was painted on a pair of Converse shoes by Kemmy Smith to be worn at the Grey Cup by Matthew Scianitti.

'He really got there': Mom touched that others are keeping her son's memory alive

A small portrait has a huge impact on a mother who lost her son

Dec 5, 2019

Benoit-Olivier Groulx is one of three Halifax Mooseheads invited to the World Junior tryout in Oakville.

3 Mooseheads invited to World Junior selection camp

Tryouts are in Ontario next week, but Hockey Canada has until Dec. 25 to decide

Dec 3, 2019

The Halifax Thunderbirds gave the city a taste of lacrosse with a high scoring debut.

Orange vs. Purple: Halifax Thunderbirds show what's to come

New professional lacrosse team opens the season with an intrasquad matchup

Nov 25, 2019

Sarah Marceau holds her painting with pride after competing for her first time at Art Battle Halifax.

She didn’t just make art, she became art 

12 artists, 20 minutes, in front of a live audience 

Nov 18, 2019

Thunderbirds forward Kyle Jackson poses in the team's head office in Halifax.

A lone Thunderbird awaits his teammates

Lacrosse team plays its first game in Halifax next month

Nov 14, 2019

Jo-Ann Roberts at her concession speech after losing to Andy Fillmore on Oct. 21 in Halifax.

PoliticsMay's out. Now what?

Interim leader Jo-Ann Roberts will focus on growing the party before next leader selected

Nov 6, 2019

Gabbie Douglas, a second-year student at Dalhousie University, wonders how she will afford her tuition this fall.

StudentsAnother tuition increase recommended for Dalhousie University

Budget committee calls for 3% increase in tuition fees, cuts to faculty

Mar 29, 2018