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For the love of chocolate
When you peek through the window of Rousseau Chocolatier on South Street in Halifax, you will find Julien Rousseau-Dumarcet, master chocolatier, handcrafting beautiful, award-winning chocolates, macarons, meringues and more. Rousseau’s – which opened in 2014 - prides themselves on using only premium ingredients and collaborating with local growers and producers around the province as much as possible to create their sweet confections.
Dal basketball star follows mom’s steps to greatness
To say Dalhousie basketball star Malcolm Christie was born to be a great athlete would be an understatement. Christie’s mother was an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) MVP in hoops at the University of New Brunswick and Christie’s father was a former volleyball player at St. Francis Xavier University. The 6-5 guard has achieved immense success in basketball and he says his mom had a huge impact on him as a player and person.
Brewing up success in the Valley
Lay Yong Tan, CEO of T.A.N. Coffee in the Annapolis Valley, takes pride knowing his customers enjoy the freshest cup of coffee available when they visit his shop. Tan started his business in 2007, opening his first café in Wolfville, N.S. He now has four locations in the Valley and can be found in Windsor, Kentville and Coldbrook. His dedication to quality and community has won him the Nova Scotia Association of CBDC’s Business Award of Distinction 2022.
HRM announces members to serve on Cornwallis special advisory committee
Halifax Regional Municipality has unveiled the names of people who will serve on a ten-member special advisory committee that will make recommendations on how the city can commemorate Edward Cornwallis, its controversial founder, and Indigenous history. We’koma’q First Nation Chief Roderick Googoo and Monica MacDonald, manager of research at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax will serve as the committee’s co-chairs.
ANSMC Co-Chair questions need to set up expert panel on Cornwallis
The co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs is questioning the need to assemble an expert panel to decide how Halifax Regional Municipality should commemorate the city’s founder, Edward Cornwallis. “Why should we have an expert panel to decide whether or not an individual like that should be commemorated,” Membertou Chief Terrance Paul said in a phone interview. “It should be an easy decision for anybody that’s got any heart or feelings about humanity.” “This person was a murderer.
An interview with Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate
When Halifax Regional Municipality named Rebecca Thomas it’s poet laureate for 2016-2018, she became the first Mi’kmaw to hold that position it was first established in 2001. Since then, the 31-year-old has written and read poems that have sparked change with Halifax Regional Council. In April, Thomas read a poem she wrote called, Not Perfect, about Edward Cornwallis, Halifax’s founder who also issued a bounty on the scalps of Mi’kmaw men, women and children.
NS Senator says Maritime journalism schools passively implementing TRC call-to-action
A Nova Scotia senator and Mi’kmaw activist says post-secondary journalism schools in the Maritime provinces are taking a “passive approach” in implementing the Truth and Reconciliation’s Call-to-Action to teach Indigenous history and issues to students. “(They’re) doing something but it is as if it’s washing its hands of its responsibilities,” Senator Dan Christmas said in a phone interview.
Study linking depression and birth control not wholly accurate - Dalhousie Gazette
A study associating birth control with depression has received heavy media attention, leaving some experts concerned that the news coverage will leave women uninformed. “It’s been misreported in terms of some of the headlines actually suggesting that the pill causes depression … and that’s not at all what the study showed,” says Tanya Tulipan, psychiatrist for reproductive mental health at the IWK Health Centre. The?Danish study published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal on Sept.
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