King’s shares damning review into Wayne Hankey sexual assault accusations

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What are you up to this weekend? If you’re like me and still have no plans to fill up your Friday to Sunday itinerary, our Arts Editor Morgan Mullin has saved the day with a list of some sure things–whether you’re celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day or not—that you can check out this weekend. Scroll on down to read.

And if you’d like to keep your options open, you can always head over to The Coast Listings page to find some more events.

“A PATTERN OF PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR”

King’s shares damning review into Wayne Hankey sexual assault accusations

More than a year after former University of King’s College professor Wayne Hankey was set to stand trial in the first of three sexual assault cases brought against him, an independent report commissioned by the university he spent his career at finds the professor not only showed a “pattern of predatory and abusive behaviour” throughout his career at King’s, but that King’s itself bears responsibility for allowing that behaviour to happen.

The 51-page report finds that Hankey’s behaviour during his 40-year career at King’s “ranged from subtle solicitation, sexual suggestion, [and] homophobic remarks, to sexual assault.” The report further finds that “most of” Hankey’s behaviour was connected to his employment at King’s—and that the university’s response after becoming aware of the numerous allegations surrounding Hankey “was lacking.” In drawing those conclusions, the report points to one instance of the King’s administration destroying a report into Hankey’s misconduct. It also surfaces more than a dozen new allegations brought against the disgraced former professor.

Need to know

☁️ Today's weather: Cloudy with a 60% chance of flurries. A high of 2C and a low of -1C.

💥 Eastern Front Theatre is back with another MACRO Series of playful, larger-than-life, interactive theatre exhibits at Alderney Landing. ISOLATIONS is free to the public, Mar. 24-25.*

🅿️ As of Apr. 1 permit fees for on-street parking in the HRM will increase and permits will become digital. For full details on these upcoming changes visit halifax.ca/parking.

🎭 A Canadian blogger is kidnapped by pro-Russian separatists. A gripping story about surviving impossible odds. Ballad of the Motherland, Neptune Theatre Mar. 21–Apr. 2.*

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THE GRAND PARADE

Budget preview: Utopian high school hockey

The Grand Parade is back with a surprise budget preview! In this episode, Martin picks things off the budget adjustment list, and then we talk about what those line items mean to the people of Halifax. There’s also a contest in this episode to win a swanky Burger Bash T-shirt!

We also talk about the single most important $350,000 the city can spend. The very short version of this very long story is that suburbs are really bad, so we probably shouldn’t have built them. But since we have built them, what do we do with them, instead of destroying undeveloped land? That’s what that $350,000 is all about: Figuring out if we can better live as communities of people, seeing as how we’re social animals and all that. Or failing at that, how we can live in isolated silos without killing the planet as we currently are.

But that got us thinking: What would you do instead of suburbs, if it were up to you? Pie-in-the-sky unrealistic stuff or practical policy solutions—how do you want to live? Send us an email or voice memo (if you do, I may use it on the pod) to [email protected].

But if you just want to listen to how high school hockey could be our post-suburban utopia, then listen to the latest episode of The Grand Parade here:

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Support4Sport is honoured to showcase some of the amazing women in sport in Nova Scotia for International Women’s Day 2023.

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VIDEO PREMIERE

Leona Burkey's "Groundrush" is about to make mom rock a thing

An ECMA-nominated musician who’s managed to make new music while raising kids, Leona Burkey has a fresh perspective in her songs about life, time and ageing.

Here, in a music video exclusively debuted with The Coast that acts as the latest single from her album Groundrush, Burkey brings enough of her renowned live energy to wreck your weekly screen time with a watch-on-repeat take on “Groundrush.”

SURE THINGS

This weekend in Halifax

The days are slowly getting longer and Halifax's calendar of events is filling up with all kinds of must-see, must-do fun, from a Cape Breton-packed music showcase for St Paddy's to a DJ night for a good cause. Here's where to go and what to do in Halifax to maximize those precious hours this Saint Patrick's Day weekend:

• Turn up at A Cape Breton St. Patrick's Day Party | Mar. 17

• Watch The Crevice live taping | Mar. 17 & 24

• See Luck be a Theydee | Mar. 18

• Dance at Tropical Gothic x Uphold The Treaties w/ RISS and DJ Aniiiiiiiiiita | Mar. 18

• See Single Mothers w/Chastity, Botfly and Human Missile Crisis | Mar. 18

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Body Worlds Vital 

Th/is incredible exhibition offers an amazing opportunity to understand our anatomy, our health, and to gain a new appreciation for what it means to be human.

Body Worlds Vital will be on view Jan. 27 until Apr. 30, 2023, at your Museum of Natural History.

Plan your visit now!

RISE AND BRINE!

In other news

🩺 As if the family doctor registry wasn’t large enough, two prominent practitioners in Spryfield are weeks away from retiring and leaving another 4000 patients without a doctor. CTV has the story.

🏠 The province has announced $12 million in funding to create modular homes for healthcare and skilled trades workers in areas where housing isn’t easily accessible.

🧓 To help keep elderly Nova Scotians healthy, the province is providing grants to 37 groups to help design programs catered to the ageing population.

🚨 Steven Douglas Skinner, the man responsible for shooting and killing Stacey Adam in Lake Echo back in 2011 and later another man before fleeing to South America for 5 years, has been granted full parole.

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Hodgepodge

⏲ Procrastination–we’re all guilty of it from time to time. However, according to a new study in the scientific journal Developmental Psychology, procrastination habits may stem from early childhood.

🗣 Kaleb Dhalgren, a Humbolt survivor, mental health advocate and author of the novel Crossroads, will be speaking at Bella Rose Arts Centre on Apr. 3 as part of his Words to Live By tour.

📜 Back in February The Coast covered the new Youth Laureate Program that would be launching in Halifax. Yesterday, applications for the program opened. You can see if you qualify and apply here.

🦈 After a worrying period of decline, according to researchers it looks like the great white shark population in Canadian waters is gradually growing.

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