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Plus, sentencing set for early in the new year for former IWK CEO, Halifax Water implements mandatory water conservation measures and province announced funding to support women-led businesses.
Julie Lawrence
September 11, 2025
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Hey Halifax,
The temperatures may be dropping, but that isn’t stopping Dal students from rocking bikinis while just strolling around the south end. I saw a flock of half naked teenagers crossing my street yesterday and I was like, “Is it summer again already? How long was I asleep for?”
Come to find out, the students are using the Northwest Arm like it’s Daytona Beach at Spring Break as they lounge on the docks, and enthusiastically—and I’m sure aided by booze—jumping into that gross septic and condom-filled water.
While some are embracing the impromptu party of it all, others are feeling like they are missing out on their university experience—including attending classes to meet like-minded people.
The ongoing labour dispute between Dalhousie University and the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) continues—with bargaining on both Monday and Tuesday not resulting in any agreements. And as of now, there are no more reconciliatory talks on the schedule, leaving most students in limbo.
Some courses, taught by teaching assistants or part-time instructors, who are not part of the faculty union, have been going ahead, but the vast majority of classes are taught by DFA members.
Also a side note: As of July, the maximum salary for a lecturer was $123K and for a professor it was $217K. Just saying, they’re not exactly roughing it (but I’m not taking sides).
According to a press release from the Dal Student Union, each week that classes are cancelled represents about 7% of the semester—as a result, students are holding a rally to ask the university for tuition refunds based on time lost already this year.
What do you think?
Should Dalhousie students be getting a refund for each day the faculty remains locked out? |
Looking forward to reading lots of thoughts on this one.
Love and light!
– Julie
🌡️ Traffic & Weather
Today: 🌧️ 23°
Tomorrow: ☀️ 19°
Next Day: ☀️ 21°
🚗 Driving, biking or busing today? Check out the current traffic conditions and ongoing road closures.
💨 Here is Halifax’s Air Quality Index and the smoke report.
MUSIC
Good Dear Good’s ‘forlorn dance music’ is back with new EP Sook
📸 Credit: Paul Atwood
The phrase ‘opposites attract’ comes to mind when thinking of Good Dear Good, one of the city’s premier indie pop-rock bands.
Their music twists listeners’ expectations, pairing positive, upbeat tunes and honey-sweet harmonies with gloom and doom lyrics. Typically, you would expect songs with lyrics about settling for love despite unideal conditions to be a little on the sadder side, but Good Dear Good would rather dance through the pain. Their upcoming EP, Sook, will continue this trend in earnest.
🤔 Need To Know
💉 The provincial government announced that infants and people over 75 will now be able to access the vaccine protecting against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for free—Public Health says RSV is a common respiratory virus that can lead to severe complications such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
🚰 Halifax Water officially implemented new mandatory water conservation measures for customers served by Lake Major—this will impact water service for communities in Dartmouth, Burnside, Cole Harbour, Westphal, North Preston and Eastern Passage.
💰 For the eighth year in a row, Nova Scotia Power failed to meet all of its performance targets— incurring a $1M penalty in the process.
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🗞️ In Other News
🎾 One of the community activists and organizers of a protest calling for the cancellation of the Davis Cup tennis qualifiers between Canada and Israel said a few dozen tickets were purchased by protesters who planned to disrupt the tennis tournament.
⚖️ Sentencing has been set for early in the new year for the former CEO of a Halifax children’s hospital who was found guilty of fraud in two separate trials—Tracy Kitch was convicted of fraud over $5K for billing personal expenses to the IWK Health Centre such as airline flights.
💸The province announced it will give women-led businesses support adopting digital tools for their businesses—spending $544,200 on the Centre for Women in Business’s Experimentation, Design, Gain and Evolve (EDGE) initiative.
🌊 Halifax regional council will make a decision this month on infilling restrictions in Dartmouth Cove after the area's councillor warned there is "great risk" in dragging the process out for another year.
🏛️ The deputy minister of Service Nova Scotia defended the practice of tendering public contracts without a competitive bidding process—saying alternative procurement is a "legitimate and necessary" tool used by governments across Canada to obtain goods and services.
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Escape the City, Find the Farm
🚗 Pack some snacks, cue your favourite road-trip playlist, and head out of the city!
On Sept 21, farms across Nova Scotia are welcoming visitors for Open Farm Day’s 25th anniversary. From cows to cut flowers, orchards to honey hives, there’s a stop for everyone. 🌸🍯🐄
Plan your route with the interactive map
SPONSORED BY EASTERN FRONT THEATRE
Coal Bowl Queen opens tonight at Alderney Landing
A basketball tournament, a pageant queen and a decades-long mystery...
The hilarious and heartbreaking new play by Richie Wilcox, Coal Bowl Queen is set around New Waterford’s most celebrated community event: the legendary Coal Bowl Classic basketball tournament.
Tickets start at $25. Volunteers see the show for free!
🗓️ Things To Do
Looking for something to do this week? Check out these Coast picks:
🗓 Improv - The Musical!: Join ‘Improv the Musical’ for their opening and closing night of a brand new improvised musical inspired by you!vEach show, these seasoned improvisers create the next big musical, with each scene and song made up on the spot!v| Sept 11 | 7:30pm | $15 |
🗓 Open Water 2025 Exhibition: Over 40 new watercolour paintings will be on display in this exhibition, organized by the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, this annual juried show highlights works primarily from Canada. Past shows have featured Maritime artists Gary McFarland, Poppy Balser and Ron Hazell, among others. | Sept 12 - Oct 2 |
🗓 Yuk Yuks Halifax presents Darren Frost: Darren is a veteran headliner with too many credits to list. He's a multiple Canadian Comedy Award nominee, and has appeared at the Just for Laughs, Halifax, and Winnipeg Comedy festivals! Don't miss him bringing his Blame Canada! tour to Halifax's original and best home of standup. Hosted by Kyle Carpenter and featuring Steve Mackie. | Sept 12 and 13 | 8:00pm | $25 |
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⚓️ What’s In The Harbour
➡️ The Gotland general cargo ship leaves Halifax for Villagarcia, Spain at 12:30am.
➡️ The Atlantic Sky container ship leaves Halifax for Liverpool at 1:30am.
➡️ The Carmel I container ship leaves Halifax for New York at 3:30am.
🚢➡️ The Enchanted Princess cruise ship arrives in Halifax at 7am and leaves for Canadian seas at 5pm.
🚢➡️ The Zuiderdam cruise ship arrives in Halifax at 7:30am and leaves for Canadian seas at 4pm.
🚢➡️ The Pictor container ship arrives in Halifax from Portland, ME at 8:15am and leaves for Argentia at 6pm.
➡️ The Algoscotia oil tanker leaves Halifax for Sept-Iles at 12pm.
🚢 The One Meishan container ship arrives in Halifax from Colombo, Sri Lanka at 3:15pm.
🍴 Where To Eat & Drink
🥗 This week’s special at Tart and Soul is a rainbow in a bowl: spiced roasted carrots, cucumber, pickled turnip, feta, raisins, lentils, bulgur, red onion, tossed in a tahini sumac dressing.
🍩 Satisfy that sweet tooth with one (or all) of the weekly features at Total Donut Solutions: pineapple coconut, Earl Grey lemon and/or chocolate custard filled.
👀 In Case You Missed It
🗯️ As a province, we know too well the devastating impacts of violence that is ignored, normalized, or excused. The abusive use of NDAs compounds this harm by creating system-induced trauma, institutional betrayal, and a culture that perpetuates gender-based violence. Kristina Fifield—Certified Therapist, and gender-based violence activist—sees first-hand the damage NDAs do to survivors each and every day. Read her open letter to Tim Houston, urging the premier to reconsider his position and take time to critically reflect on the abusive use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in our province.
🏆 The Halifax Convention Centre has been named the “world’s greatest” convention centre by a TV show that highlights outstanding companies’ products and services from around the world—and now it's putting the spotlight on the venue in Halifax.
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