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February 08, 2018

Students with Nowhere to Study

February 08, 2018/ Dayna Smockum, Senior Reporter
Students with Nowhere to Study

Eat. Study. Sleep. Repeat. Where?

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February 08, 2018/ Dayna Smockum, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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Study Space, StFX, midterms
February 08, 2018

Mary Coyle appointed to Senate

February 08, 2018/ Chloe Brown, Senior Reporter
Mary Coyle appointed to Senate

An Interview with Mary Coyle, Nova Scotia’s newest Senator

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February 08, 2018/ Chloe Brown, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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Mary Coyle, Ottawa, Senate of Canada
February 08, 2018

Egg-citing $10,000 win for Hannah Chisholm at Atlantic Competition

February 08, 2018/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter
Egg-citing $10,000 win for Hannah Chisholm at Atlantic Competition

Chatting with Hannah Chisholm about her big win and future business plans. 

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February 08, 2018/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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Hannah Chisholm, 100 Seeds Atlantic, Entrepreneurship
January 25, 2018

 Editorial: We’re Here, We’re Queer

January 25, 2018/ Bre O'Handley, Contributor
 Editorial: We’re Here, We’re Queer

Gender & Sexual Diversity Advisor speaks on the improvements StFX has made for the queer community.

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January 25, 2018/ Bre O'Handley, Contributor/ Comment
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StFX, LGBTQ+, Pride Month
January 25, 2018

Gender X: Now on Passports

January 25, 2018/ Dayna Smockum, Senior Reporter
Gender X: Now on Passports

A new option for Canadian passports.

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January 25, 2018/ Dayna Smockum, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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LGBTQ+, Gender Identity
January 25, 2018

Insights from the inside of the StFX Queer community

January 25, 2018/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter
Insights from the inside of the StFX Queer community

Excerpt: Bre O’Handley speaks of her experience at StFX, both as a student and as the new Gender & Sexual Diversity Advisor.

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January 25, 2018/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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Bre O'Handley, LGBTQ+, StFX
January 25, 2018

Trudeau's Apology

January 25, 2018/ Renee Proctor, Multimedia Coordinator
Trudeau's Apology

Excerpt: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes to the LGBTQ+ community and pledges $145 million to ‘reconciliation, education, and memorialization.’

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January 25, 2018/ Renee Proctor, Multimedia Coordinator/ Comment
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LGBTQ+, Justin Trudeau, C-16
January 25, 2018

Protecting LGBTQ+ student privacy

January 25, 2018/ Chloe Brown, Senior Reporter
Protecting LGBTQ+ student privacy

Excerpt: NDP passes Bill 24, ensuring that school officials are not allowed to disclose to parents whether their child is participating in a Gay-Straight Alliance.

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January 25, 2018/ Chloe Brown, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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Alberta, Gay-Straight Alliance, LGBTQ+
January 18, 2018

Hand of St. Francis Xavier Tours Canada

January 18, 2018/ Dayna Smockum, Senior Reporter
Hand of St. Francis Xavier Tours Canada

466-year-old relic visits StFX campus.

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January 18, 2018/ Dayna Smockum, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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StFX, St Francis Xavier arm
January 18, 2018

Pride Month at StFX

January 18, 2018/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter
Pride Month at StFX

Flag to be flown on StFX campus for the duration of pride month.

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January 18, 2018/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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X-Pride, Pride Flag, LGBTQ+
January 18, 2018

Potential Oland Centre Changes Pending Referendum

January 18, 2018/ Bowen Assman, Sports Columnist
Potential Oland Centre Changes Pending Referendum

Details about the Oland Center renovations and potential upgrades to the fitness center pending the referendum.

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January 18, 2018/ Bowen Assman, Sports Columnist/ Comment
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Oland Centre, Students
January 18, 2018

NASH80 Recap

January 18, 2018/ Chloe Brown, Senior Reporter
NASH80 Recap

9 members of The Xaverian Weekly traveled to Toronto to attend annual newspaper conference held by Canadian University Press.

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January 18, 2018/ Chloe Brown, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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NASH80, Journalism
January 18, 2018

Man accused in Amanda Lindhout kidnapping found guilty

January 18, 2018/ Jennifer Aftanas, Senior Reporter
Man accused in Amanda Lindhout kidnapping found guilty

Following a one on one with Amanda Lindhout last year, Jennifer Aftanas details the arrest of her captor more than 10 years post her release from captivity.

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January 18, 2018/ Jennifer Aftanas, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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Amanda Lindhout
November 30, 2017

Contextualizing #MeToo and Claiming #NoMore

November 30, 2017/ Sarah Patzelt, Features Editor
Contextualizing #MeToo and Claiming #NoMore

Students, administration, and members of the Antigonish community filled a Shwartz classroom on Tuesday November 29th to discuss the topic of sexualized violence both on the StFX campus and as a larger systemic problem.

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November 30, 2017/ Sarah Patzelt, Features Editor/ 1 Comment
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#MeToo, #NoMore, Sexualized Violence, StFX
November 30, 2017

Antigonish Affordable Housing Society: Housing for Hope

November 30, 2017/ Leah Gray, Staff Writer
Antigonish Affordable Housing Society: Housing for Hope

Finalists in the running to improve the community.

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November 30, 2017/ Leah Gray, Staff Writer/ Comment
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Antigonish, AAHS, Aviva
November 30, 2017

Universities vs. the government

November 30, 2017/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter
Universities vs. the government

On November 21, 2017 over 500,000 college students from Ontario finally returned to school after a 5-week strike that had them out of the classroom.

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November 30, 2017/ Salome Barker, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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OPSEU, Acadia, Ontario
November 30, 2017

Legalization: A Weed that Won’t Die

November 30, 2017/ Leah Gray, Staff Writer
Legalization: A Weed that Won’t Die

On Monday, November 27, members of the StFX community gathered in the Riley Hall lounge for this year’s President’s Colloquium titled, “Understanding the Legalization of Cannabis: A University Community Conversation."

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November 30, 2017/ Leah Gray, Staff Writer/ Comment
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Weed, President's Colloquium
November 30, 2017

The National Day of Remembrance and Action of Violence Against Women

November 30, 2017/ Melissa Aycock, Staff Writer
The National Day of Remembrance and Action of Violence Against Women

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada is held on December 6th.

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November 30, 2017/ Melissa Aycock, Staff Writer/ Comment
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Gender Based Violence
November 23, 2017

A New Era of Peacekeeping

November 23, 2017/ Dayna Smockum, Staff Writer
A New Era of Peacekeeping

Prime Minster Trudeau announces new peacekeeping plan for Canada.

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November 23, 2017/ Dayna Smockum, Staff Writer/ Comment
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Canada, United Nations, Peace
November 23, 2017

Adaptive aquatic programs for Antigonish

November 23, 2017/ Caleb Scargall, Senior Reporter
Adaptive aquatic programs for Antigonish

How the adaptive swimming program is changing perception.

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November 23, 2017/ Caleb Scargall, Senior Reporter/ Comment
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Adaptive Swimming, Alumni Aquatic Center, StFX
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