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New Dalhousie certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia

Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia.  Read more.

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Growing community: New Halifax pollinator garden part of Dal group’s efforts to counter eco‑anxiety

Kenneth Conrad

Friday, August 14, 2026

Dal’s EcoHope encourages small but meaningful actions to combat anxiety around climate change, including bringing together a community of volunteers to plant a pollinator garden at a Halifax park.

Opening the farm gates: Community Day discovery at the Faculty of Agriculture

Stephanie Rogers

Friday, August 21, 2026

Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.

Celebrations in “Order” for Nova Scotian honourees

Ryan McNutt

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Faculty member Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Dallaire Institute ED Shelly Whitman, and several Dal alumni are among this year’s appointees to the Order of Nova Scotia, honouring significant contributions to the province.