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It s incredibly difficult right now to find student housing. The big key right now is affordability, said Madeleine Stinson, president of Dalhousie s Student Union. She said she has been receiving lots of emails from students looking for help finding apartments or help to pay for them. As in-person learning returns on campus, so too are the students. But COVID-19 means there will be fewer spaces in residence than before. In an email, Dalhousie spokesperson Janet Bryson said its overall residence capacity is being reduced to 80 per cent. Dalhousie has a residence room assignment policy that gives priority to new, direct-from-high-school students, Bryson said. Demand for rooms from the new direct from high school group is high this year, leaving very little space available for other students.
HALIFAX Nova Scotia health authorities are ramping up testing efforts as the province reported a record-breaking 63 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday the highest single-day increase since the province has recorded since the pandemic first emerged last spring. There are now 263 active reported infections in the province, 115 of which were identified over the weekend. As he tweeted Sunday s numbers, Premier Iain Rankin didn t include a message urging people to stay home as he did on Saturday. Instead, he congratulated Nova Scotians for stepping up and getting tested in big numbers. We can t let up! he wrote. Nova Scotians are stepping up. Staying apart and getting tested in big numbers. We can’t let up! This is our highest ever case count, but together by following public health protocols we can flatten this curve. https://t.co/K74EXgduLz
Their commitment was Limitless. University president Brett Fairbairn said he is proud that donors and alumni have shown how much they believe in TRU, its faculty and its students. “It’s impressive that so many people gave to the Limitless Campaign. It demonstrates the widespread recognition of TRU’s vital role in the future of our students, and in the future of our region and our province,” he said. TRU president Brett Fairbairn. Donations came from community members, alumni, companies, organizations, individuals and even students themselves, through the TRU Students’ Union and Society of Law Students. Longtime donors gave yet again because they understand the value of education and innovation, such as Spencer and Janet Bryson, Ken Lepin, Gwyneth Lamperson, Greg and Don Garrish, Frank Quinn, Roland and Anne Neave and family and so many more. New donors came on board, such as the Sisters of Saint Ann and James Bain of Lillooet, who left his estate to fund bursaries for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
HALIFAX Dalhousie University is now considering disciplinary action against students they say attended a gathering that broke COVID-19 rules, and the students involved have since apologized. On Friday, Halifax Regional Police ticketed 22 people for allegedly violating the Health Protection Act at a large social gathering. Around 1 a.m., police say they responded to a house on Jubilee Road in Halifax that was exceeding provincial gathering limits. On Saturday, Dalhousie University issued the following statement, first to CTV News via email, then a similar message on Twitter: The university would have no way of knowing if those charged were students, university spokesperson Janet Bryson said.