The lore in the Hart household was as rich as the ice cream served every day.After joining his family's creamery business, the story goes, Bruce Hart travelled from Nova Scotia to the U.S. to attend 'Ice Cream University.'The dates and places are foggy — as often happens with family history passed down through generations — but it was sometime before or after he served during the Second World War and likely took place at what's now the University of Massachusetts, a school with strong roots in a...

As sponsors distanced themselves from Hockey Canada over the past few weeks, it became clear they wanted to see more than just a change in leadership.The need for a sweeping overhaul — via phrases such as "necessary cultural change" [Telus], "improve the culture" [Scotiabank], and "meaningful change" [Canadian Tire] — was a common thread in many explanations from the companies that backed away from Hockey Canada after months of scandal over its mishandling of alleged sexual assaults.Even after t...

Students at St. Francis Xavier University are speaking out in response to the school's handling of a reported case of campus rape, calling for a review of its sexual violence policy to ensure a "survivor-centric" approach.Nearly 100 people attended an organizing meeting Wednesday night, with more discussions Thursday about how to take more aggressive action against campus sexual assault.St. F.X. Student Union president Rebecca Mesay said she's witnessed a range of emotions among students from "a...

The aftermath of the 1917 Halifax ship explosion is shown in a file photo. Evidence of the massive explosion which killed almost 2000 people in 1917 is littered across the city, providing a tourism draw to Atlantic Canada's largest city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/National Archives of CanadaArticle contentHALIFAX — A boy presses his small face up to a cold window pane. It’s an early winter morning, and two ships in Halifax harbour are exchanging a cacophony of horn blasts.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SU...