In Nova Scotia 29,000 children are living in poverty 22 years after the House of Commons pledged to eliminate poverty for children in Canada by the year 2000. Acadia researcher Lesley Frank, author of the 2013 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia, says there has been little change in the 10 years she has written the reports.

It all started with 30 hoodies and 30 friends. Alex MacLean, a 22-year-old business student at Acadia started his clothing line for an entrepreneurship class.  Now, sales are booming. CTV News Video

Each summer, millions of migratory seabirds congregate in nesting colonies in Canada’s Far North — and each year Acadia University professor Mark Mallory follows them there and steals their eggs. Canadian Geographic Report.

Thanks to a gift of $1.5 million from the Wu family of Hong Kong, Acadia University has announced plans for construction of the Wu Welcome Centre at Alumni Hall.

Gary Thurber (’80) of Doctor’s Cove, N.S., was one of seven people to receive a Medal of Bravery from the Province of Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Mr. Thurber was a member of the four-person dive team that searched the hull of the Miss Ally, a Woods Harbour fishing vessel that had capsized during a severe winter storm in the Atlantic Ocean.

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