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Nova Scotia's world-renowned arts college faces tough choices to remain independent
Nova Scotia's College of Arts and Design, Canada's oldest independent fine arts school, is in financial trouble. The 125-year-old institution has been given three months to eliminate its deficit or be forced to merge with another Halifax university. As The Link’s East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros tells us, students and faculty members fear that would undermine the cultural industries in the Atlantic provinces.
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