Halifax

Halifax and Moncton, N.B., to host 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship

The World Junior Hockey Championship tournament will run Dec. 26, 2022 to Jan. 5, 2023 in Halifax and Moncton, N.B., Hockey Canada announced Thursday.Canada celebrates a goal against Austria during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton in December 2021. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)Halifax and Moncton, N.B., will host the 2023 World…

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Meet the Halifax man who invents new languages, and puts ice cream in his coffee

Linguists usually think about language evolution, not language invention. But not every language mysteriously sparks and evolves over thousands of years. Jamin Johnson, a man living in Halifax, has nimbly invented over nine languages.Conlanger Jamin Johnson has invented over nine languages. (Submitted by Jamin Johnson)When we think of new “made-up” languages, Esperanto comes to mind. It was…

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