The Dalhousie Gazette is the main student publication at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The paper first began publishing in 1868, making it the oldest continually operating student newspaper in North America followed by The Harvard Crimson and The Columbia Daily Spectator.. The founding editors were J.J. Cameron, A.P.Seeton, and W.E. Roscoe. The Gazettes weekly circulation is 2,000, making it Halifax's third-largest free print publication. The Gazette is run, financed and published by the Dalhousie Gazette Publishing Society, a group of students made up from the Gazettes editors and contributors. The society operates independently of the Dalhousie Student Union, though the paper does charge an annual student levy through the DSU as a means of complementing its advertising income. The Gazettes primary mandate is to scrutinize and report on the financial, social and administrative powers of the Dalhousie Student Union, its student societies, and the Dalhousie University administration. Within this mandate, the Gazette also covers events and news related to the Dalhousie community, student body and alumni. As one of Halifax's major independent publications, the Gazettes Dalhousie-centric mandate has often been expanded to include issues outside of the university community proper. Recent publication years of the Gazette gave seen a large emphasis on international events, local artists and regional politics. Reflecting this independent disposition, the Gazettes layout has dispensed with front-page story copy, printing instead a full-cover graphic and large teasers with page numbers under the fold. Along with their Dalhousie counterparts, University of King's College students have made significant contributions to the paper despite being outside of the Gazettes levy umbrella. Aside from providing the paper with many staff reporters and photographers, King's students and alumni have recently filled some of the Gazettes top editorial positions. The Editors-in-Chief for the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 years were King's alumni, and significant portions of the newspaper's editorial staff over the years has come from King's. A typical issue of the Gazette in 2013/2014 was 24 11x10 pages, with approximately 800 words appearing per page. As of 2019, the Gazette has 10 paid positions: an editor-in-chief, news editor, opinions editor, arts & lifestyle editor, sports editor, visuals editor, copyeditor, page designer, business and administration manager and a distribution manager.
Joseph Howe, journalist, politician and Canadian statesman who contributed a few articles to the Dalhousie Gazette during the Hants County byelection of 1869. It was also in 1869 that Howe joined the Canadian Cabinet only to resign his position in 1873 to become Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
