October 2016 - Nova Scotia Advocate

Book review: Living Treaties. Narrating Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations

October 31, 2016

We know the friendship treaties between the Mi’kmaq and the Crown are important, but if you’re at all like me that’s probably where your knowledge ends. Now there is an excellent book that shows how treaty relationships have remained a vital part of the collective memory of the Mi’kmaq through time, and how and why the Mi’kmaw interpretation has slowly gained traction. That didn’t just happen, it took a lot of skillful and fearless effort.

End Poverty Network wants to give voice to anti-poverty groups across the province

October 31, 2016

A Truro conference of anti-poverty activists from all across Nova Scotia may well be the start of a new network and a stronger voice for groups that want to end the disgrace of poverty in this province.

Weekend video: Below the line

October 29, 2016 1 Comment

This documentary may be low on production values, but that doesn’t seem to matter. Meet five different people, all pretty young, all struggling to make ends meet. You get the sense these are friends and acquaintances of the director, who doesn’t judge and just lets the camera (or cell phone) run, just lets people tell their stories. The result is something definitely worth checking out.

Open Letter to the Halifax Public Libraries about the Chronicle Herald

October 27, 2016 3 Comments

Judy Haiven pleads with the Halifax Public Libraries to do the right thing and cancel its Chronicle Herald subscriptions for the duration of the strike.

Make Muskrat Right or Make Muskrat Go Away? NS environmentalists grapple with Muskrat Falls

October 26, 2016

Should we make Muskrat Falls right, or should we just walk away from a mega project that is terribly destructive in so many ways? Sierra Club Atlantic and the Ecology Action Centre land on different sides of the discussion.

Op-ed: Arrest order for Muskrat Falls journalist must be revoked

October 25, 2016 1 Comment

Stop arresting journalists in Labrador or anywhere. Pretty embarrassing that you have to write an op-ed to make that point.

Kendall Worth: More ignorant ideas about welfare that people actually believe

October 24, 2016 4 Comments

Kendall Worth continues to investigate stupid ideas about welfare that people actually believe.

Weekend video: Fiber-farming the Cape Breton Highlands

October 22, 2016 3 Comments

“This is my favourite place in the world. It breaks my heart that this is happening here.” Ryan Chambers takes us on a short drone ride high above the Cape Breton Highlands.

Remembering Phil Pacey

October 22, 2016 6 Comments

Judy Haiven’s tribute to Phil Pacey, a founder of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, and a fearless fighter for a liveable city. He died last Thursday.

Muskrat Falls: “It’s not empty, it is people’s home”

October 21, 2016

This story / interview was originally published on the Halifax Media Co-op website in April 2014. We are running it again because it’s a necessary reminder that the Muskrat Falls development affects multiple marginalized groups in Labrador and it clearly addresses Nova Scotia’s complicity through the Maritime Link.