Woman charged in racist incident on Halifax bus makes brief court appearance
Reporter Rebecca Hussman attended this morning’s court appearance of Stephanie Rogers, who allegedly made racist threats on and off a Halifax Transit bus last October.
Month: January 2019
Letter: Are there two justice systems in this province?
Letter by Judy Haiven on the court case of Shawn Wade Hynes of Pictou County, accused of shooting Nhlanhia Dlamini in the back with a nail gun on a construction site “Is it just my imagination or a usual practice that when someone who is criminally charged does not show up for court, the judge issues a bench warrant?”
Emergency demos: Unist’ot’en and Gitimt’en solidarity in Halifax and at the Canso Causeway
News release: Rally in Halifax (and at the Canso Causeway) in response to RCMP invading Wet’suwet’en territories.
Dale Andrew Poulette to NS Utility and Review Board: The Alton Gas project is a direct violation of Treaty rights
Late last year Alton Gas applied to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB) for a renewal of its approval to construct an underground hydrocarbons storage facility. As part of the NSUARB review interested parties were asked for submissions. This is the submission of Dale Andrew Poulette, Mi’kmaq water protector.
Media advisory: Woman charged in racial incident on Halifax bus to appear in court Tuesday; group decries failure to label it a ‘hate crime’
News release: A woman charged with several criminal offences in connection with an October 25 racist incident on a Halifax transit bus will be arraigned in Halifax Provincial Court (5250 Spring Garden Rd) Tuesday, January 8 at 10 am.
Weekend video: An interview with Ralph Wheadon, long time Provincial Forest Ranger
This weekend we feature an interview with Ralph Wheadon, who became a Provincial Forest Ranger for the area above St. Margaret’s Bay in the early fifties. He talks about fighting forest fires, log drives down the Ingram River, and the changes (not for the better) he has witnessed over his long career. “”If we don’t have logs, if we don’t have timber, I worry about our watersheds. And I am really concerned, as a lot of people are, about cutting that biomass stuff down…”
News release: Preliminary hearing for alleged nail gun shooter
The first 2019 case of alleged hate and criminal hate causing bodily harm is scheduled to be heard in Pictou County Courthouse ( 69 Water Street, Pictou, NS.) on January 7, 2019 at 9:30. Nhlanhla Dlamini was brutally shot with a high velocity nail gun (September 19, 2018) by Shawn Wade Hynes a co-worker employed with PQ Properties Limited of Pictou Nova Scotia.
News release: Applications open for Accessibility Standard committees
News release: Government is inviting Nova Scotians to help advance work toward a barrier-free province. People can apply to serve on new committees that will develop standards to make the communities we live in more accessible for persons with disabilities.
Slippery sidewalks and a shortsighted view on taxes
“Metro councilors play a game. They warn if we want improved snow and ice clearing we all must pay more taxes. Fair enough. But out of a different pocket, we are now collectively paying through our taxes for the strains on Emergency rooms and the health care system. So we all pay one way or another,” writes Judy Haiven.
One year after the Liane Tessier apology, what has changed at Halifax Fire?
It’s been a year since Halifax Fire chief Ken Stuebing publicly apologized to Liane Tessier, and both Halifax Fire and the Human Rights Commission are reluctant to share what changes were made at the organization to deal with the misogyny that was so prevalent. “We’re dealing with issues that were hidden, now we are letting it out of the bag and HRM and the NS Human Rights Commission don’t like it, because now they are being held to account,” Tessier says, pointing to the work of Equity Watch, the anti-bullying organization she co-founded.”