Tom Rogers: “Scenic drives”
Tom Rogers and his wife have been exploring the back roads of Lunenburg County. They were shocked by what they found.
Month: November 2019
Press release: Anti-war rally and forum against Halifax International Security Forum, Saturday, November 23
The U.S.-based Halifax International Security Forum (HISF), known to the anti-war movement as the Halifax War Conference, returns to Halifax for the 11th year in a row from November 22 to 24. Every year, this event brings warmongers and war criminals, and their handmaidens, to plan further aggression against the peoples of the world. This is unacceptable. Join in actions to get Canada out of NATO, Make Canada a Zone for Peace and reaffirm that Halifax is “No Harbour For War”!
By declining Ellen Page’s gift, Town of Shelburne is missing a great opportunity in more ways than one
It looks like the Town of Shelburne is not interested in the generous offer by filmmaker and actress Ellen Page to pay for a much-needed public well for the Black community in town. But the town’s legacy of environmental racism calls for reparations, and that well would be a great start.
PSA: November 22, 11:00-2:00. Disability and inclusion awareness workshop with reachAbility
PSA: An opportunity to speak with the Nova Scotia Barristers Society (NSBS) Council, the governing body of Nova Scotia’s legal profession. Learn about the Society’s role and discuss the importance of inclusion in improving ways to accommodate the disability community.
Raymond Sheppard: Resisting the constant negative propaganda aimed at African people
There is constant propaganda deliberately aimed toward us as African people in order to turn hate inward and to promote self destruction, writes Rayond Sheppard. “The quest to conquer and annihilate us as African people is relentless and some of our own people are being used to seal the deal.”
Tony Seed: Opposition against Halifax war conference spreads to Ontario
The U.S.-based Halifax International Security Forum (HISF), known to the anti-war movement as the Halifax War Conference, returns to that city for the 11th year in a row from November 22 to 24. This year protests aren’t limited to Halifax, writes Tony Seed.
Press release: Haligonians join groups throughout Canada in expressing solidarity with Waterloo family facing deportation
Twelve groups and organizations throughout Canada including No One Is Illegal – Halifax/K’jipuktuk (NOII-Hfx) have issued an open letter in solidarity with an undocumented family in Waterloo, Ontario facing deportation to Guatemala. Ahead of tomorrow’s expected post-election cabinet shuffle, they call on the Trudeau government to let the family stay in Canada.
The complex truth: Intersections between Day Schools and the Shubenacadie Residential School
Historian Martha Walls takes a closer look at the establishment of the Shubenacadie Residential School as an effort by the state to deflate Indigenous People’s resistance in the region.
Open letter to the Premier: Seven actions to stop systemic racism in our health care system
After reading about Dr. Lynn Jones’ negative experience with staff in the QEII Emergency Department, Carol Millett wrote this letter to the Premier listing seven concrete actions that will begin to address the systemic racism many Black people face when accessing our health care system
Kendall Worth: My chat with Alec Stratford of the NS College of Social Workers
Kendall Worth meets with Alec Stratford of the NS College of Social Workers.They talk about income assistance, Community Services, and social isolation, among other things.