Not just Halifax: Winds of change blowing through the corridors of power following 2020 municipal elections
Out with the old, and in with the new. John McCracken on the dramatic changes in several Nova Scotia municipalities after the elections.
Month: October 2020
Trapped in conflict: How the corporate mega-fishery Clearwater has set the stage for violent conflict in Mi’kma’ki
Robin Tress: Clearwater Lobster is fishing on unceded, unsurrendered, stolen lands and waters of the Mi’kmaq Nation. Over the last forty years, governments have favoured corporate fishing operations like Clearwater over small scale owner-operators and Mi’kmaq fishers.
What a difference a day makes: It’s a great win for women on Halifax Council
Judy Haiven: As women had been all but shut out for the last four years, many people in HRM decided to vote for diversity. And that shift should manifest itself in a council more interested in listening to the people, less prone to making quick decisions on development, and more likely to make a dramatic start to finding a way forward for affordable and accessible housing.
Letter: RCMP’s failure to stop hate crimes in fishery dispute is another strike against them
Raina Young: The violence and harassment against Mi’kmaq fishers is despicable, racist behaviour. Even more concerning is the failure of the police to stop it, revealing deeper systemic racism. Imagine if it were the other way around, and Mi’kmaq fishermen were harassing white people. Such behaviour would never be tolerated. The RCMP would step in immediately. The hypocrisy and double standards show a clear racist bias.
“Yes to treaty rights and no to racism” – Halifax rallies in support of Sipekne’katik fishers
Close to 1000 people came together this Sunday afternoon at the Grand Parade in downtown Halifax in support of the beleaguered Mi’kmaq fishers along Nova Scotia’s French Shore.
PSA: In Solidarity with the Mi’kmaq nation and fishers
Please join us on Sunday October 18th from 2-4 pm for an action in solidarity with Mi’kmaq Fisher folks. We are all Treaty people and it is our duty to uphold Mi’kmaq treaty rights.
News brief: Hundreds of Haligonians come out to buy treaty lobsters
“I am so excited to see you all here to experience the very first Mi’kmaw self-regulated treaty sale in Nova Scotia,” Dr. Cheryl Maloney of Sipekne’katik told Haligonians looking to pick up some treaty lobster. We did a brief write-up and took some photos at the historic event.
Media release: Schmidtville residents shocked at suggestion of cutting down trees for bike lanes
Media release: On October 13, 2020 a meeting of the Peninsula South Complete Streets Advisory Committee was exploring ways to make it possible for bike lanes to go through Morris Street in Schmidtville (the neighbourhood bounded by Clyde, Queen, South, Morris and Brenton Streets In downtown Halifax.) Among the possibilities mentioned by HRM staff to achieve this goal was the cutting down of up to 48 trees on Morris Street.
Letter: Safe sidewalks and footpaths are a must for any community
Ray Bates: To move around our communities without the many negative possibilities caused by a nearness to traffic is a physical and mental health-enhancing factor that community decision makers need to recognize and work to develop.
Media Release: Survey results show where Halifax council candidates stand on migrant rights
The migrant justice group No one is illegal – Halifax/K’jipuktuk has published responses by Halifax council candidates to a survey on migrant rights. In total, 27 of 82 council candidates responded from 13 of the 16 districts in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). None of the mayoral candidates responded.