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PSA: Africville, a spirit that lives on – A reflection project opens August 17

August 9, 2019

In 1989, MSVU Art Gallery, the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, and the Africville Genealogical Society collaborated on the exhibition Africville: A Spirit That Lives On. Today, on the 30th anniversary of the exhibition, the collaborators have reunited and are joined by the Africville Museum, to create a project looking back at the original exhibition and take the opportunity to reflect on what has happened since.

A message from Chief Andrea Paul: The forever argument of economy and jobs

August 8, 2019 7 Comments

Chief Andrea Paul of Pictou Landing First Nation posted a response to the Unifor proposal on her Facebook page. “Today, they are caught in a battle that THEY had years and years to resolve. They had many years of opportunity to do better. They chose not to. Even with the Boat Harbour ACT they still believed they were above that and didn’t begin consultation with the Band until 2017 after we requested it.”

Media release: Ontario tragic nursing home deaths could happen here

August 5, 2019

Media release: The ACE (Advocates for the Care of the Elderly) Team is very concerned that the eight tragic killings of nursing home residents by Elizabeth Wettlaufer could be repeated outside of Ontario, including Nova Scotia.

Media release: Avalon Sexual Assault Centre staff won’t work with current Board

July 30, 2019 2 Comments

Media release: Staff of Avalon Sexual Assault Centre have recruited a replacement board of directors to be elected in September, citing board mismanagement as the driving factor that led to critical problems at the Centre this year, including the closure of the therapy waitlist.

PSA: Preston Township Society presents: The power of Preston

July 30, 2019

PSA: This dynamic dramatic musical production written and directed by Anne Johnson-McDonald, is about both the historical and present power of the people of Preston, beginning with the wisdom of an African elder proclaiming and foretelling the power and faith of the people to overcome adversity to reach the greatness of their preordained destiny.

Media release: Shelburne County, Nova Scotia clearcut would violate Migratory Bird Convention Act

July 23, 2019

Media release: A survey of birds in a forest on public land in Southwest Nova Scotia, slated to be clearcut found 31 species, 25 of which are migratory species protected under the Migratory Bird Convention Act. Birds identified included warblers, vireos, thrushes and finches.

Media release: Nunatsiavut government calls on Premier to direct Nalcor to suspend flooding of Muskrat Falls reservoir

July 22, 2019

Indigenous people in faraway Labrador face methylmercury poisoning, but never mind, Nova Scotia can claim it’s meeting its green energy targets.

Media advisory: NDP members critical of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour nomination process will protest at July 23 meeting

July 22, 2019

Media release: “A previous nomination meeting on May 1 selected Rana Zaman as the party’s candidate. However on June 20 the federal party removed Ms. Zaman from the candidacy after it emerged that she had written several tweets in August 2018 critical of Israel’s shootings of thousands of unarmed Gazans in the “Great March of Return.”

Op-ed: For our forests to survive, minister Rankin must begin to practice what he preaches

July 22, 2019

Op-ed by Community Forests Shelburne County: “We need to see more than just words, since the biggest threat to Nova Scotia’s crown land forests stems from your continued unabated licensing of their wholesale destruction by clearcutting.”

Media release: Former Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees national president seeks NDP nomination

July 19, 2019

Media release: Carl Gannon Jr, a former national president of the Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees (UVAE), is today announcing his intention to seek the NDP nomination in Sackville– Preston–Chezzetcook.