Weekend Video: The last weir
The last weir, this weekend’s video, is a beautiful and heart wrenching documentary on the end of weir fishing in the Bay of Fundy.
Environment
The panel is political. Ad Astra Comix visits Halifax
Ad Astra Comix, the Canadian publisher of comics with social justice themes, is traveling across North America to foster a community of political comics artists, writers and readers. On Thursday they visit Halifax.
South Shore organization wants offshore oil regulation with teeth
Shell Canada and other large energy corporations basically get their way with our oceans, regulation is a farce and risks are ignored. That’s the opinion of a new South Shore organization, the Campaign to Protect Offshore Nova Scotia. It has some suggestions on how to fix the problem.
Ecology Action Centre challenges staff and volunteers to reflect on legacy of residential schools
The EAC believes we should pay close attention to the work and recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It is starting a monthly reading group to facilitate that effort.
Weekend Video: Building links among women. Grappling with Muskrat Falls in Labrador and Nova Scotia
This weekend’s documentary follows a group of women from Nova Scotia as they travel to the site of the new hydroelectric installation at Muskrat Falls in Labrador. With Labradorian women as their guides, the Nova Scotians come to understand the heavy toll this dam is taking on the local environment, economy, and social fabric.
Weekend video: Listening to our neighbours
Fast paced documentary on the impact of climate change on the people who live in Antigonish.
Boat Harbour victim impact statement: a story of deception and broken promises
A victim impact statement by the Pictou Landing First Nation after Northern Pulp pleaded guilty to leaking effluent into the East River in 2014 makes for interesting reading. Government sure lied a lot, and it broke a lot of promises in the last 60 years.
BP sponsors program on offshore exploration at the Discovery Centre
BP is paying the Discovery Centre for a program on offshore exploration for students in grades 6 and 7.
The true cost of Muskrat Falls – methylmercury and environmental racism
Nova Scotia stands to benefit from the Muskrat Falls power generating project through the Maritime Link. It’s time to have our voice heard on the severe damage the project threatens to inflict on the Inuit who live there.
Newsbrief: NDP reveals legislative wish list on poverty, healthcare and environment
If only the NDP were in power, these would be the things it would do this Spring, said Gary Burrill at a press conference at Province House this morning.