Kendall Worth: Lives on welfare and the loved ones
Kendall meets up with a sister of a person who is on social assistance and lives with mental health issues. She worries about her brother and wants to better understand the welfare system.
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Judy Haiven: CN strikers should not be legislated back to work
Judy Haiven joined striking CN workers on the picket line and writes about the issues at stake and concerns that the workers will be legislated back to work. After all, it happened before.
Sonja Wood: Letter to Minister Bernadette Jordan about the need for a proper fish passage at the Windsor Causeway
Sonja Wood reminds the newly appointed Fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan that the Avon River fish passage planned for the Windsor Causeway will, if approved, significantly restrict safe and easy migration for Wild Atlantic Salmon, American Eel and many other species.
Message from No Harbour for War to the Canadian people
Warmest greetings from Halifax to all those protesting against NATO and the Halifax International Security Forum in Toronto and Windsor, Ontario. We salute all those across the land from coast to coast who are engaged in discussing this dangerous event and what to do. The cause of peace, one of the highest ideals of humanity, is a noble endeavour.
Rally against the Halifax International Security Forum, photos and a poem by El Jones
“Things move slowly, but change comes, and it comes from us,” somebody said at yesterday’s rally against the warmongering Halifax International Security Festival. Here are some photos, and a poem by El Jones.
Jen Powley: Province stalls home for disabled adults on Gottingen Street
Nine months ago disability activist Jen Powley presented a proposal to Community Services for a four-bedroom unit with shared-attendant care in a new mixed-use building on Gottingen Street. This unit would keep me and three other young adults out of a nursing home at a cost comparable with that of housing them in a long-term care facility. She’s still waiting for a response.
Lisa Roberts: We need rent control and truly affordable non-market housing in Nova Scotia
NDP Housing spokesperson Lisa Roberts on the affordable housing crisis. “We hear regularly from people who are facing rent hikes in the hundreds of dollars.”
CN workers on strike for more safety and better working conditions
As of Tuesday 3,200 CN conductors, trainpersons and yard workers, members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, have been on strike across Canada, and freight trains aren’t moving. Money is’t the problem.
Creating a liveable world: What I learned during my thirty day Extinction Rebellion hunger strike 4 climate change
Paul Jenkinson reflects on food security and building community as he engages in a hunger strike to raise awareness of the urgency of climate change.
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.