The case of the missing social assistance recipients
The number of people receiving income assistance in Nova Scotia has been steadily decreasing over the last 6 to 7 years, and the Department of Community Services doesn’t seem to know why that is.
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Kendall Worth: No end to annual reviews, Minister Kelly Regan says
Kendall Worth reports that Community Services has no plans to stop the annual reviews for people on social assistance. Many recipients feel that the practice is punitive and humiliating, and too often results in cuts.
“I don’t even understand who to go to anymore” – Town hall looks at the state of education after the Glaze report
I attended a town hall on the state of public education in Nova Scotia. What emerged was a system still very much in crisis, but with teachers and parents demonstrating a real desire to listen and learn from one another.
Desmond Cole on Nova Scotia’s street check moratorium: It’s about finding a way to continue the practice
We interviewed Toronto journalist, writer and community organizer Desmond Cole, who has been involved in the fight against carding in Toronto for many years. Turns out that much of what’s been happening here in NS occurred in Ontario as well, just a bit earlier. In other words, there are lessons we can learn.
Ken Summers: A primer on Alton Gas and the politics of Indigenous consultation
Ken Summers takes a close look at the history of Alton Gas and Indigenous consultations. With so many players, the KMKNO, the Assembly of Mi’kmaq Chiefs, Millbrook First Nation, and Sipekne’katik, it’s complicated and things aren’t always what they seem.
Brewsters – Celebrating Halifax’s long tradition of women who brew beer
Inspired by this weekend’s Brewster Festival, celebrating women’s roles in craft beer companies, Evelyn White profiles one such company, and looks at the deep roots of women brewing beer in our province.
Environmentalists rally while senators conduct Bill C-69 hearings in Halifax
Some 70 environmentalists from across Nova Scotia rallied at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Halifax while inside senators were conducting hearings on Ottawa’s new Impact Assessment Act, or Bill C-69. Bill C-69 contains legislation that defines how federal environmental assessments are conducted.
Through our eyes, in our voices: The annual Emerging Lens Independent Film Festival starts Wednesday
I talk with Shelley Fashan and highlight some of the many excellent movies, shorts and documentaries featured this week at the Emerging Lens film festival.
You can’t regulate the racism out of street checks
An Ontario judge asked to review new street check regulations in Ontario similar to the ones Nova Scotia is contemplating, found that we’re better off just banning the racist practice.
The lessons of SNC Lavalin: Liberal hypocrisy isn’t a bug, it’s a feature
Corinne Gilroy and Scott Domenie reflect of the SNC Lavalin scandal. “Political hypocrisy—an intractable tension between stated values and political reality—is baked into the guiding philosophy of Canada’s political culture. The Trudeau government’s treatment of women MPs is just one of the latest, most high-profile manifestations of this tension.”