Inside Canada’s East Coast prisons (photos)
A few heartwrenching and rare photos taken during a recent fact-finding visit to East Coast prisons by members of the Senate Committee on Human Rights. Many more on the Senate of Canada website.
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Fight for what’s right, disability activist tells Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
Warren (Gus) Reed, together with five others, filed a complaint about inaccessible washrooms in restaurants with the NS Human Rights Commission almost two years ago. He’s still waiting for some kind of resolution. We talk with Reed about why the delays, and what he would do to change that. It’s about way more than not having enough resources.
Open letter: Temple Grandin should not be invited to speak at the Atlantic Abilities Conference
Alex Kronstein is asking organizers of this September’s Atlantic Abilities Conference to uninvite keynote speaker Temple Grandin. Here is why.
African Nova Scotians vastly overrepresented in Halifax weed arrests. What could possibly explain that?
Halifax police much more likely to arrest Black people for marijuana possession. Oh no, what could possibly explain that?
Bill 72: How standardized testing can lead to a 2 tier education system, part 3: The Academy boondoggle
Educator and author Molly Hurd’s third and final article in a series on standardized testing takes another look at a failed British experiment. But Nova Scotia is not Britain, she writes, and for us there is hope yet!
Kendall Worth: Making $12 an hour better than welfare, but not by much
Poverty activist Kendall Worth interviews Kelly, who earns just a bit above minimum wage, about her fears and hopes, and how she makes ends meet.
We can do better than Nova Scotia’s No Frills crosswalks
Safe streets activist Martyn Williams takes a closer look at the flawed and dangerous crosswalks in Halifax and elsewhere in the province. Crosswalks here have many inherent dangers – wide four or even five lane crosswalks with high overhead lights which are sometimes not seen by drivers, signalized intersections where traffic has a green light to turn left into the road which has the walk sign on, right turns on a red, and crosswalks which have overhead lit signs but no flashing lights. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Protect workers against wage theft and contract flipping, unions tell government
We talk with Jackie Swaine of the SEIU and Danny Cavanagh, president of the NSFL, who together are calling for legislation with teeth to protect workers against wage theft and contract flipping.
The ugly underbelly of the shipping industry: hourly wages as low as $1.37
A story about the wild west that is the shipping industry. ITF inspector Karl Risser about his recent encounter with a young Ukrainian sailor working for peanuts and the promise of a better future, maybe.
MetCaptivated: Metcap Living tenants just want a decent place to live
Activist and talented photographer Jodi Brown went to the rally by unhappy Metcap Living tenants of a large apartment building on 15 Kennedy Drive, in Dartmouth. Here are her photos and her report.