Day of Rage: 800 rally in Halifax in defense of Palestine
800 people gathered on the Halifax waterfront on this Canada Day afternoon to protest Israel’s illegal plans to annex large swaths of the occupied West Bank.
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Angela Bowden: Do not wish me a happy Canada Day
Angee Bowden: Hearing Happy and Canada in the same sentence can be very triggering for Black and Indigenous people. It’s like a rapist to the #Metoo movement, Canada is our rapist .
Canada Day, will you be paid?
What’s open, what’s closed, who cares? Will you get paid, and does your boss know, that’s what matters.
“What would you do if you had to choose between your child’s medication and your rent?” Protesters want eviction ban extended
One day before the COVID-19 eviction moratorium is set to end some twenty to thirty protesters gathered at Province House in downtown Halifax to call for extended protections for vulnerable renters in Nova Scotia.
Poverty activist Kendall Worth receives prestigious achievement award
Wonderful news, we are so pleased that Nova Scotia Advocate journalist Kendall Worth won this year’s James McGregor Stewart Award, recognizing high achievement by a Nova Scotian with a disability!
How the government failed to deliver on at-home learning during Nova Scotia’s pandemic lockdown
Language barriers. Slow internet. Students sent home with no work. Stephen Wentzell writes on the Liberal government’s broken promise of ‘no child left behind’ after the schools closed because of the coronavirus.
Imagine Bloomfield: Lament for a great idea
The sale of the Bloomfield school site by the city more than anything means the loss of desperately needed affordable housing. A look at what could have been.
It’s good to be transitionally home, a poem by Grace Lane-Smith
This poem by Nova Scotia poet and visual artist Grace Lane-Smith was among the submissions after we issued our call for poets. Enjoy.
Kendall Worth: This summer is going to be different, no matter whether you are rich or poor
Kendall Worth reflects on a summer without festivities, and reminds us of his excellent idea of a buddy system for people on social assistance and others.
People rally at Quinpool Road Superstore against loss of “hero pay” despite spike in grocery store profits
Imagine waking up for work realizing that what you do today is worth less than yesterday. Stephen Wentzell reports on a rally the Quinpool Road Superstore in support of Loblaw and Sobeys grocery store workers across the country who have seen their wages clawed back 15% despite remaining on the front lines of a pandemic.