Record of employment
By Moira Donovan
Wood Street Secure Care rejects appeal saying placements aren’t given enough cultural consideration
Concerns that an Indigenous youth wouldn't have culturally appropriate support defeated.
Tags: City, Wood Street
Develop Nova Scotia's inaccessible information
The former Waterfront Development Corporation requires a FOIPOP for innocuous set of public meeting minutes.
Tags: City, FOIPOP, Freedom of Information, Develop NS
City hall loosens requirements for criminal record checks
Halifax makes changes to workforce regulations as use of the discriminatory practice continues to increase in the private sector.
Tags: City, Justice, Criminal Record Checks
Criminal record checks are an increasingly common part of job hunting, but for former inmates looking to reenter society, they're also a discriminatory barrier to finding employment.
Tags: City, Prison, Justice, Employment, Labour
Refugee mental health care adds insult to injury
Lack of funding and a Kafkaesque bureaucracy makes Canada's refugee counselling painfully inadequate.
Tags: City, Mental Health, Refugees, Syria
Councillor Cleary backstops HRM’s failed strategic plans
By Matt Stickland
Police remove students from inside Dal administrative building Tuesday, without dismantling encampment
By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
‘Pride belongs to us’: Pro-Palestine protest organizer speaks on parade demonstration
By Brendyn Creamer
Five Nova Scotian wines you need to try this summer