[Image-1] In 2012, the Halifax cat known worldwide as Tuxedo Stan ran for mayor, drawing awareness to the city’s feral cat problem. He quickly became a famous internet cat, and shortly after, city councillors signed the Tuxedo Stan pledge and promised to address Halifax’s feral cat crisis. Three years later, Stan is dead, and local […]
Natasha MacDonald-Dupuis
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Impounded dogs are at the mercy of slow-moving courts
[Image-1] CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated Bastarache visited her dog at Wyndenfog. All visits with Chomper took place at Homeward Bound. Wyndenfog was also incorrectly identified as a pound. It is in fact a boarding kennel. The Coast has removed these references and apologizes for the errors. Chomper was seized by […]
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Nova Scotia misses the mark
Jainey Lee Bresson is a woman with a trans medical history. Last year, in the midst of her transition from male to female, she applied for her name to be changed, and for the correct designation of her gender to be shown on her government-issued ID. Two months later, she was issued a birth certificate […]
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Hoping for something better
Jessica Dempsey, a transgender woman, is asking the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia for a judicial review of a recent decision made by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Dempsey, a Halifax resident and former Dalhousie student, filed a complaint with the NSHRC last year after she was allegedly refused service and humiliated by two […]