G7 leaders will be meeting in Halifax from September 19 to 21 to discuss climate change, and coastal and marine sustainability. It is an obvious case of political theatre, given that our federal minister of Environment and Climate Change invited British Petroleum (BP) to begin exploratory drilling for oil off the coast of Nova Scotia […]
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Letters to the editor, September 20, 2018
Word to the wise On Instagram, Scott Jones (@scjns) made a very good edit to the text on last week’s cover, which featured Scott Jones. He’s absolutely right that we should have called him a “documentary subject and hate crime survivor” rather than a victim. We botched that one, and we’re sorry. Rocky’s road I […]
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Letters to the editor, September 13, 2018
Asshole students Rebecca Thomas talks about how she worries in the south end that she does not have a safety net which allows her to carry on in public, like her white friends who have been drinking and who feel “a little animosity towards the wealthy neighbourhood of Halifax” (“White noise” story in the Back […]
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Nova Scotia has responded to prison protest with nothing but contempt
I have a family member in the Burnside prison. I’ve watched the peaceful protest out of Burnside unfold with a touch of hope and optimism. But the statement given by Justice minister Mark Furey makes me angry, frustrated and tired. Our provincial government has shown that it does not want to be held accountable: not […]
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Farewell (once again) to Nova Scotia
Joseph Howe said that “if you take any Nova Scotian away…where he cannot view the Atlantic, smell salt water or see the sail of a ship, the man will pine and die.” Howe connected Nova Scotia by print and rail, secured responsible government and acted as an eloquent spokesperson for the province. He was also […]
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Letters to the editor, September 6, 2018
Landlords & weed I read your article on apartments’ strict policies on pot smoking (“Cannabis patient worried about finding a place to rent in Halifax,” The City story by Sandra C. Hannebohm, August 9). Do not expect any sympathy from me. I know people who suffer from sciatic nerve problems or fibromyalgia, but I do […]
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As prisoners protest, is the province listening?
On August 21, the prisoners at the Central Nova provincial jail in Burnside launched a peaceful protest, in solidarity with a nationwide prisoner strike in the United States, to call for basic improvements in health care, rehabilitation, exercise, visits, clothing, food, air quality and library access. The protest is ongoing. East Coast Prison Justice Society […]
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White noise
This summer, I was walking along a street in the south end of Halifax with a few pals. As we walked down the tree-lined streets next to houses I couldn’t fathom of ever owning, they started hollering and causing a ruckus. It was late, they had been drinking, I was DD and I immediately felt […]
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Unclear mandates at the Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs
How and why did the original African Nova Scotia Affairs’ mandate change and why is the Office of African Nova Scotia Affairs now part of the ministry of Communities, Culture and Heritage? The expansion of the OANSA can be of benefit, if it had the goal of creating an African Nova Scotian representative in the […]
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Letters to the editor, August 30, 2018
Shine a spotlight on Shambhala I read your article “Unanswered questions about Shambhala investigation,” part of your coverage of the sexual assault scandal in the Shambhala Buddhist community (The City story by Stephanie Domet, August 16). “Unanswered questions” talks about the woman from Shambhala who was listed as anonymous in the Project Sunshine report, yet […]
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The evidence shows Nova Scotia is failing its prison population
A few days ago, the Halifax Examiner published a statement written by prisoners at the Burnside jail. In their statement, the prisoners declared that they are engaging in a non-violent protest to pressure the Nova Scotia government to provide them with “a more productive rehabilitative environment.” The organizers of the protest at Burnside view themselves […]
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A monument for the Maroons
One walks in vain through the public spaces of Halifax to see a plaque or any other sort of memorialization to the Black presence in the city. Take the waterfront, for example. This was a site to and from which different collectivities of African-descended people—including enslaved Africans, free and enslaved Black Loyalists, self-emancipated Blacks on […]
