The Portapique shooting has exposed the damage white, male entitelement can do.
By JOHANNAH BLACK, Apr 18/21
Life is truly fine in Nova Scotia. It’s imploding elsewhere.
By CAORA MCKENNA, Apr 17/21
“Every overdose is a policy failure.”
By GAYLE COLLICUTT, Mar 25/21
Speaking for The Coast: We're proud to be a founding member of the new indie media org.
by CHRISTINE ORESKOVICH, Dec 10/20
Any level of government can take charge on health care and harm reduction.
by KATYA KOROL AND DR. SARAH FRASER, Dec 4/20
Not just a financial commodity.
by LISA ROBERTS, Nov 19/20
Music teachers have returned to the classrooms, but the sound of singing is nowhere to be heard.
by JACK BENNET, Nov 4/20
Newcomers from all over the world spend their first haunted holiday in Halifax.
by SEYITAN MORITIWON, Oct 28/20
How a process to protect more Halifax buildings was obliterated in one public hearing.
by LARRY HAIVEN, Aug 10/20
Now the government has six months to act and advance refugee rights in Canada.
by STACEY GOMEZ, Jul 29/20
If you want an example of system racism in our province, look at the issue of land titles in our African Nova Scotian Communities
by ROBYN SCHLEIHAUF, Jul 24/20
Why you shouldn't be shy about the hair that grows from your scalp.
by SEYITAN MORITIWON, Jul 23/20
A woman who transitioned later in life thanks her chosen city for all the help it gave along the way.
by PENNY CATTERICK, Jul 22/20
No Justice on Stolen Land brings together Black, Indigenous and Palestinian activists to "fight the injustices that have existed for too long in every part of the world."
by KATERINA NIKAS, Jun 30/20
Renters in Halifax don't have the support and protection they need from government.
by SAMIYA DOTTIN, Jun 26/20
Mainline Needle Exchange provides life-saving services 365 days of the year.
by MATTHEW BONN, Jun 25/20
Harm reduction needs to include youth—just saying no to drugs isn’t enough.
by MATTHEW BONN, Jun 18/20
At minimum, police should know the history of the communities they’ll have power over.
by FLORESTINE BIRD, Jun 14/20
Trivia, a virtual fish dissection and a keynote address with Future Ancestors
by ISABELLE HURLEY, Jun 8/20
On the national day of action, activists are calling for a safe drug supply, decriminalization of drugs and more.
by MATT BONN, Apr 30/20
Femicides disproportionately occur in non-urban areas in Canada—pretending that last weekend's killings were a freak accident won't stop it from happening again.
by JOHANNAH BLACK, Apr 25/20
Canadian's Battered Women’s Support Services hotline has seen a 300 percent increase in calls because of COVID,
by JOHANNAH BLACK, Apr 20/20
Restrictions for COVID-19 containment in prisons will be harder on women and trans/nonbinary parents. Now is the time for their decarceration.
by MARTHA PAYNTER, Apr 11/20
School won't be back in session until at least May 1, so Crystal Watson says "let your kids rediscover what was normal: leave them alone and let them play."
by CRYSTAL WATSON, Apr 1/20
Advocating for social justice should not stop because of COVID-19—it should get stronger.
by KEISHA JEFFERIES, Mar 24/20