Women are marching again. It’s been a year since people gathered in Washington and cities around the world to advocate for issues such as women’s rights, racial equality, LGTBQ+ rights and reproductive justice. The rally was catalyzed by the election of the Trump administration and the hateful rhetoric being spread by many of its supporters. […]
Jackie Barkhouse
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Upcoming rally will tackle key issues faced by women in Nova Scotia
“We’re not going anywhere,” says Jackie Barkhouse. In January of this year, the Women’s March on Washington garnered support around the world—including a sister protest in Halifax. Barkhouse was one of the organizers and, since then, she’s helped continue the movement. The local protest was followed up in May by Nova Scotia Women Vote, an […]
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Recount confirms Bill Karsten’s District 3 victory
Supreme Court justice Kevin Coady yesterday oversaw the recount of the District 3 council race, and confirmed that Bill Karsten defeated Jackie Barkhouse by 66 votes. See background here.
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Judge orders recount for District 3 council election
Supreme Court justice Kevin Coady yesterday ordered a recount in the District 3: Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage council election. The race was contentious and tight throughout the campaign, with results coming in slowly election night, October 20. The next morning, Sunday, October 21, at 3:30am, the elections office areported that Jackie Barkhouse had defeated Bill Karsten […]
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Who is running for council in District 3: Dartmouth South—Eastern Passage?
The district District map: (Click here for a written description of district boundaries.) Candidates Jackie Barkhouse Council report card Website Twitter Facebook Email Bill Karsten Council report card Website Twitter: None Facebook Email no text Jim MacDonald Website Twitter: None Facebook Email no text no text no text no text no text 20 questions from […]
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What’s in a name?
Councillor Jackie Barkhouse, who represents what is now called the Woodside—Eastern Passage district, announced on June 20 that she was going to be a candidate in the next municipal election in the newly created “Woodside – Dartmouth South – Eastern Passage” district. Barkhouse had good reason to use that name—that’s what the new district was […]
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Jackie Barkhouse
2010 grade: B 2009 grade: C+ 2008 grade: C+ In this transitional year for the city bureaucracy, as there’s substantial management turnover and a series of scandals and bureaucratic failings hitting city hall, it’s a damn good thing we have Jackie Barkhouse on the political side of things. Barkhouse repeatedly calls out the top-heavy management […]
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Jackie Barkhouse
2010 grade: B 2009 grade: C+ 2008 grade: C+ I’ve long thought Jackie Barkhouse has tremendous potential, and sure enough, here she is coming into her own, and starting to define herself politically. A union organizer, Barkhouse has a natural distrust for administrators and managers, but also understands that changing organizations takes planning, purpose and […]
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Tax politics heat up
Last week, Dartmouth area councillors took an unprecedented public stand against the so-called “tax reform” proposal, which will likely come before the full Halifax council this Tuesday, January 26. The Harbour East Community Council—which consists of Dartmouth councillors Gloria McCluskey, Jim Smith, Bill Karsten and Darren Fisher, Cole Harbour councillor Lorelei Nicoll and Eastern Passage […]
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Dartmouth councillors reject “tax reform”
Dartmouth councillor Gloria McCluskey tells me that the Harbour East Community Council will unanimously vote tonight to express its opposition to the “tax reform” proposal. The Harbour East Community Council consists of all the Dartmouth, Eastern Passage and Cole Harbour councillors: McCluskey, Darren Fisher, Jim Smith, Bill Karsten, Lorelei Nicoll and Jackie Barkhouse. McCluskey says […]
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Jackie Barkhouse
Cell: 476-5601 Grade this year: C+ Grade last year: C+ I still have very high hopes for Jackie Barkhouse. She’s intelligent, and comes from a union background that should serve her Eastern Passage and Woodside constituents well. But does she? Well, since she won a byelection to her seat in December 2007, Barkhouse has mostly […]
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District 08 – Jackie Barkhouse
Jackie Barkhouse won the byelection for her seat in December and didn’t officially become a councillor until January. Four months isn’t enough time to know where all the washrooms are in City Hall, much less get a handle on the Byzantine workings of the bureaucracy. Still, Barkhouse has demonstrated tremendous grace and intelligence, and shows […]