Letters

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 […]

Smokin’ mad HRM city councillors have constantly professed that transparency, conversation, education and public consultation are the tools they that they prefer to utilize when dealing with matters concerning the public. However, recently they have blindsided tobacco smokers and vapers alike with a stealthy move that passed a bylaw that severely restricts smoking tobacco in […]

Not all Shambhala It’s very upsetting that your article on Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche lists the Shambhala School among the Shambhala institutions in Nova Scotia (“Portrait of the sakyong as a fallen man,” cover story by Stephanie Domet, August 12). I know that sharing a name makes this difficult to discern, however the distinction is critical […]

Remembering Matthew Grimson Tuesday night, July 24, saw a packed house at Gus’ Pub to celebrate the life and music of Matthew Grimson. It was a night of high emotion, tears, laughter and reflection as a formidable slate of our best musicians and artists—former colleagues and bandmates of Matthew’s—took the stage to share his songs […]

Weed the people Sadly, the government is not really interested in hearing ideas other than the one of selling to cannabis consumers now “under duress” with threat of imprisonment (“Politicians turn down cannabis town hall,” The City story by Sandra C. Hannebohm, July 12). Heck, even half the tax money is going to the police […]

Seeing Cleary now Councillor Shawn Cleary’s attack on the credentials of journalists such as Tim Bousquet or Philip Moscovitch is pure distraction—more bait and switch (“Educating Shawn Cleary about journalism,” Opinionated piece by Philip Moscovitch, June 28). As Bousquet summarizes: “The bottom line is that Cleary ran a campaign explicitly in opposition to Armco’s Willow […]

Tony Ince’s failing Dear premier Stephen McNeil, I am very disappointed with your continued acceptance of cabinet minister Tony Ince’s poor performance as the provincial representative for African Nova Scotians. The September 21, 2017 mandate you wrote for minister Ince includes creating a dynamic Black community through issues such as electoral boundary reform, employment, training, […]

A sense of history Thank you Cheryl Thompson for your story “Being Black and a tourist in Halifax” (Voice of the City, June 21). It was a great read. Being an African Nova Scotian, it wasn’t until I lived away and then moved back that I realized how unique and different the Black experience was […]