Halifax Regional Council met today for its second virtual meeting since COVID-19, and if this story was being written in the “before times,” it’d be dabbled with budget deliberation, likely someone’s meandering thoughts on the morality of supporting developers over renters and certainly, someone standing to say “I don’t have a question, but I […]
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NS supreme court says environment minister “committed palpable and overriding error” around Alton Gas
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia overturned the environment minister’s approval of the Alton Gas project, citing inadequate consultation with Sipekne’katik First Nation. Alton Gas must now resume consultations for 120 days, or until both parties are satisfied. Given the present circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, no start date has been set […]
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Nova Scotia reports first official COVID-19 death
A press release from the Nova Scotia department of health and wellness says a woman in her 70s died yesterday due to the novel coronavirus, the first in our province—but the 324th nationwide. The release says the woman died in hospital in the Eastern Zone (Guysborough, Sherbrooke, Antigonish and Cape Breton area.) “This virus is […]
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11 things that changed Sunday around COVID-19
Sunday afternoon the province gave a coronavirus media briefing. It looked a lot like Friday’s briefing, with four officials—premier Stephen McNeil, health minister Randy Delorey, and both the chief and deputy chief medical officers of health, Robert Strang and Gaynor Watson-Creed respectively—sitting in a row, behind microphones, in front of Nova Scotia flags. But where […]
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Nova Scotians who have been travelling should keep an eye on how they feel
The NSHA and Nova Scotia’s department of health announced on March 11 that anyone who has travelled outside of Canada—therefore at risk of coming in contact with COVID-19—should pay close attention to their health for 14 days after returning home. There are still no reported cases in Nova Scotia, but the NSHA is setting […]
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There are still 47,000 Nova Scotians waiting for a family doctor
E fforts to shrink Nova Scotia’s doctor waitlist are working, but many Nova Scotians still dont have a family practioner. When Martha Mutale’s family doctor’s practice closed almost 10 years ago, she wasn’t worried. As a student, she had access to on-campus medical and counselling services, and the need for a family doctor never crossed […]
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Nova Scotia’s minimum wage to rise to $12.55 in April
N ova Scotia’s minimum wage will make an historic $1 leap in April, but caveats in the province’s plan will still leave Nova Scotian workers stuck in the middle of the pack. Just last year Nova Scotia’s $11 minimum wage was the lowest in the country, but the provincial government’s plans hope to knock Nova […]
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Being energy efficient is essential to curbing climate breakdown
Inefficient systems are everywhere. From crosswalks that switch sides of the street at each intersection, to third-floor apartments with heat so high the windows spend the entire winter wide open—while across the street a renter who pays for heat themselves puts on an extra sweater to save a buck. Providing the same, or better, services […]
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Province’s feet-dragging on endangered species has landed it in court.
Against the backdrop of a week marked by international climate conversations and action, a group of Nova Scotians who care about the natural environment and keeping it protected took the province’s minister of lands and forestry to court over what the group says is a failure to uphold the Nova Scotia’s Endangered Species Act. Bob […]
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John Perkins says he’ll see Atlantic Gold, RCMP in court
John Perkins has filed a lawsuit against Atlantic Gold Corporation and the RCMP after his hasty caught-on-video arrest at a public information session on mining in Sherbrooke this past May. The information meeting was hosted by Atlantic Gold, whose plans to construct three gold mines in Nova Scotia put them at the forefront of this […]
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Why Nova Scotia is the perfect place to fight for climate justice
Nova Scotia is a perfect battleground for the fight for climate justice. This place is not characterized by ease or sensationalism. The ways that our gentle hills rise from our 7,400 kilometres of coastline became spectacular to me only after years of reflection. The wealth of plant life that inundates everything only became remarkable when […]
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Martha Paynter talks about abortion on the big screen
The Coast sits down with Martha Paynter to talk about abortion on the big screen. From drawn-out, dramatic representations to quick and empowering montages—set to “Silent Night”—Paynter shares her thoughts on seven noteworthy examples of abortion on TV and in the movies. “How many billion labours and births have we seen on screen? There are […]
