Thanksgiving is over, but turkey is still on the menu at Province House. Tomorrow a group of “concerned Nova Scotians dedicated to ensuring Food Sovereignty” will present a petition of over 3,000 signatures to the legislature. The move comes from what some are calling “questionable actions” by Minister of Agriculture Keith Colwell and the actual-thing-that-exists […]
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This attack on workers’ rights is just bad for everyone
[Image-1] At first, the Liberal health care bill was only aiming to blow-up and rebuild the system’s administration over the next six months in order to maybe, someday, save five million dollars. Suddenly, though, it was about picking a massive fight with 24,000 health care workers by ignoring their rights. Twenty-four thousand fellow Nova Scotians […]
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The turkey rebels of Nova Scotia
[Image-1] Bria awoke. Her eyes, still fuzzy from the battle, adjusted to the small fires lighting the hall. Where was she? Underground? Dead? She remembered being on the Capital steps, the people cheering for her. She had won the Turkey Games, but it had cost so much. “Hello?” she cried out, afraid. The only replies […]
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Police, province respond to Nicole and Kim
Readers are calling for change and the government is promising it following last week’s cover story investigation by The Coast into how public systems failed to respond to two women who are being relentlessly harassed online and off. The Coast has kept in touch with the two women, known in the story as Nicole and […]
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Sobering times for Nova Scotia’s film industry
[Image-1] The morning after the Atlantic Film Festival’s closing gala is always one of strange beds, wicked headaches and feet sore from dancing. How to best cure that hangover? For film industry professionals, the province’s tax credit review could jolt them to their senses faster than even the strongest cup of coffee. Back before the […]
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Rats and roaches
A nasty infestation of angry voters crowded outside the office of Liberal MLA Joanne Bernard this week, looking for help. The minister of community services remained inside. The political pestering was from supporters and residents of 101 Nova Court, who have had to live with cockroaches and bedbugs for years now. The rally was organized […]
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Liberals remove VLT tracking system
[Image-1] In a rare move, the provincial government has admitted shit’s not working. The Liberals announced today they’re removing the My-Play system from video lottery terminals after finding the program to reduce problem gambling wasn’t meeting objectives. “It did not reduce play by people with gambling addictions, and in fact, the vast majority of play […]
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Legalized loan sharking
Thomas Gaillard’s troubles with payday loans began in 2008 when the financial meltdown on Wall Street sent Canada’s economy into deep recession. As tire sales slumped, the Michelin plant in Waterville where Gaillard worked cut its production, and workers took turns staying home for a day each week. Weekend and holiday shifts were also cancelled. […]
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The politics of BULLSHIT
The next premier of Nova Scotia will be…a white man. He’ll take a centrist approach to all issues, developed after extensive consultation with focus groups and party pollsters. The next premier will continue Nova Scotia’s long history of millions of dollars in subsidies and tax rebates for corporations from away. He’ll be good friends with […]
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Why don’t we just eat the seals?
Seals: they’re a lot cuter than cod. And for that reason, humans have a lot more trouble with the idea of killing them, let alone eating them. Two big, doleful eyes, a sweet button nose, a long, cuddly torso flanked by two adorable flippers flopping every which way—these elements can do no less than make […]
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Where the bodies are buried
Pigeon Forge is a small town in Tennessee, close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Savvy development has helped the town become a full-blown tourist mecca, offering a range of diversions from the Dolly Parton-themed amusement park Dollywood, to indoor skydiving, to shopping in umpteen outlet stores. Pigeon Forge is the sort of place people […]
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An American thinks we’re weird
Though a few of these suckers were taken elsewhere (Vermont, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine—WE’RE NOT ALL THE SAME, OK), photographer Dave Bevan‘s Vice photo set “Nova Scotia’s Human Weirdness” made me feel oddly proud. #externalvalidation
