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 passes bubble zone law
Although access to reproductive-health care, specifically abortion, is a hard-fought right protected by the Canada Health Act, we know that there continues to be barriers to that access. Bubble zone laws remove one barrier by prohibiting protest and harassment in the areas immediately surrounding hospitals, clinics and other facilities that provide abortions and reproductive services. […]
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Summer?
Summer? I keep waiting for it to be summer although solstice has long passed I hope for sun out my morning window so my bare toes can enjoy the grass so my skin gets kissed by the warmth of things while the souls of lions inhabit my lounging cats. Well, if summer is snubbing this […]