Halifax mayor Mike Savage has joined Mayors for Peace. Founded in 1982 by then-Hiroshima mayor Takeshi Araki, Mayors for Peace is an international organization dedicated to “the total abolition of nuclear weapons.” Over 5,000 cities in 182 countries are members. Former Halifax mayor Peter Kelly had refused to join Mayors for Peace, but at the […]
Tamara Lorincz
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Wikileaks reveals intense PR push to sell US war planes
Peace activists protest coordinated campaign to “sell” F-35 stealth fighter jets to Canada.
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Environmentalists welcome coastal report
Bruce Wark Walter Regan, Sackville Rivers Association Several prominent environmentalists welcomed the release Wednesday of a provincial report on the state of Nova Scotia’s coastline. “On a scale of one to 10, this is an eight,” said Walter Regan, President of the Sackville Rivers Association. “We’ve got to get control over our coastal zones.” Regan […]