A Dartmouth billboard reading ‘Canada has no abortion laws’ is turning heads and raising ire. The sign on Windmill Road is rented on a four-week contract and paid for by We Need A Law—a religious advocacy group based in Vancouver and Ottawa. Jennifer Taylor, a research lawyer with Stewart-McKelvey was “fired up and frustrated” when […]
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Fighting for equity in the workplace
Liane Tessier says she decided to start the Equity Watch group because she doesn’t want anyone else to go through what she did. Tessier is a former firefighter who fought for 12 years to receive a settlement for her human rights complaint. She has recounted the instances of bullying and gender-based harassment she experienced while […]
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I know what support feels like, and now I feel it slipping away
Can you imagine how it feels to be only 24 years old and you need to wear an adult diaper to catch the gushing blood dripping between your legs? Do you know how it feels to have cracked and bleeding nipples upon a rock hard chest, beneath a frantic newborn baby stuffed into a baby […]
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Women’s rights not a side issue in provincial election
With the upcoming provincial election, feminist group “March on Nova Scotia” is encouraging women to have an open conversation about voting. As a follow-up to the Women’s March on Washington, the new group is holding the event Nova Scotia Women Vote at Grand Parade on May 13, to remind women of the importance of voting […]