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Group calls for action on appalling conditions at Central Nova Correctional Centre and East Coast Forensic Hospital
Nova Scotia Advocate

Group calls for action on appalling conditions at Central Nova Correctional Centre and East Coast Forensic Hospital

January 22, 2021

A cell is shown during a 2018 tour of a renovated wing of Central Nova. (Robert Short/CBC) KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Prison advocates are raising the alarm about appalling conditions at the … Read More

Letter to Council: Stop the proposed Westwood high-rise tower at 2032-2050 Robie Street
Nova Scotia Advocate

Letter to Council: Stop the proposed Westwood high-rise tower at 2032-2050 Robie Street

January 21, 2021

January 10, 2121  Dear HRM Planners, Mayor and Council  RE: Cancel the Proposed WSP high-rise- Case 22927  The proposed Westwood high-rise tower at 2032-2050 Robie Street has already been  turned … Read More

Raymond Sheppard: Don’t you give me no broccoli and tell me it’s greens
Nova Scotia Advocate

Raymond Sheppard: Don’t you give me no broccoli and tell me it’s greens

January 21, 2021

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Let’s be honest, Donald J Trump galvanized the hate in the United States in order to become president of the United States four years ago.  During his … Read More

Judy Haiven: A letter to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki
Nova Scotia Advocate

Judy Haiven: A letter to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki

January 21, 2021

Brenda Lucki. Photo CBC To: Brenda Lucki, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner, Ottawa, Ont. Dear Brenda,  I hope I can call you Brenda.  I know you are busy, propping up … Read More

Nova Scotia Advocate

Kendall Worth: Organizing people on income assistance is easier said than done

January 21, 2021

Image https://www.printorganizeprotest.org/ KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Financially better off working people who read my stuff in the Nova Scotia Advocate often tell me that they do not understand why income assistance … Read More

“Log the best and leave the rest” – A conversation with David Patriquin about the state of our forests
Nova Scotia Advocate

“Log the best and leave the rest” – A conversation with David Patriquin about the state of our forests

January 20, 2021

Moose country in Digby County. Photo Facebook/Annapolis Royal & Area – Environment & Ecology KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – David Patriquin will be the first to tell you that he isn’t a … Read More

Who shall protect the moose?
Nova Scotia Advocate

Who shall protect the moose?

January 19, 2021

Illustration by Bev Wigney In 1981, biologist P.T., was tasked with studying and evaluating the impact of a proposed access road for mining exploration – a road that might threaten … Read More

“We set a precedent for the world”– How the African Nova Scotian community mobilized against the pandemic
Nova Scotia Advocate

“We set a precedent for the world”– How the African Nova Scotian community mobilized against the pandemic

January 18, 2021

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Without a doubt one of the most inspiring stories to emerge from the pandemic is how the Preston communities mobilized to protect residents from infection. Even more … Read More

“This feels deeply personal to me” – Academic tackles African Nova Scotian interactions with police
Nova Scotia Advocate

“This feels deeply personal to me” – Academic tackles African Nova Scotian interactions with police

January 17, 2021

Jessica Bundy. Photo Facebook KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – If you’re African Nova Scotian and live or work in Halifax, Dartmouth or the surrounding area then Jessica Bundy would very much like … Read More

Labour views: Our government must fix long-term care
Nova Scotia Advocate

Labour views: Our government must fix long-term care

January 16, 2021

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Kudos to the union leaders who spoke up at the recent Health Committee meeting of the Nova Scotia Legislature. They raised several points, most of which they … Read More

The visitor, a poem by Lenora Steele
Nova Scotia Advocate

The visitor, a poem by Lenora Steele

January 15, 2021

The Visitor I open the oven door for a pan ofPortuguese rolls when there is aknock at the back door,the kitchen door and it’s Effie.She knows that she’s welcome tostay … Read More

Raymond Sheppard: The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission isn’t working for African Nova Scotians
Nova Scotia Advocate

Raymond Sheppard: The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission isn’t working for African Nova Scotians

January 14, 2021

Rally at NSHRC headquarters, August 2020. Photo Simon de Vet KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Since our Black Human Rights Matter rally on August 21, 2020, in front of the offices of … Read More

Kendall Worth: Income Assistance transformation delivered next to nothing of what it promised
Nova Scotia Advocate

Kendall Worth: Income Assistance transformation delivered next to nothing of what it promised

January 13, 2021

Current Community Services minister Kelly Regan and former minister Joanne Bernard KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Throughout my writing for the Nova Scotia Advocate I have covered the income assistance transformation, officially … Read More

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