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Op-ed: It’s called carding, and it should stop entirely – Nova Scotia Advocate
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Monday, 13 March 2017. Op-ed: It’s called carding, and it should stop entirely. January 11, 2017. KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – There is a name for police stopping and questioning people when no particular offence is being investigated. It’s called. Yet Halifax police calls it. And media outlets duly follow suit. That’s the wrong term, for two reasons. Carding in San Francisco… Photo Stephen Coles, Flickr. As in Ontario, so in Halifax. Calling the practice street checks rather than carding ignores that discussio...
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Environment – Nova Scotia Advocate
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Monday, 13 March 2017. Journalist in Newfoundland and Labrador faces criminal charges for doing his job. March 10, 2017. Justin Brake , the fearless Newfoundland and Labrador journalist for the TheIndependent.ca is facing jail for reporting on an occupation of Nalcor buildings at Muskrat Falls by indigenous people. Everybody should care, and Nova Scotians doubly so, because through the Maritime Link these things are a lot closer than they appear. Bryn Jones-Vaillancourt: Can Nova Scotia weather the storm?
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Weekend Video – Nova Scotia Advocate
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Monday, 13 March 2017. Weekend video: 29 hours. March 10, 2017. This (very) short film by Halifax filmmaker Stephanie Young reminds us that being a trans woman, and especially a trans woman of colour, means you are at high risk of becoming targeted in violent hate crimes. When we talk about women’s issues, we should include trans women. March 4, 2017. Weekend video: The Crossing (trailer). February 24, 2017. Weekend video: Carry me home. February 17, 2017. February 10, 2017. This wonderful Weekend Video ...
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Lives on Welfare. Emma’s story, a tragedy of errors – Nova Scotia Advocate
https://nsadvocate.org/2017/01/12/lives-on-welfare-emmas-story-a-tragedy-of-errors
Monday, 13 March 2017. Lives on Welfare. Emma’s story, a tragedy of errors. January 12, 2017. KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – In this installment of. We meet Emma (not her real name), a 45-years old woman on social assistance. Emma left a homeless shelter and moved into a basement apartment in October of last year. She lives with fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue. That’s where Emma’s story starts. But they’re not approving it because now theyR...
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Inclusion – Nova Scotia Advocate
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Monday, 13 March 2017. Kendall Worth on solving the puzzle that is Kendall Worth. March 13, 2017. Kendall Worth on wanting to help people who live in poverty. If only he could make all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. Weekend video: 29 hours. March 10, 2017. Disconnected. Cost of long distance phone calls out of provincial jails prohibitive. March 7, 2017. Kendall Worth on fidgeting, talking to yourself, and other involuntary body behaviours. March 6, 2017. Kendall Worth investigates involuntary an...
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Racism – Nova Scotia Advocate
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Monday, 13 March 2017. Putting Lucasville on the map. African Nova Scotian community wants its boundaries finally resolved. February 23, 2017. Call it rural gentrification. Lucasville, an African Nova Scotian community near Lower Sackville with a proud 200-year history is slowly being erased. But this time at least we have some good news to report. It appears that the stubborn issue of shrinking community boundaries will finally be addressed. February 10, 2017. January 20, 2017. January 11, 2017. We spea...
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Toronto approves landlord licensing, will Halifax be next? – Nova Scotia Advocate
https://nsadvocate.org/2017/01/08/toronto-approves-landlord-licensing-will-halifax-be-next
Monday, 13 March 2017. Toronto approves landlord licensing, will Halifax be next? January 8, 2017. KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – From now on Toronto rental apartments must be registered at City Hall and will be subject to an inspection. This is to protect tenants from bad landlord and substandard living conditions. A similar initiative in Halifax is being looked at by Halifax city staff, but it is very early days. Spryfield public housing. Contributed. Told Rabble’s Maya Bullar. Will Halifax be next? A similar l...
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Fighting environmental racism in Nova Scotia – Nova Scotia Advocate
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Monday, 13 March 2017. Fighting environmental racism in Nova Scotia. January 5, 2017. KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Environmental racism in Nova Scotia is subtle and systemic and hits marginalized communities hard. Scientists trying to understand the link between health issues in a community and the environmental hazard down the road are on their own. All levels of government appear reluctant to support Mi’kmaw and Black communities in their search for answers. Earlier this week the. Wrote about a Black community.
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Joachim Stroink MLA | HeforShe
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