Yesterday in the Nova Scotia legislature the newly-elected Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston stated that he will not raise the minimum wage to $15 an…
The Halifax Regional Police’s violent eviction of encampments takes place amidst a housing crisis. The newly elected premier is pro-landlord and pro-developer. The actions of the HRM and the HRP on Wednesday offer a glimpse of what many more people could face.
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, a now independent MLA, has become the voice of the reactionary right in Nova Scotia and she is using this platform to whip…
On April 18, 2020 when Nova Scotians were already reeling with COVID-19 lockdown measures they were hit again with something even deadlier: the worst mass…
On February 23, 2021, workers at Bryony House were in a legal position to take strike action. There were two outstanding issues at the bargaining…
Today, April 1, the Nova Scotia Government raised the minimum wage by 40 cents to $12.95 per hour. Although this is one of the largest…
About 200 people gathered at the Peace & Friendship Park in Kjipuktuk/Halifax on Sunday afternoon for the first annual Kjipuktuk March for Missing and Murdered…
Nina Newington lives on a small farm in Nova Scotia. She is a writer, a carpenter, and designs gardens. She hails from England, but has…
Content Warning: Racism, Racist Remarks, Colonial Violence I want to start off by saying that I myself am a white settler. I have had the…
In the precarious times of COVID19 people are becoming increasingly familiar with their local politicians. Seeing Nova Scotia’s Premier, Stephen McNeil, every day has become…
Being an East Coaster, my timeline has been flooded with the recent news of the Northern Pulp Mill closure. It has been all over the…
Precarious, low-wage, and unfair work is on the rise in Atlantic Canada, along with the cost of living, making day-to-day life challenging for many workers…
