Analysis
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July 21, 2022 
Repressing the homeless in the Halifax region
The politics of housing is a struggle between the rich and the rest of us
Nova Scotia
Analysis
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April 19, 2022
Overcoming the housing crisis in Halifax
The housing crisis in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has gotten significantly worse throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest Rental Market Report from…
Interview
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February 18, 2022
Workers in Nova Scotia demand justice
Two years into the pandemic – with all the risks of unsafe work conditions, lost pay, and job precarity continuing to fall disproportionately on low-income…
News
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December 15, 2021
MNFC announces shelter closure after staff apply to unionize
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) homeless shelter in Halifax will be closing its doors at the end of December according to Pam Glode Desrochers,…
Op-ed
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November 5, 2021
Earth to Houston, minimum wage jobs are real jobs
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…
News
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August 19, 2021
Halifax encampment raids show we need homes not cops
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.
Op-ed
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July 8, 2021
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin: Nova Scotia’s reactionary girlboss
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…
Op-ed
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April 18, 2021
One year anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting: The grief that still ripples
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…
Feature
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April 5, 2021
Frontline workers organizing for gender justice in Nova Scotia
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…
Analysis
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April 1, 2021
Nova Scotia’s minimum wage increase is not enough
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…
News
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February 15, 2021
First annual Kjipuktuk March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relations
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…
News
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January 16, 2021
The fight for an ecological forestry and mainland moose in Nova Scotia
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…