Mar 30, 2018

N.S. misses mark on domestic violence leave
Protected leave is important so women do not lose their jobs for missing work. but we know that economic security is critical when a woman decides to escape a violent situation.
Mar 30, 2018 ![]() N.S. misses mark on domestic violence leaveProtected leave is important so women do not lose their jobs for missing work. but we know that economic security is critical when a woman decides to escape a violent situation. |
Feb 22, 2018 ![]() School board support staff voice concerns about restructuring of the Nova Scotia education systemSupport staff in schools across Nova Scotia are concerned that restructuring school boards will create unstable labour relations, much like what we’ve seen happen to the health care system. |
Nov 3, 2017 When free speech is no longer free for allIf free speech gets shut down it will always be the privileged who benefit because they have the power, the guns, the legal institutions, the money, to bend the final decisions to their ends. |
Oct 31, 2017 ![]() Nova Scotia government legislates workers compensation benefits for nurses with PTSDThe CNFU applauds the passage of an amendment to Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Act to include presumptive coverage for nurses and other emergency response workers who are diagnosed with PTSD. |
Feb 27, 2017 Nova Scotia prime example of Canada's reconciliation failureJames Hutt Canada has begun to acknowledge its history of brutal colonization, but has been slow to recognize the legal rights of self-determination. |
Feb 15, 2017 Black youth opposing gentrification and empowering communityTalking Radical Radio Kyturea Jones, Payton Ashe and Donntayia Jones talk about Halifax's North End Community Action Committee. |
Jan 31, 2017 Nova Scotians grieve the Ste-Foy massacre and reject intoleranceChristopher Majka In grief, solidarity, sympathy and a conviction to oppose hatred and violence, Nova Scotians came together. The message was clear. This is not what our country is. This must not be what it becomes. |
Jan 18, 2017 Empowering girls and young women in Nova ScotiaTalking Radical Radio Susan Brigham and Cassandra McDonald talk about the Girls 2017 Conference happening in Halifax in March. |
Dec 9, 2016 Political fiasco, Nova Scotia style!Christopher Majka In a panic, Nova Scotia government summoned the legislature to impose a contract on teachers working to rule. Ten minutes later it adjourned. What? I talked to my source, a fly on the wall. |
Nov 2, 2016 LGBTQ+ organizing against racism and pinkwashing in Nova ScotiaTalking Radical Radio Ardath Whynacht and Dee Morse talk about the work of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project. |
Oct 26, 2016 Halifax councillor Lindell Smith is more than a symbolStephen Kimber First, of course, there is the symbolism. Lindell Smith is Halifax's first Black city councillor since 2000. But not just. |
Oct 12, 2016 Lil MacPherson won't be elected mayor of Halifax, but that was never the pointStephen Kimber It will come as a surprise to no one -- least of all to Lil herself -- when I predict Lil MacPherson will not be mayor of Halifax after all the votes are counted. So why then did she even bother? |
Oct 8, 2016 How free speech was used as a weapon in the debate at Halifax PrideNora Loreto Free speech is one of those values that is used as a way to disorient, confuse, obscure or end debate. |
Oct 5, 2016 Encroaching development a defining issue in Halifax municipal electionsStephen Kimber Whatever your position on development, you need to ask those who seek to represent you their views on development generally, and projects specifically planned for your district. |
Sep 28, 2016 The path to diversity in Halifax city council is straightforwardStephen Kimber It goes without saying the Tilt-a-Whirl that is Halifax city council has too long tilted toward men, who traditionally also happen to be white, middle-aged and middle class. |
Sep 21, 2016 Activism and poetry: Halifax's first Indigenous poet laureateTalking Radical Radio Rebecca Thomas talks about activism, poetry, and being Halifax's first Indigenous poet laureate. |
Sep 7, 2016 Red flags for Nova Scotia Liberals in next provincial electionStephen Kimber Could the answer to the pressing-to-pundits question -- why hasn't Stephen McNeil called the much-anticipated-by-pundits fall provincial general election? -- be... "Halifax Needham." |
Sep 1, 2016 Nova Scotia's NDP scores a decisive victoryChristopher Majka With the byelection victory of Lisa Roberts, Nova Scotia's NDP has the wind in its sails and brings onboard a stellar community leader committed to a vibrant, progressive, social-democratic vision. |
Aug 15, 2016 ![]() Nursing home staff lose jobs as provincial government cuts begin to roll outWorkers received notice of layoffs, or reduced hours of work, this week at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home in Nova Scotia. The layoffs are the result of $6.7 million in budget cuts to long-term care. |
Jul 20, 2016 Silence on Nova Scotia highway financing signals election may be aheadStephen Kimber It's hard not to suspect there is more at play in Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan's insistence there's been no decision on whether to charge how much in tolls and/or how to finance it all. |
Jul 20, 2016 Radicalizing body positivity politicsTalking Radical Radio Tameera Mohamed talks about the radical, intersectional, body positivity of Our Resilient Bodies. |
Jun 20, 2016 Striking Herald workers up pressure on bosses as rival publication growsErrol Salamon The union requires the 57 Herald workers to spend at least 20 hours of their time per week supporting the strike effort to earn strike pay. |
Jun 14, 2016 ![]() Deciding the future of the public private partnership schools in Nova ScotiaA new study from the CCPA deems the P3 schools program in Nova Scotia to be a failure of cost, risk management and evidence-based decision-making. |
Jun 8, 2016 Nova Scotia's own Donald Trump may be inevitable conclusion of politics-as-usualStephen Kimber If you want to understand the un-understandable appeal of Donald Trump, you could do worse than begin with Stephen McNeil. Now stay with me... |