The Health Inequities of Race and Proximity to Toxic Industry in Nova Scotia

Natascia Lypny — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:20:51 +0000

NSPIRG launches new web site on environmental justice and environmental racism in Nova Scotia

For several years, the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG) has been offering support to residents of Lincolnville in their fight against the building of a second landfill within a few kilometres of their community. The facility was approved and built by the municipality of Guysborough despite opposition and concerns expressed by locals.

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Tear the Walls Down, Put Up Art

Candice Cascanette — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:00:05 +0000

Art show displays work that critiques the industrial prison complex

HALIFAX - Does our justice system stop crimes? Should crimes that are rooted in deeper social and economic problems be punished by imprisonment? A group of radical artists have raised these questions through their artwork.

On January 22, 2009, the opening of Voices from Outside: Artists Against the Prison Industrial Complex, a screenprinted art show took place at Alteregos Café (better known as the Backpacker’s Hostel) on Gottingen St.

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