http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/7153/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/municipal-politics-where-do-newcomers-fit/13182 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Political participation low in immigrant communities </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/nic_lin.jpeg" alt="" title="Nic Lin, a resident of Halifax for the past four years, wouldn&#039;t vote in the upcoming municipal election even if he were eligible. (Sawyer Hawkins photo)" width="450" height="334" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nic Lin, a recent graduate from Dalhousie University and a resident of Halifax for the last four years, is ineligible to vote in the upcoming municipal elections. But even if he were given the chance to, he does not think he would.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/municipal-politics-where-do-newcomers-fit/13182" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/municipal-politics-where-do-newcomers-fit/13182#comments Rebecca Hsu Governance Migration undefined Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:52:08 +0000 bsichel 13182 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/trains-untapped-potential/11915 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> VIA Rail says train popularity is down, others argue railway travel in Canada could be so much more </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2359155294_b6c7ed81d7_o.jpg" alt="" title="A Montreal-Halifax Ocean line Via Rail train (photo by abdallahh, Flickr)." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Even in the face of recent VIA Rail service cuts, Marcus Garnet is hopeful. &ldquo;Statistics in the US are showing that the younger generation are not as interested in car ownership than our Generation X,&rdquo; says the vice president of <a href="http://atlantic.transport-action.ca" rel="nofollow">Transport Action Atlantic</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/trains-untapped-potential/11915" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/trains-untapped-potential/11915#comments Rebecca Hsu Transport Trains via rail Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:41:08 +0000 Natascia Lypny 11915 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca