Cape Breton

Sydney prostitution crackdown will further endanger sex workers

Robert DeVet — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:00:20 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – The recent arrests of 27 men in Sydney, Cape Breton, charged with obtaining sexual services, raises concerns about the safety of sex workers.

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Op-ed - The growing misuse of the term ‘entrepreneur’ in Cape Breton

Robert DeVet — Thu, 14 May 2015 13:04:03 +0000

This article was originally published in the

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Barriers everywhere - Cape Breton's Whitney Pier and Glace Bay through kids' eyes

Robert DeVet — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:05:09 +0000

“The skateboard park is a good place for free skating because it is not a barrier! and free to the public! but you have to pay for a skateboard!”

Caption for one of the Whitney Pier photos

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Donkin coal mine may reopen

Robert DeVet — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:23:05 +0000

Safety and environmental record of US coal mine operator not good, critics say

K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – The potential reopening of the Donkin coal mine may bring much-needed jobs to Cape Breton.

But at what cost to miners' safety and the environment?

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An alternative economy for Cape Breton

Robert DeVet — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:03:15 +0000

This article was originally published in the Cape Breton Independent

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One in three children live in poverty in Cape Breton

Robert DeVet — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:18:34 +0000

This column was originally

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Wal-Mart replaces Cape Breton contractor with Ontario firm

Robert DeVet — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:16:40 +0000

Story originally published

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Cape Breton Independent - news with a difference

Robert DeVet — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:13:36 +0000

(K'JIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Two months ago the Cape Breton Independent quietly started offering up news and editorials to on-line readers on the Island.

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Fighting to keep his benefits

Robert DeVet — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:05:16 +0000

Community Services restores support after letter to local newspaper

(K'JIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - “I was always taught to fight for what you believe in,” says George Cartwright, a 33-year old resident of Sydney, Nova Scotia who was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.

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Feeding the Boiler - NS Power's biomass plant and the health of our forests

Robert DeVet — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:14:11 +0000

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - It started with a couple of anonymous phone calls to the Ecology Action Centre reception desk, sometime last fall.

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"This bill takes away every option that we ever had"

Robert DeVet — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:56:37 +0000

Cape Breton health care workers speak out about Bill 37

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - The scope of Bill 37, the essential services legislation, is much broader than just the NSGEU Registered Nurses who walked the picket line for that one day in March before the law was proclaimed.

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Veterans march against office closures

SimaSaharZerehi — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 02:59:21 +0000

Ronald Clarke is a seventy-three-year-old retired sergeant living with PTSD. He served from 1956 to 1992 in the United Nations Peace Keeping force.

These days he lives in Cape Breton, where he’s the chapter president of the Canadian Association of Veterans.

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Port Hawkesbury Women's Outreach Centre Struggles to Survive

Natascia Lypny — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:05:11 +0000

Community Services rejects request for funding

PORT HAWKESBURY — A women's outreach centre in Port Hawkesbury struggling to survive may well continue on for another year.

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Anti-Fracking Lake Ainslie Protest

James Wiseman — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:03:04 +0000

Special Thanks to the Mi'kmaq community for inviting a group of us from Halifax to take part in protesting Fracking near Lake Ainslie over the past weekend.

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Anti-Fracking Protest in Nova Scotia Draws Hundreds, Shuts Down Highway

Miles Howe — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:36:35 +0000

Auld's Cove, Nova Scotia – Upwards of 200 people, coming from all corners of Nova Scotia, responded to the imminent threat of exploratory oil and gas drilling on the shores of Lake Ainslie, and on Sept. 22 staged an information picket outside the town of Auld's Cove.

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