http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/1264/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/unfair-elections-act-creates-extra-barriers-voting/33928 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Silent protesters march through Public Gardens </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/img_20150924_121116291_hdr_r.jpg" alt="" title="Students and community organizers marched through the Public Gardens to oppose the so-called Fair Elections Act. Photo Moira Donovan" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_20150924_120803434_r.jpg" alt="" title="The act creates hurdles that make it more difficult to vote for students and people living in poverty. Photo Moira Donovan" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &ndash; One important way of speaking out in a democracy is voting. But thanks to changes in federal legislation, that voice is at risk of being silenced, say student and community organizations.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/unfair-elections-act-creates-extra-barriers-voting/33928" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/unfair-elections-act-creates-extra-barriers-voting/33928#comments Moira Donovan Éducation Governance Pauvreté CFS-NS Council of Canadians Unfair Elections Act Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:17:21 +0000 Robert DeVet 33928 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/fracking-waste-company-tries-again-dump-it-colches/32506 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> AIS goes back to beginning after string of refusals </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/july2613_003_lagoon_6.jpg" alt="" title="The main fracking waste holding pond at the Atlantic Industrial Services Debert facility." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div>Colchester County approved last week an Atlantic Industrial Services (AIS) application to discharge treated fracking waste water from Kennetcook to the Debert sewage treatment plant on a Bay of Fundy estuary.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> </div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attachment"> <div class="field-label">Fichiers attachés à cette publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/2013_public_appeals_to_colchester_county_on_proposed_release_of_fracking_waste_water_2.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=20506">2013_public_appeals_to_colchester_county_on_proposed_release_of_fracking_waste_water.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/fracking-waste-company-tries-again-dump-it-colches/32506" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/fracking-waste-company-tries-again-dump-it-colches/32506#comments Ken Summers Environnement AIS Amherst Atlantic Industrial Services Colchester Council of Canadians fracking fracking waste Truro Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:51:20 +0000 Ken Summers 32506 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/video/nova-scotia-fracking-panel-visits-halifax/31300 <div class="field field-type-emvideo field-field-video-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="emvideo emvideo-video emvideo-youtube"><div id="media-youtube-1" class="media_youtube_flash media-youtube"> <div id="media-youtube-default-external-1"> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/aCbLJI-tdjE&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;amp;fs=1" id="media-youtube-default-external-object-1"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aCbLJI-tdjE&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1&amp;amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"/> <param name="quality" value="best"/> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/> <param name="scale" value="noScale"/> <param name="salign" value="TL"/> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <!-- Fallback content --> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbLJI-tdjE"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/aCbLJI-tdjE/0.jpg" alt="See video" title="See video" width="425" height="350" /></a> </object> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Nova Scotia&#39;s independent fracking panel, headed by Dr. David Wheeler of Cape Breton University, tours the province to discuss the findings of their review. They have been heavily criticized by environmental organizations and concerned Nova Scotia citizens for suggesting hydraulic fracturing is safe without adequate scientific backing.</p> <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/thumb200/fracking_photo.jpg" alt="" title="" width="250" height="131" class="imagecache imagecache-thumb200 imagecache-default imagecache-thumb200_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/video/nova-scotia-fracking-panel-visits-halifax/31300" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/video/nova-scotia-fracking-panel-visits-halifax/31300#comments Zack Metcalfe Environnement Governance Santé Cape Breton University Council of Canadians Dr. David Wheeler Ecology Action Centre fracking Halifax King's College moratorium NOFRAC Nova Scotia public consultation Zack Metcalfe Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:58:33 +0000 Zack Metcalfe 31300 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/union-and-community-activists-pan-federal-budget/16879 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Multiple speakers reject Harper government&#039;s claims on jobs, environment </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/img_3852.jpg" alt="" title="Elise Graham of the Canadian Federation of Students was one of many speakers commenting on the Federal budget during the Federal Budget Watch, an annual event in Halifax that sees activists get together to watch and discuss the federal budget. (Robert Devet photo)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">K&#39;jipuktuk (Halifax) - The 2013 federal budget is bad for our maritime economy, and will do little if anything to improve lives of Nova Scotia&#39;s workers, students, and people living on low income, concluded speakers at the Federal Budget Watch in Halifax concluded.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/union-and-community-activists-pan-federal-budget/16879" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/union-and-community-activists-pan-federal-budget/16879#comments Robert Devet Environnement Syndicalisme Pauvreté anti-poverty Canadian Labour Congress Council of Canadians environment Federal budget Halifax Dartmouth District Labour Council Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:26:42 +0000 bsichel 16879 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/trade-agreement-ottawa-and-nova-scotia-want-kept-secret/7626 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Packed room hears Canada-Europe trade negotiations denounced </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/ceta_halifax_june_28_2011_20.jpg" alt="" title="A full hall listened to Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians and Paul Moist of the Canadian Union of Public Employees at the Italian Cultural Centre last night. " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/ceta_bottom_image.jpeg" alt="" title="CUPE has mounted a campaign against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and Europe." width="280" height="164" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>A standing-room-only crowd packed a Halifax meeting room last night to hear about a secret.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/trade-agreement-ottawa-and-nova-scotia-want-kept-secret/7626" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/trade-agreement-ottawa-and-nova-scotia-want-kept-secret/7626#comments Jim Guild Environnement Idées Syndicalisme Canada-Europe trade negotiations CETA Council of Canadians CUPE Free Trade Privatization Canadian Foreign Policy Free Trade &amp; Gateway Projects Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:42:07 +0000 bsichel 7626 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca