Nova Scotia

Solidarity Halifax: Stop the Alton Gas Project

Jake Hubley — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 03:14:37 +0000

An analysis by Jake Hubley

K'jipuktuk (Halifax)—Eight years ago, Alton Gas—a subsidiary company of Alberta-based AltaGas ltd.—applied to the Nova Scotia government with a proposed project that would allow natural gas to be stored in underground salt caverns near the Shubenacadie River, in Alton, N.S.

Files attached to this post:

official_draft_final-_solidarity_hfx-_the_alton_gas_project.pdf

Meet your Alton Gas Team - Part 1

Miles Howe — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:31:57 +0000

Tim Church - Stakeholder Relations AKA Consultation Coordinator

Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia -- Last night's Alton Gas open house in Millbrook First Nation was a heated affair.

All roads lead to Corexit

Miles Howe — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:08:09 +0000

Other aspects of Shell's blowout response plan doubtful in real-time

Shell Oil is moving steadily through the regulatory process which will allow the drilling of exploratory wells on the edge of the Scotian Shelf in an area known as the Shelburne Gully. It looks very much as if this process on the Scotian Shelf will become a major offshore oil play for many years to come.

McNeil's Movers – Emptying Nova Scotia communities one at a time!

Robert DeVet — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:07:49 +0000

NSGEU launches social media campaign to fight job cuts and privatization

Video gives voice to victims of austerity

Robert DeVet — Tue, 05 May 2015 15:47:48 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - “This budget I find is discriminatory against people with disabilities. They only see me as a $600 cheque, and they wait for me not to be that.” John Cox, disability activist.

Shake up at Community Services

Robert DeVet — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:21:43 +0000

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - 25 managers at the Department of Community Services have received layoff notices and will be competing for significantly fewer new positions.

Op-ed: NS Budget 2015 ignores real problems, lacks vision

Robert DeVet — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:39:33 +0000

The Nova Scotia budget tabled today is without vision. It was constructed to deal primarily with the deficit and the debt.

We're number one! Food insecurity in Nova Scotia tops list of provinces

Robert DeVet — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:34:58 +0000

(KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - A report by Statistics Canada that was released yesterday shows that 11.9 percent of Nova Scotians experienced food insecurity i

Waiting for child support

Robert DeVet — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:51:09 +0000

Enforcement program abandons single parent families, activist charges

(KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - The provincial entity that is supposed to track the deadbeat parent and enforce payment isn't doing its job, says Gwen Williams, a single parent who was in the system for over 17 years.

A New Master Work in Our Midst

Joannelight — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:24:13 +0000

Sandra Barry's "Lifting Yesterday: Elizabeth Bishop and Nova Scotia" Has International Scholars Excited

Hear ye! Hear ye! Nova Scotian citizens! International literary scholars, cultural mavens, poets, writers of fine prose, Acadia University buffs, Baptist Church members, genealogists, historians, village green preservation societies and fans of super writing are hailing a master work by a Nova Scotian literary scholar and writer!

Nova Scotia Needs a Raise

Robert DeVet — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:23:58 +0000

Lively town hall kicks off living wage campaign

When Omar Joof arrived in Nova Scotia in 2002 minimum wage looked pretty good. Until the bills started to roll in, that is.

Pretty soon he was working two or even three shifts a day as a janitor.

Joan Jessome on Community Services job cuts in rural Nova Scotia - "It's only the beginning"

Robert DeVet — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:56:12 +0000

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Joan Jessome, president of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) says that this week's Community Services job

More Community Services job cuts in rural Nova Scotia

Robert DeVet — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:55:20 +0000

Eleven workers receive layoff notices in Guysborough and Barrington, says union

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - This week the department of Community Services handed out layoff notices to six workers in Guysborough, and

Endangered Perspectives - Saving Atlantic Salmon

Robert DeVet — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:23:27 +0000

KJIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Atlantic salmon are sleek predators of the ocean.

Ingram River clearcut upsets St. Margaret's Bay residents

Robert DeVet — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:37:35 +0000

KJIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Residents of St.