AltWeeklies Wire
Alton Gas approval called a “direct violation” of First Nations rightsnew
Outrage at the province over controversial natural gas project.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jacob Boon |
01-22-2016 |
Environment
Over a Barrel, From Alberta to New Brunswicknew
The Energy East pipeline is causing turmoil.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jacob Boon |
12-12-2014 |
Environment
The Always-On Stalkernew
Two women are being relentlessly harassed and the justice system won’t help, even after the suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Hilary Beaumont |
10-02-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Saying Goodbye to the Ynew
Its closure has long been discussed as part of the plan for a nice new fitness facility, but now the last days have arrived for a treasured YMCA in Halifax, and the community that's grown up with the Y for the last 61 years is just starting to face the loss.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns and Allison Saunders |
05-28-2014 |
Features
Tags: YMCA
Public Access Victory: Halifax Police Blotter to be Made Publicnew
The Coast has long argued that the Halifax police department was overly restrictive with its release of information. The police blotter has long been public record in every American city, but not in any city north of the border.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
03-28-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Playing Indiannew
So you want to be a “Pocahottie” for Halloween? Lindsay Rainingbird hopes you might reconsider.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lindsay Rainingbird |
10-26-2012 |
Race & Class
Tags: Racism
A Trust Betrayed: Peter Kelly and the Estate of Mary Thibeaultnew
Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly has failed in his role as executor of Mary Thibeault's will, leaving her affairs in limbo over seven years after her death as he negotiates with heirs to secretly repay the $145,000 he received.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
02-16-2012 |
Features
The Truth About Your T.A.new
Teachers’ assistants are just like you: overworked, overwhelmed and a full-time student. Just a little older, and maybe more stressed.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Meredith Dault |
09-03-2010 |
Education
Tags: Teaching
Nova Scotia Activists Surprised by Clinton Apology to Haitinew
Former US president Bill Clinton has apologized for flooding Haiti with cheap American rice beginning in the mid 1990s, making it impossible for Haitian farmers to compete.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Bruce Wark |
04-02-2010 |
International
The World Rightly Sees Canada as the Villain at the Copenhagen Climate Change Talksnew
as the Canadian government tries to block climate change agreements to protect tar sands development, we're seen as the bad guy. Or, as British journalist George Monbiot writes, an "immediate threat to the global effort to sustain a peaceful and stable world."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Bruce Wark |
12-11-2009 |
Environment
Dissent in the Shambhala Communitynew
New website Radio Free Shambhala illuminates a disagreement over the relationship between Buddhism and Shambhala.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-05-2009 |
Religion
Students Protest Military Recruitment at Halifax Schoolsnew
Students from various Halifax high schools are petitioning the school board to remove Department of Defence recruiters from school grounds.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Becky Thomas |
05-29-2009 |
Education
Halifax's Cardboard Economynew
A collapse in world paper markets produces a fundamental shift in how Halifax recycles.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
02-06-2009 |
Environment
Jobs Hunt: Thousands Could Be Employed With the Proper Federal Economic Stimulus Plannew
There's plenty of work that needs doing in Halifax, and plenty of people ready to do it, says Halifax MP Megan Leslie. And the federal government should put those people to work as part of an overall economic stimulus package.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
01-23-2009 |
Economy
In Lincolnville, the Stink of Environmental Racism Grows Strongernew
Why does the Nova Scotian government keep putting dumps in rural black communities like Lincolnville? Because the dump in Sunnyville, a similar community, burned up in a methane fire.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Chris Benjamin |
08-08-2008 |
Environment
