The Nova Scotia NDP continues to call on the Houston government to improve access and attachment to primary care through dedicated clinics and is renewing its call for the Auditor General to review the YourHealthNS procurement deal...
As we head into another federal election, I find myself, like many lifelong NDP voters, facing a difficult but necessary choice: voting strategically to stop the Conservatives from forming government.
I’ve proudly supported the...
It was good to see the end of a long political and
legal fight to overturn ill-conceived and indefensible changes to Nova Scotia’s
electoral boundaries.
On January 24, 2017, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal concluded
that...
One of life’s truisms is that no two days are the same;
we may hope for that to be a certainty but it will never be so.
Simply being alive gives us challenges of varying
degrees;...
Inverness County Cares (ICC), a local charitable
society, was formed in 2012 with the goal of providing for underprivileged
children in the Third World.
In their most recent project, ICC will continue to work
with Chalice, an...
Editor’s note: The following letter was written to Premier Tim Houston.
According to the web site mabougolfproject.ca: “Cabot is seeking to lease a portion of the land within the boundaries of the West Mabou...
With record levels of anxiety, stress, and loneliness plaguing our country, a recent national survey commissioned by Scouts Canada offers some timely insight – and maybe even a solution. In a random survey of 1,000 Canadians, nearly...
In this column, we are going to revisit the porcupine
(Mi’kmaq: matues) and its colourful quills.
In particular, we are going to look at the sources of
violet (nisqunanamu’k) and blue (musqunamu’k) pigments. The red (mekwe’k)...
What a difference a year can make.
One year ago we watched with excitement as Canadians went to the polls and elected a new Liberal government. I was humbled by the trust that you placed in me and I have...
Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender announced her plan to support women and gender-diverse Nova Scotians by joining PEI, British Columbia, Yukon and Manitoba in providing free birth control. The Houston government’s failure to act and take federal...