‘Waves of Resistance March’ in Antigonish

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    Drake Lowthers
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    Kristina Richard, Antigonish’s most-decorated Special Olympian, holds the banner as she heads the ‘Waves of Resistance March’ last Monday hosted by Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre.
    • On March 8, homemade poster-making, an art display, and yoga dance at L’Arche Antigonish prepared participants for the ‘Waves of Resistance March’ in support of organizing, learning, honouring, imagining, and celebrating women.
    • Close to 100 people took part in Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre’s ‘Waves of Resistance March’ last Monday kicking off International Women’s Week.
    • Executive Director of the Coady Institute and Extension Department at StFX University, Gord Cunningham, supported the ‘Waves of Resistance March’ marking the successes and aspirations of the women’s movement.
    • Passionate demonstrators marched and chanted loudly through the streets of downtown Antigonish on March 9 as part of International Women’s Week, calling for gender equality.
    Drake Lowthers

    Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.

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    Drake Lowthers
    Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.