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Thinking caps on: We're looking for news pitches to The Dominion 26 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm
Deadline is Sept. 1 at midnight Fall back? Never. We're only moving forward. From transgender legal documentation in Quebec, to fighting for the preservation of Indigenous land in Saskatchewan, to be...
Rebel girls rock out 24 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
New camp increases girls’ confidence say kids, parents On Friday afternoon, flanked by two teenage girls playing guitar and bass, Sophia Boutilier hammered on the drums while singing into a mic: “I’...
Second Cup dispute goes to labour board 21 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
Employer agrees she disciplined, fired staff after union vote Second Cup franchise owner Kathy Attis disciplined and fired three employees following a union vote, the Labour Board heard this week. C...
In loving memory of Palmira Boutillier 20 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
The Media Co-op editorial collective and board are devastated to learn of the illness and sudden death of Palmira Boutillier in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Palmira was a Media Co-op board member and an act...
On the Beauty of ‘Inefficient’ Fisheries - by Marc Carrel 17 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am
This blog was originally posted at Small Scales, the excellent East Coast fisheries blog administered by the Marine Issues Committee of the Ecology Action Centre. Although the blog deals with West Coa...
Nova Scotia Government with Frack Waste Broker Atlantic Industrial Services: Regulator or Handmaiden? 14 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
One of the most persistent questions that NOFRAC has raised is what happened to the missing 4 million litres of fracking wastewater for which there is documentation that approximately 3 million of it ...
Empty promises, false choices of Energy East- by Jason MacLean 14 Aug 2013 | 06:51 am
This column was originally published on Monday, August 12, 2013 in the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal newspaper. SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS, By Jason MacLean Forget Keystone XL for the moment. With U.S. ...
Keeping New Brunswick's Fracked Waste Water out of Nova Scotia 13 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
By Dana Lipnicki K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - On Wednesday, July 31, The Ecology Action Centre and the Black Market teamed up in hopes of raising awareness about fracking waste water. Set up on Grafton St...
Kent County, New Brunswick - Where prayer becomes mischief 12 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Suzanne Patles prepares for Charter challenge of shale gas related charge MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK - On June 9th, Suzanne Patles was arrested while in prayer on highway 126, in Kent County, New Brunswi...
Penobsquis: “New Brunswick's dirty little secret” 9 Aug 2013 | 11:06 pm
Potash and gas industry is thriving, but residents worry about their health, environment Grey geometrical towers block out tetris-like patterns against the rural landscape in a small New Brunswick vi...
