Retired Labour Communicator, CUPE Comms Rep. for 26 years. Worked in radio news for 10 years prior to that. Cover photo captures the #LittleTartanRepublic.
Feb 28 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
Much better chance of dragging the victim through the mud this way.
@robyndoolittle Former members of 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team elect jury trial in sexual assault case #HockeyCanada #NHL #RapeCulture @Sportsnet @rwesthead @SNKenReid theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
It's not surprising that the players elected for a trial by jury rather than judge alone, criminal defence lawyer Boris Bysteknsky
who is not connected to the matter, said Wednesday. #HockeyCanada #SexualAssaultLaws #NHL thestar.com/sports/hockey/…
“We’re basically going back to everyone who criticized us for the long period of Moving Forward and saying, ‘Yeah you were right, you really can’t trust us to do what we say we’re going to do with our plans,'” @SamAustinD5
@joan_baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc.’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (@ICIJorg). #SinarMass#PaperExcellence@sinarmas_land halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/d…2) @scilla_alecci Oct. 2022: Four environmental watchdogs allege Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper used shell co.'s to conceal corporate control by the same Indonesian tycoons accused of clearing more than 2 million hectares of Indonesian rainforest. icij.org/inside-icij/20…
2) “We are holding a province-wide Day of Action today, Feb. 28, to tell the @TimHoustonNS govt. that our members need to see a deal that will make a meaningful difference in their lives," @melansonchris, President, NS School Board Council of Unions
@smithc902 To do that, it will charge a monthly subscription fee — $27.50 for adults and $9.50 for children — to people who would also pay for their appointments, such as a $69 fee for an initial assessment. globalnews.ca/news/9510247/p…
So NOW @MThompsonPC tells us?
Generally speaking, she says people who use private health care to access the system need to be sure of the credentials and qualifications of those practising. #BluenoseHealth#MichelleThompson#NSHealth
Jan 17, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Now I'm wondering if @TimHoustonNS got a heads up on this before he announced the housing shakeup?
@larochecbc@OAG_NS has found multiple instances where a senior official at former Metropolitan Reg. Housing Authority was in conflict of interest. #nspolicbc.ca/news/canada/no…
Oct. 20, 2022
@giftedtypist This whole chapter piles on another layer of trauma and distrust for families who already feel they have been disrespected and left in the dark by this inquiry. #MCC#Portapique#RCMPsaltwire.com/halifax/opinio…
(Imagine the family members of victims who’ve had to wait two fucking years to hear this and other important testimony!)
REIT’s own or invest in income-producing real estate & distribute profits to their shareholders. Many are traded publicly on the stock market. #nspoli#Halifaxcbc.ca/news/canada/fi…2) @MichaelTGorman Nova Scotia's DM of housing said Wed. that non-profit housing will have to be "dramatically" expanded to address the province's housing crunch.
(Thus far both Geoff MacLellan and Tim Houston only seem interested in ‘market’ solutions.) cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
May 8, 2021 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Is 'modified self-isolation' a key reason we now have 1,464 active cases in Nova Scotia?
Rotational workers: no longer have a modified self-isolation; they must quarantine for an entire 14 days away from other people in their households.
@MichaelTGorman Stephen Tobin started working in the premier's office as director of strategic initiatives. Previously, he had been employed #nspoli#nslpcbc.ca/news/canada/no…2) by the @LiberalPartyNS
caucus office as director of strategic communications during the tenure of former premier Stephen McNeil.
(Kudos to Margaret Miller for having the courage to call her boss and her party out!)
This is not the first time, that McNeil and the party
May 6, 2021 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
“I am coming to you with this information in hopes that you may ask @StrangRobert if the daycares have been directed not to go public with the number of positive cases."
The govt. could always make an exception to the age-based vaccination program, as it chose to do for police officers. (One of Strang's biggest flip-flops.)
@NSLandsForestry has proposed that more than 455 hectares (1,124 acres) of forests in the St. Margaret’s Bay area be put on the chopping block, w. roughly 207 hectares (511 acres) within the boundaries of the community proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area (IRWA). #NSForests
LP: Docs obtained through #FOIPOP dating back to 2016 revealed that the decision to build the access road was years in the making and was made in part to reduce transportation costs for @NS_Aggregates.
