http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/editorials en http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/black-people-rural-ns-feel-second-class-citizens-new-report-says <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h1 class="title details-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 37.1px; margin: 0px; font-family: Oswald, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word;"></h1></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/racism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">racism</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/home-coloured-children" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">HOME FOR COLOURED CHILDREN</a></div></div></div> Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:55:20 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4928 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/shelburne-county-gets-ready-another-electoral-boundary-fight <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Some Councils inclined to take action</span></strong></span></span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span style="font-size:14px;">In the wake of a Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruling last month, residents and politicians in Shelburne County are gearing up for another fight over the re-jigging of electoral boundaries which many feel puts the County at a disadvantage, compared to the more populous Queens County.</span></div> <div>  </div> <div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/electoral-boundary-commission" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">electoral boundary commission</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/shelburne-county" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">shelburne county</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/roy-odonnell-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">roy odonnell</a></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:15:32 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4926 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/teachers-union-says-university-presidents-attacking-collective-bargaining-rights-colluding <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div> <span style="font-size:14px;">Teachers are concerned that the presidents of Acadia, Saint Francis Xavier, Mount Saint Vincent, Université Sainte Anne, and Cape Breton University are attacking their collective rights by suing the NSTU over legal job action, says NSTU President Liette Doucet in a news release Wednesday. </span></div> <div>  </div> <div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nstu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">NSTU</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/teachers-union" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">teachers union</a></div></div></div> Wed, 01 Feb 2017 21:40:02 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4925 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/nova-scotians-ste-foy-massacre-reject-intolerance <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><img alt="" src="https://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/resize/node-images/ste-foy-6-550x367.jpg" style="width: 444px; height: 296px;" /></span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/ste-foy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">STE FOY</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/christopher-majka" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CHRISTOPHER MAJKA</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/quebec" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">QUEBEC</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/muslims" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">muslims</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/canada" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">canada</a></div></div></div> Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:03:47 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4924 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/ship-company-bankruptcy-may-not-affect-shelburne <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div id="WNStoryHeader" style="margin-bottom: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px;"> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; clear: both; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.3610495.1464791900!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/toisa-pegasus.JPG" style="width: 444px; height: 250px;" /></span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/shelburne" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">shelburne</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/toisa-pegasus" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">toisa pegasus</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/bankruptcy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">bankruptcy</a></div></div></div> Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:51:44 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4923 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/teachers-return-work-rule-regime-accuse-premier-bad-faith-bargaining <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Stephen McNeil has developed the uncanny ability to inflame the tense situation in the labour dispute with Nova Scotia teachers and the union which represents them.</p> <p>Teachers in Nova Scotia will return to work-to-rule conditions next week after the union says they’ve “lost trust” in the premier.</p> <p>According to a Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) release Friday afternoon, work-to-rule job action returns on Monday in light of Premier Stephen McNeil’s recent comments to media about the teachers’ tentative contract.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nstu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">NSTU</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/stephen-mcneil" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">stephen mcneil</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia-teachers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia teachers</a></div></div></div> Fri, 27 Jan 2017 23:27:26 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4922 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/deja-vu-all-over-again-shelburne-county-gearing-new-electoral-boundary-fight <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><blockquote><div> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">"...nothing in the legislation that prevents the government from acting immediately." </span></strong></span></span></div> </blockquote> <div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/shelburne-county" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">shelburne county</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/electoral-boundraries" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">electoral boundraries</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/darrell-dexter" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">darrell dexter</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/roy-odonnell" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">roy o&#039;donnell</a></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:34:14 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4920 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/trumps-keystone-announcement-surprise-trudeau-govt <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="" src="/sites/shelburne.asrequired.ca/files/keystone_0.JPG" style="width: 444px; height: 188px;" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday which gives a go-ahead to the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline which would carry oil sands petroleum to the U.S. </span></span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/keystone-xl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">keystone xl</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/donald-trump" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">donald trump</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/justin-trudeau" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">justin trudeau</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/greenpeace" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">greenpeace</a></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:55:42 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4919 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/court-says-ndp-interfered-boundary-change-decision <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 18.9001px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal has ruled changes made by the Dexter NDP government to Nova Scotia's electoral map violated a fundamental charter right ofr Acadians in the province.</span></span></strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/acadian-federation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">acadian federation</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/electoral-boudaries" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">electoral boudaries</a></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:42:33 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4918 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/african-heritage-month-passing-torch <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 12px; line-height: 18.56px; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Beginning with a launch in Halifax on Tuesday, African Heritage Month will be celebrated in Nova Scotia in Halifax, Cape Breton, Digby, Antigonish, New Glasgow, Amherst.</span></span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/african-heritage-month" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">African Heritage Month</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/nova-scotia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nova scotia</a></div></div></div> Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:30:57 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4917 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca