How a Nova Scotia teacher’s dream job became a lesson in racism | CBC News
It was her first teaching job and she had been waiting for this day for a very long time, but something was wrong.
On her first day, Johnson’s colleagues were welcoming children to their classrooms.
“None were coming into mine,” she said. “I waited. And waited.”
COVID-19: Don’t make university students choose between education and legal rights
Under StFXU’s proposed waiver, students won’t be allowed to return to campus or participate in any activities — including online activities — unless they first sign it.
By doing so, students would have no legal recourse against StFXU if they contracted COVID-19 due to the university’s negligence or wrongdoing.
Numbers of large wild Atlantic salmon dipped to near historic lows in 2019
A group advocating for the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon says the
number of adult salmon returning to North America rivers fell to near
historic lows last year.
New coalition calls for changes to Halifax police commission | CBC News
“This came about as a result of concerns around the arrest of SantinaRao,” said Critchley.
Rao is a Black woman who says she was racially profiled and injured during a Jan. 15 arrest at a Halifax Walmart.
Northern pulp appeals ministerial cleanup order, pauses environmental assessment
The pulp mill stopped production on Jan. 31 after the province rejected its request to continue pumping treated effluent into a nearby treatment lagoon in Boat Harbour, N.S., near the Pictou Landing First Nation.
“We remain concerned that the environmental assessment, based on the current terms of reference, is ambiguous and would not result in a clear outcome,” said Graham Kissack, vice-president for environment, health, safety and communications for Paper Excellence Canada.
“Pausing the assessment will provide time for us to further engage the community in discussion about the mill and its future, how we can best co-exist, and an appropriate environmental assessment process for the environmental improvement being proposed.”