Halifax

“Fracking” Information Panel

PalBou — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:47:43 +0000

Subhead:

Megan Leslie, MP Halifax Invites you to a Hydraulic Fracturation “Fracking” Information Panel

Wed Oct 12

city:

Halifax

Venue:

Taoist Tai Chi Centre

Address:

2029 North Park St.

Cost:

Free

organizer contact:

Megan Leslie, MP for Halifax, Community Office, 1-2207 Gottingen St., Halifax, NS, B3K 3B5, 902-426-8691, www.meganleslie.ca

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You are invited !!!

What is “Fracking”?

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The meaning of the word “slut”

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:05:22 +0000

The Halifax SlutWalk seeks to shift the blame of sexual assaults from the victim to the perpetrator

Slut or slattern is a pejorative term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. The term is generally applied to women and is an insult or offensive term of disparagement, meaning “dirty of slovenly.”

—Oxford English Dictionary

Halifax LABOUR DAY Celebration - Monday September 5th

tonytracy — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:32:02 +0000

Subhead:

Trade Unionists, Community Members, Social Justice Activists and Others to March and Rally on Labour Day

Mon Sep 5

city:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Venue:

Gathering at VICTORIA PARK at 10:30am, Marching to South Commons Triangle

Address:

Victoria Park, corner of Spring Garden Road & South Park Street (gather at 10:30am)

Cost:

FREE

organizer contact:

Kyle Buott, President of Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council: president@hddlc.ca

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Link:

http://halifaxlabour.ca

March, Rally, Free BBQ Picnic and Community Concert

Budget Report or Terror Advisory?

Ryan Lum — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:42:30 +0000

Budget Officer comes up short on G20 spending inquiry

After the Wednesday release of parliamentary budget officer (PBO) Kevin Page’s report on security spending for the G8 and G20 summits, minister of public safety Vic Toews said that the report “vindicated” the governments' decision to spend over 900 million dollars on security for the 3 days of meetings.

Tiger vs. Crane

Ryan Lum — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:06:19 +0000

Why the G(irls) don't get it

Last week, the inaugural G(irls)20 summit took place in Toronto. The 3 day meeting, touted as a gendered alternative to the male dominated G8 and G20, brought together one young female delegate from each of the G20 countries to discuss issues that affect women at the global level.

Grants for Guns?

dru — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:31:02 +0000

Students protest weapons manufacturer at university job fair

Two dozen protesters with picket signs and megaphones gathered outside the Cunard Centre on Marginal Street in Halifax today to demonstrate their opposition to a job fair for students of Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie, and Saint Mary's. The job fair included recruiters for Lockheed Martin, the world's largest arms manufacturer.

Asaf Rashid of the Student's Coalition Against War (SCAW) dressed in a white lab coat and an orange hardhat, spoke to the crowd through a megaphone. "This is not the only action" students are taking against Lockheed Martin, he said.

Pamphlets distributed at the demonstration highlight Lockheed Martin's profits from war, pointing out that the company's share price more than doubled after former US president Bush's "War on Terror," and that Lockheed makes the F-16 fighter jets used in the recent attacks on Gaza in which Israeli forces killed over 1,300 Palestinians.

On January 20 of this year, the student groups STRAX and community allies shut down a similar event, officially denouncing the presence of Lockheed Martin representatives on campus and the company's reps' intent to recruit students.

Rashid then introduced himself as Dr. Clusterbomb of the Weapons Inspection Team. "Inside [the job fair] are some dangerous elements: the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Lockheed Martin, and [Canadian military] defence," he said.

Dr. Clusterbomb announced his intention to enter the job fair "just to see how everyone's doing."

"Not only does Lockheed Martin produce weapons of mass destruction, but also weapons of mass deception," he said. Clusterbomb then tried to enter the fair, trailed by a dozen reporters. He was denied entry by private security and police. A job fair organizer told him he needed to hold a valid student ID to gain access to the event.