On Monday morning, there is a rally planned to try and save the South Shore Community Midwives, one of Nova Scotia’s rural midwifery programs. The…

The annual child and family poverty report card, published in partnership with Campaign 2000, is a reminder of how broken our social contract is, and…

Has gas price regulation in Atlantic Canada cost consumers $205 million in higher gas prices since provincial governments began regulating gas prices? This is the…

The Nova Scotia government has announced that it will introduce a new free pre-primary program for children turning four by the end of December 2017.…

While it is easy to get distracted by rhetoric during an election campaign, people want and need to understand how party platforms would affect their…

It seems that many in the media barely glanced at last week’s Nova Scotia budget. The rationale was that because it would not be put…

25 years ago, Canada adopted the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child. Among the rights enumerated in that Convention, children have a right:…

The government of Nova Scotia isn’t happy with the federal government’s carbon pricing plan. The Nova Scotia Environment Minister walked out of a federal-provincial meeting, and the…

The strike at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald (hereafter CH) is dragging into its 14th week. Events over the past couple of weeks show how the strike is important, and…