‘It’s okay to change your mind’: Protesters call on Tim Houston to reverse cuts to arts, culture, heritage
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‘It’s okay to change your mind’: Protesters call on Tim Houston to reverse cuts to arts, culture, heritage
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Liberals challenge Progressive Conservative math on child care fees
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Imperial Cleaners can bid on Halifax contracts after being fired for not paying living wages
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Highly recommend all Nova Scotians read this article by @timbousquet.bsky.social @halifaxexaminer.ca for a clear-eyed analysis of what’s happening here. Link in next post.
Tax billionaires out of existence.
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The minister can’t provide a single coherent reason for cutting $130M in grants to community organizations.
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I am so angry right now!!!!
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is cutting funds from mental health programs tied to the 2020 mass shooting in the province. #NovaScotia #HoustonFail 🤬
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Fact checking Fillmore: No, Mr. Mayor, the landlord survey is not a scientific study
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They had enough room in the budget to get rid of bridge and highway tolls but can’t afford bus passes for kids?
The Cape Sable Historical Society (CSHS) has received news by email this morning regarding the Provincial Budget 2026-27 with a heavy heart and profound concern. As the managing organization for the Barrington Museum Complex, we are devastated by the decision to permanently shutter the Barrington Woolen Mill Museum—one of Southwest Nova Scotia’s most significant industrial heritage sites. Furthermore, we have been informed of a 20% decrease in operating grants for the Old Meeting House and Seal Island Light Museums. These drastic cuts are particularly jarring given that since 2008, our only funding adjustment was a single 10% increase in 2023 with a hearty acknowledgment of our role in the success of our province’s growth. In addition to the Barrington Woolen Mill Museum, 11 other of the 28 Nova Scotia Museum family sites will be closed, and the remaining sites and all recipients of the Community Museum Assistance program funding, will have their respective grants decreased as well. Reportedly, 38 million has been cut from the Dept of Community, Culture, Tourism and Heritage budget so this will affect many organizations and businesses in our Province. Please read our response attached below. If you recognize the vital role that museums/heritage, and communities, culture, tourism in general, play in the financial and cultural success of our province, and wish to voice your objection, we have included contact information for the Premier Tim Houston, Dept of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Minister Dave Ritcey, and Shelburne County MLA Nolan Young. #SupportLocal #Museum #Heritage #VisitBarrington #SouthShoreNice #CommunityMatters #BuiltHeritage
12 of 38 sites under the #NovaScotia Museum to be closed.
rabble has submitted seven questions to each of the NDP leadership candidates. Here are the answers from Tanille Johnston. Answers from other candidates will be published one at a time over the coming week.
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Let’s clear up a common misconception: Alberta doesn’t “pay into” equalization. No province does. It’s a federal program funded by federal taxes collected from individuals and businesses paying the same tax rate across the country.
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#ABpoli #ABleg #CdnPoli
‘Shock and awe’ at DNR: Wildlife division gone, managers sacked, and restructured department geared for natural resources exploitation and extraction
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
You have to wonder what it would cost per bed to house America's homeless population.
BREAKING:
‘Shock and awe’ at DNR: Wildlife division gone, managers sacked, and restructured department geared for natural resources exploitation and extraction
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Man, when drivers say they are fine with a transit fare increase because “transit users, not all taxpayers, should pay for transit”, they really don’t like it when you respond with “put tolls on the roads, because drivers, not all taxpayers, should have to pay for driving.”
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for
gradient.horse
"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
A show of solidarity from the Inuit in Canada to the Inuit in Greenland.
“As thousands marched Saturday in Greenland to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed threats to take control of the island, about 825 kilometres away, dozens did the same in Nunavut's capital.”
#Canada
#Greenland
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There is no “middle class” and hasn’t been for decades. There’s the wealthy, the working class and the impoverished.
How about taxing the hell out of the 1% and raising corporation taxes to a minimum of 60%?
This supposed “tax break” is a joke. You are not reading the nation! 🪶😡🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Israeli occupation forces distributed warning leaflets in Tubas, in the northern occupied West Bank, this morning, threatening Palestinian residents that posting, sharing, or publishing online content critical of Israel would be treated as a terrorist offense, potentially resulting in arrest or imprisonment. The leaflets stated: "We are monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment, as has happened in this house. We have warned you."
"We’re monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment. We have warned you."
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
Basic Income in Canada is closer than you think #canpoli
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There's a bloke in my town that goes around on a bike with gardening tools tidying up public spaces that the council doesn't/can't afford to do. I've no idea how he funds himself but a UBI would release thousands of people with a passion to do things being stifled by wage labour.
READ: Palestinian women in Gaza have faced widespread sexual violence during the Israeli genocide. Despite mountains of evidence, human rights groups face difficulties pursuing justice, as women live in fear of social stigma and reprisal from Israel. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/afte...
Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
