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Ben Sichel

February 10, 2013 • Halifax Media Co-op

Centring the Black Nova Scotian Experience

Book Review: Theorizing Africentricity in Action

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December 10, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

CFIB Study Misleads on Public-Sector Sick Days, Union Says

PSAC says business lobby group's report ignores effects of job cuts, sick workers

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September 30, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

More than 200 Rally Against Violence in HRM

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September 13, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

Mi'kmaq Community to Demonstrate at Canso Causeway

Protest follows government decision to allow test oil well drilling at Lake Ainslie

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July 30, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

Feds Un-freeze Funding for Kitpu Youth Centre

Public pressure forces government to back-pedal on cuts to CCAY

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July 23, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

Workers, Employer Settle in Elizabeth Fry Society Strike

Union says collective agreement brings workers in line with public sector

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July 19, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

Elizabeth Fry Workers Say Strike is Case of "Lead by Example"

Advocates for women say they need to stand up for their own rights

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June 27, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

Elizabeth Fry Society Workers Ready, But Reluctant, to Strike

Service providers for women have been in negotiations for months

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June 20, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

Community Rallies to Save Kitpu Youth Programs

50 people gather for emergency fundraising, long-term strategizing against federal cuts to Aboriginal programs

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March 31, 2012 • Halifax Media Co-op

Making the Case for Higher Taxes

Group calls for tax rates on the rich to be returned to pre-2000 levels

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