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Poor Young Things Announce Tour Dates

Posted May 15, 2013 by Andrew_Horan

Toronto’s Poor Young Things have unveiled the details of their forthcoming tour in support of their forthcoming album The Heart. The Head. The End, out on May 21 via Bumstead Productions. The winners of the 2013 SiriusXM Emerging Artist of the Year awa…

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Justice at Just Us!: Co-operatives, unions and labour rights

Posted April 3, 2013 by Dave Bush

On March 27 of this year, two workers were fired from a local Halifax café. They were actively trying to organize a union in their workplace. Their café is part of a larger co-operative in Nova Scotia called Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op.

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Art Threat: NSCAD students disrupt university board meeting to announce manifesto

Posted February 4, 2013 by Rob Maguire

Several NSCAD Board of Governors leave the boardroom as students read the NSCAD Manifesto. (Handout photo.)Last week over 100 students from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, concerned about how government funding cuts will impact the future of…

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Cowichan Conversations: We Are In The Sights Of A Double-Barreled Shotgun. A Fish Tale

Posted January 24, 2013 by Richard Hughes

Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations ContributorWe are in the sights of a double-barreled shotgun. One barrel forces us to farm Atlantic salmon, while letting wild salmon die off. The second barrel will force us to raise Atlantic salmon, genetically modifi…

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