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Alexa McDonough dies at age 77
By Deborah Jones, Greg Locke HALIFAX, NS – Alexa McDonough, the trailblazing politician who led both the Nova Scotia and federal NDP, has died at age 77 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s on Jan 15, 2022. Born Alexa Ann Shaw in Ottawa on August 11, 1944. She married the late Peter McDonough in Halifax in 1966. She began a career in social work as the assistant to the director of Social Planning Department at the City of Halifax in 1969, and later served as a member of the faculty at the Maritime School of Social Work at Dalhousie University.
What next? …after Canada’s Day of Truth and Reconciliation
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation saw a national outpouring of grief and anger over indigenous residential schools, and the genocide of Canada’s aboriginal peoples. Now that the day’s drums are stilled, the joined voices of lament silenced, the symbolic orange shirts doffed, flames of sacred fires become ember, what? What comes next? The answer is deceptively simple: Canadians follow the path mapped by the 2015 final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The commission was tasked with telling hard “truths” – and the near-impossible goal of “reconciling” Canada’s century-long removal of
Bonavista Biennale beckons
BONAVISTA, Newfoundland – While there are massive music concerts and arts festivals all over the world, usually in urban areas, that attract thousands of people, often those in remote and out-of-the-way places offer a more engaging and immersive experience. The Bonavista Biennale is one of those. As the name says, it’s located in and around Bonavista, Newfoundland. A small town three-hours drive from the capital of St John’s, Bonavista sits on the remote tip of a peninsula in Canada’s easternmost province, face up to the North Atlantic ocean. This biennial exhibition of contemporary visual art attracts local, national, and international
Innu file suit as human rights report slams Canada for abuse
NATUASHISH, LABRADOR August 12, 2021 – Days after a human rights report slammed Canada for its treatment of the Innu, the Innu Nation sued the federal and provincial governments over the Muskrat Falls energy project affecting their ancestral lands. The suit, filed in Newfoundland Supreme Court, names the provincial and federal governments, and was triggered by a joint government deal in which the Innu lost previously-negotiated benefits from the Muskrat Falls hydro project near Happy Valley, Labrador. The Innu only found out about the changes via news media, after the deal was announced. Earlier this week a scathing new Canadian
Remembering War
by GREG LOCKE Originally published November 11, 2016 ST JOHN’S, Newfoundland – I can’t do Remembrance Day anymore. Just don’t have it in me. I don’t mean it to be disrespectful. In fact, my respect is infinite. I have had relatives serve, live and die in the Canadian, British and American military going back to WWI. I’ve attended the National War Memorial in St John’s, Newfoundland with my father-in-law, a veteran of the Battle of Altona in Italy during WWII, and the rest of the old men many times. I have talked about war far too many times. Today
11:11:11
by Deborah Jones (originally published November 11, 2020) VANCOUVER, BC – Remembrance in COVID Time. Cenotaphs closed. Veterans cloistered. Citizens warned to stay away, safe from the pandemic. It’s a day off work in many places, but with so many now working from home, who would notice any difference? On this day, most years, we’d stand shivering to witness sober parades and ceremonies. Today at 11 a.m., we go outside our front door. We cock our ears for the strains of a bugle or bagpipes. We scan the sky for the old war planes on their annual fly-over. We
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By Deborah Jones, Greg Locke HALIFAX, NS – Alexa McDonough, the trailblazing politician who led both the Nova Scotia and federal NDP, has died at age 77 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s on Jan 15, 2022. Born Alexa Ann Shaw in Ottawa on August 11, 1944. She married the late Peter McDonough in Halifax in 1966. She began a
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OTTAWA – When Justin Trudeau called the federal election 2021 on
NATUASHISH, LABRADOR August 12, 2021 – Days after a human rights report
NATUASHISH, Newfoundland and Labrador – The Innu National is again being ignored
DEBORAH JONES November 12, 2005 Michael Walker’s desk in his new office
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St. John’s, Newfoundland (May 27, 2021) – Calgary based Suncor Energy, lead operator of the Terra Nova offshore oil field on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, says it will most likely be abandoning the oil field if it cannot come to an agreement with its seven partners. Mark Little, the CEO of Suncor, told investors on Wednesday that the floating
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DEBORAH JONES November 12, 2005 Michael Walker’s desk in his new office
ROGER BILL November 25, 2017 ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland — The man in charge
By Ross Kerber May, 2017 BOSTON (Reuters) – After U.S. President Donald
The Arts
BONAVISTA, Newfoundland – While there are massive music concerts and arts festivals all over the world, usually in urban areas, that attract thousands of people, often those in remote and out-of-the-way places offer a more engaging and immersive experience. The
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By Brian Brennan March, 2018 “Meet acclaimed Canadian authors in San Miguel!” said the invitation. How could one resist? According to the program, three of the seven keynote speakers at this year’s Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival in San Miguel de
DEBORAH JONES: FREE RANGE July, 2005 The very first time he tried writing graffiti, Robbie,
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By Deborah Jones, Greg Locke HALIFAX, NS – Alexa McDonough, the trailblazing politician who led both the Nova Scotia and federal NDP, has died at age 77 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s on Jan 15, 2022. Born Alexa Ann Shaw in Ottawa on August 11, 1944. She married the late Peter McDonough in Halifax in 1966. She began a
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation saw
DEBORAH JONES: FREE RANGE July, 2005 The very first time he tried