The Mi’kmaq call the Avon River “Tooetunook,” which means “flowing square into the sea,” or more specifically, into the Minas Basin in the upper Bay of Fundy. Since 1970, when the Windsor causeway was constructed across the Avon, the river hasn’t exactly been able to “flow square” at all. That’s because the aboiteau — the […]
A white dude writes about cultural appropriation: Morning File, Monday, May 15, 2017
News 1. Health care Michael Tutton, writing for the Canadian Press, has an election analysis piece headlined “How health care became key issue in N.S. election campaign“: David Johnson, a political scientist at Cape Breton University, said Stephen McNeil’s government is paying a price for failing to keep 2013 election promises such as ensuring all citizens have access to family physicians, and for […]