News 1. Habeas Corpus Five prisoners at the Burnside jail filed more habeas corpus applications last week, claiming that they were inappropriately kept in lockdown for up to four days. As has become typical, by the time the habeas applications could make their way to a court hearing before a judge, four of the prisoners […]
A terribly depressing read from start to finish
Morning File, Thursday, June 14, 2018
News 1. Fool’s Gold, Part 4 We’ve published the fourth and final instalment of Joan Baxter’s “Fool’s Gold” series. Part 4 looks at how the mining lobby is working to undermine environmental protection in Nova Scotia. In particular, the Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) wants to open up protected wilderness areas to mining. Writes […]