My experience with midwives makes me feel gutted that midwifery services are so limited in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia needs more midwives. But Nova Scotia also needs midwives in more spaces.

The midwifery team took care of me post partum. Midwives checked my C-section incision. Midwives made sure I was connected to bereavement services. Midwives said my baby's name. Midwives came to my home so I didn't have to sit in waiting rooms with newborns.

Midwifery care was essential to surviving the horror of losing my baby.

The midwifery team checked on me regularly, even when my care was transferred to a maternal fetal medicine specialist.

They told me what to expect. Discussed my mental health.

Today is Int'l Day of the Midwife and I cannot imagine what my 2 births would have been like without midwifery care.

In January I gave birth to my second child at just 23 wks and 6 days gestation. Linus lived for 8 days and then died.

#nspoli

A pallid gollum-looking motherfucker from "True North" aka Juno News aka he's the dude whose byline was on an article attacking Carney's kid

Fucking disgusting the leaders debate made Mark Carney take TWO questions (plus follow ups, so four) from dogshit grifters who were behind the article targeting HIS CHILD

All bc they're too chickenshit to stand up to these asswipes that crawled out of their mom's basements for the night

P3 schools debacle, lessons not learned? Governments that don't learn from an inefficient and expensive funding model seem doomed to repeat it.

There were many concerning NS Gov decisions this week. High on the list: The decision to use a P3 for the largest ever health care infrastructure investment. $7.5 billion locked in for 30 years. What of the $1 billion P3 schools buyback? Lessons ignored. #nspoli www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

Tim Houston has time to go campaign for Doug Ford, but not to speak to survivors and advocates about the epidemic of intimate partner violence.

I guess getting his buddies elected is more important than the 6 women killed by their partners in the past 3 months?

#nspoli

The Law Amendments Committee made Nova Scotia the most participatory democracy in Canada.

It let people speak directly to lawmakers at Province House. It also gave MLAs and the public a chance to filibuster bad legislation, as Tim Houston did in 2015 on behalf of film workers. #nspoli

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One of the report recommendations that has been ignored is the need to remove other barriers preventing the legislature from being more representative. When Alexa was elected there was no bathroom for women MLAs. The first change table was added a few yrs ago. Can we do child care next?

FTR I think MLAs should get paid more (but I also think everyone should get paid more). Being independently wealthy should not be a qualification for our political representatives.

Way, way back in 2022 we had a committee with members put forward by all 3 parties take a look at MLA pay in NS. They also recommended an increase in MLA pay but not an increase in the top ups for Ministers or the Premier.
That report is here nslegislature.ca/sites/defaul...

The Bloomfield School fire is a public policy failure; what's going to burn down next? - Halifax Examiner Councillors should be demanding answers and public accountability.

The Bloomfield School fire is a public policy failure; what’s going to burn down next? www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me

They're gonna normalize plane crashes the way they normalize school shootings if we let them. Just the cost of lining certain pockets.

Happy Heritage Day!

For this heritage day, the province of NS is honouring Nora Bernard for her all her contributions to Mi’kma’ki. At Mayworks, Nora was part of our trading card series in 2019!

Design credit: Zachary Gough

Yes. We need more of these, but also in many areas, our sidewalks are too narrow for these machines.

A large part of North End Halifax has to be cleared by hand.

At the end of the day, the issue with sidewalk clearing is mostly a human resources issue and not an equipment issue.

Toronto friends: for a story I’m looking to speak with people who worked or partied at Crews and Tangos. If you have a fun or noteworthy memory to share, or if you just love the place, pls reach out. Pls share :)

At emerg in #Halisky for a family injury (prob not serious, but needs checking). A doc just announced they’re significantly over-capacity: 140 waiting for beds + full emerg.

Our system’s overstretched & excellent HCWs overworked. Worst I’ve seen over past few years (here often for my mom then).

Excuse me sir?!? Gary Burrill is a friggin' national treasure & one of a handful of politicians consistently on the right side of this issue. Homes not cops forever.

Rilo Kiley’s on tour, there’s a Buffy reboot. I really hope my rent is about to be 750 dollars again.

For these times, our man Gramsci. Having being imprisoned for 11 years by Mussolini’s fascists, he certainly was no stranger to its horrors.

So Olands Breeery hosted Pollievre this weekend for a photo op? 🤮 (puts case of Olands back on the shelf and opts for Propeller Galaxy, instead)….