Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier

N.S. government MLAs say grant cuts necessary to protect 'core' services | CBC News Government MLAs are acknowledging that cuts in their latest budget are difficult for the people impacted but say it was a necessary step to preserve core services.

Oh, they forgot they have the option to raise taxes.

They could raise taxes or not drop the HST rate. 🤷‍♀️

Or, I don’t know, stop spending money we don’t have on stupid things like tolls.

But you know, let the most marginalized suffer instead. #nspoli

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Social post by user champagnecruz that says "how it feels sending silly little emails while the world casually inches toward WW3" and it's a dog wearing a tie in front of a laptop, and the background is a city full of fire and explosions.

UGH, right? Between horrible news close to home, and horrible global news... it's like... what's even the point? 🙃

I am unable to go to the rally tomorrow, but I have sent another email. USE YOUR VOICE AND TAKE UP SPACE! hrmagainstausterity.ca

I switched to Libro over a year ago. HIGHLY recommend - and, Enshittification by Cory Doctorow also recommends! (he talks about it in his book!)

I did this last year, with Julie. It's great, and I learned really concrete, actionable skills! :)

Poster advertising the rally: Shoulder to Shoulder, We are all Treaty People. The rally is Tuesday, March 3rd at noon, meeting on Granville, behind the N.S. Legislature.

Join HCC in solidarity with many other groups to protest Tim Houston selling out everything we stand for in NS. The environment, the climate, the arts, cycling, active living, treaty rights, and our democratic rights are all under attack. Tue, March 3rd at noon on Granville behind Province House.

me every single day

Ahhh, we will have a nice sheet of ice on the sidewalks tomorrow morning, from melting all day, to a deep freeze overnight! Looking forward to it... 🐧⛸️

Fun fact: bridge toll removal and 1% HST reduction cost us appx $300 million.

All of the devastating cuts in the current budget?

$300 million.

Is your 1% HST cut worth the loss of tourism, arts & culture, educational quality and wildlife conservation in NS?

At tonight's African Nova Scotian Heritage Month Gala at the Halifax Convention Centre Tim Houston was LOUDLY and justly BOOOOED.

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#Halifax #HaliSky #NovaScotia

Or the dang bridge tolls!

Saw someone completely wipe out trying to catch the bus :( roads, for cars, perfectly fine. -_-

While Andy Fillmore may claim that HRM “has to” do austerity cuts, because other municipalities or the other orders of government are doing them, it’s not true. Cutting municipal staff & services won’t make HRM more efficient. Bringing more services in-house & relying less on contracts might.

I've had a really busy week (and sick!) so I haven't been following this much, but, every. single. time. I read/hear something about NS, I get angrier, and angrier, and angrier. What the HECK is going on, I feel like I woke up and we're in DOGE-land. 😠

YOU WAKE UP COLD IN YOUR $3000/MONTH BACHELOR APARTMENT. IT'S LIGHTLY RAINING SO YOUR POWER IS OUT. YOU'RE SICK BUT WILL NEVER HAVE A FAMILY DOCTOR. YOU SKIP BREAKFAST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AFFORD GROCERIES. YOU PUT HIKING BOOTS ON SO YOU DON'T FALL ON THE UNPAVED SIDEWALKS. YOU MOVE PAST THE 30 MINUTE WAIT FOR THE 15 MINUTE BUS AS STUDENTS WALK BY WHO CAN NO LONGER TAKE IT. IN FRONT OF THE CLOSED MUSEUM IS A PARKED CAR DESTROYED BY A POTHOLE. A TENT CITY WHERE UNHOUSED PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY FOR WORK IS BEING HARASSED BY POLICE. YOU ARRIVE AT THE HOSPITAL AND PREPARE FOR YOUR 27 HOUR WAIT, THINKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU MISS IN HALIFAX.

i’m tired, boss

They also cut a multitude of programs for African Nova Scotian communities during African Heritage month! They cut Mi’kmaw programming, treaty education, language programming, health programming and more. They also cut early childhood education, inclusive education, foster parent funding.

Unmasking Academe’s Gilded Boys’ Club The Epstein files reveal an elite, chummy, and venal scholarly network.

I’m quoted quite a bit here so perhaps I’m biased but I feel this is a good run down of what the Epstein files tell us about how power works in academia. with some good commentary from @jessicacalarco.com, too:

I want every single reporter, every pundit, every advocate, every EVERYONE to point out the cost of the bridge toll removal and 1% HST cut. Every time someone asks you about the budget. Every time a politician has a microphone in their face. In the Legislature.

Nova Scotia pulls funding for Halifax’s student transit pass pilot program Halifax council received a letter from the province saying funding for their transit pass pilot program was being discontinued.

We've heard about cuts following the Nova Scotia government's budget, but now we're starting to see what that means. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

This government hates Nova Scotians.

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: Monday, March 2 (2026) at 7:30 PM (Atlantic Time)

How Humans Unintentionally Affect Wildlife Evolution

This lecture can be accessed via Zoom at our website: nsis1862.ca/public-lectu... or in-person at Dalhousie University Killam Library room 2622.

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

NEW reporting from @19thnews.org on the Epstein files shows how academic research funding intersected with women scientists and institutional power shaped by male influence. An important story about accountability, impact and who gets protected -- and who doesn't. 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

Sounds eerily familiar... did the government hire Nous, too?? 🙃😑

YUP. (I hate hockey culture)

Well… the Team USA men’s hockey team sucked the good will out of that fast.

Disgusting display by the US men's hockey team as they laugh along with a violent misogynist as he mocks the women's team. No solidarity among Olympians with these guys.

White House tweets image of an eagle standing on a canada goose in response to Justin Trudeau saying “you can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game

Oh I fucking hate them

USA group pic on ice with Olympic platform

USA group pic on ice with Olympic platform, with Johnny Gaudreau's kids and jersey

USA group pic and a second with Johnny Gaudreau's kids

Oh em gggeeee, this is so cute!