In the Media Featured March 6, 2025 Nova Scotia government facing more criticism over its response to domestic violence March 6, 2025 Read more → March 6, 2025 March 3, 2025 Manitoba Signs Federal Pharmacare Deal and Nova Scotia Should March 3, 2025 Read more → March 3, 2025 January 9, 2025 Halifax residents speak against budget increase for police they say 'failed' them January 9, 2025 Read more → January 9, 2025 November 23, 2024 Let's Talk Abortion: Reproductive Health and Justice in the Canadian Prison System with Natasha Hines November 23, 2024 Read more → November 23, 2024 April 19, 2024 Nova Scotia justice minister steps down after domestic violence comments April 19, 2024 Read more → April 19, 2024 April 19, 2024 Advocacy groups speak out against N.S. justice minister’s dismissal of gender-based violence April 19, 2024 Read more → April 19, 2024 February 26, 2024 NDP-Liberal Pharmacare Announcement February 26, 2024 Read more → February 26, 2024 November 23, 2023 Halifax police budget mostly panned during 2nd public consultation November 23, 2023 Read more → November 23, 2023 September 27, 2023 Dalhousie hosts panel discussion for World Contraception Day September 27, 2023 Read more → September 27, 2023 June 28, 2023 Advocate hopes to peel ‘back the curtain’ as 2 jail deaths in N.S. under review June 28, 2023 Read more → June 28, 2023 June 22, 2023 The state of reproductive rights in Canada June 22, 2023 Read more → June 22, 2023 May 24, 2023 N.S. non-profit demands inquiry into death of Mi’kmaw woman while in custody May 24, 2023 Read more → May 24, 2023 March 2, 2023 NDP calls on Nova Scotia government to make prescription birth control free March 2, 2023 Read more → March 2, 2023 November 9, 2022 Lisa Banfield Was Abused For Nearly 20 Years. Her Abuser Murdered 22 People. Why Is She On Trial? November 9, 2022 Read more → November 9, 2022 September 22, 2022 RCMP were 'careless and calculated' in charging partner of N.S. mass shooter: lawyer September 22, 2022 Read more → September 22, 2022 September 22, 2022 Regional policing model pitched as a replacement for RCMP in Nova Scotia September 22, 2022 Read more → September 22, 2022 April 20, 2022 Halifax non-profit to host seminar on ending criminalization and policing April 20, 2022 Read more → April 20, 2022 March 8, 2022 Incarcerated mothers in Nova Scotia deserve better March 8, 2022 Read more → March 8, 2022 August 5, 2022 Podcast: Action Canada for Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week August 5, 2022 Read more → August 5, 2022 January 26, 2022 Dalhousie researcher leads study into reproductive health outcomes for incarcerated Indigenous women January 26, 2022 Read more → January 26, 2022 January 7, 2022 MARTHA PAYNTER: Pandemic proving disastrous for women in Nova Scotia federal prison January 7, 2022 Read more → January 7, 2022 January 5, 2022 Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 caseloads climb in jails and prisons January 5, 2022 Read more → January 5, 2022 January 2, 2022 N.S. prison reform groups call for inmate releases as COVID-19 spreads January 2, 2022 Read more → January 2, 2022 December 31, 2021 Advocacy group criticizes COVID outbreak at Nova Institution December 31, 2021 Read more → December 31, 2021 December 29, 2021 Advocates want Ottawa to release vulnerable inmates as COVID-19 hits N.S. women's prison Social Sharing December 29, 2021 Read more → December 29, 2021 December 2, 2021 Advocate says ending birth alerts in Nova Scotia ‘absolute bare minimum’ December 2, 2021 Read more → December 2, 2021 December 1, 2021 N.S. called on to do more to help vulnerable pregnant women after ending birth alerts December 1, 2021 Read more → December 1, 2021 November 30, 2021 Nova Scotia ends use of controversial birth alerts but calls for change persist November 30, 2021 Read more → November 30, 2021 October 10, 2021 Protesters outside Newfoundland jail call for better care for prisoners after inmate suicide October 10, 2021 Read more → October 10, 2021 June 28, 2021 Banning Birth Alerts in the Atlantic Region June 28, 2021 Read more → June 28, 2021