NEW GLASGOW The chair of the local women’s centre board says more awareness and education is needed following the acquittal of a taxi driver in a Halifax sexual assault case on Wednesday. Bassam Al-Rawi was charged after police found a woman passed out and almost naked in his cab in May 2015.
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COLUMN: Celebrating our freedom to read
Whether it is a new controversial book or a classic novel that covers topics that were not talked about in depth at the time, schools and public libraries are regularly asked to remove books and magazines from their shelves that are deemed by some to be offensive or inappropriate. Sometimes their efforts are successful, other times they’re not.
LETTER: Time to get beyond mudslinging
Doug Griffiths, author of “13 Ways to Kill Your Community,” and paid guest speaker, is upset by Brian W. White, CPA, CA and chairman of Pictou County ‘Amalgamation No Thank You. Now Mr. Griffiths says he no longer wants to talk to Mr. White according to his comments in “Always a way to succeed” which appeared in the New Glasgow News on Dec 21. Well that was the best bit of news I’d heard for some while! Here’s hoping he takes his booty and returns to his native province and soon relieves the Nova Scotia taxpayer.
Book documents efforts since Westray to prevent workplace deaths
The cover for Hell’s History: The USW’s fight to prevent workplace deaths and injuries from the 1992 Westray Mine disaster through 2016. The book is written by Tom Sandborn.