NS RCMP destroy 7 tonnes of gear that’s been sitting around
Police say it was mostly worn-out kit, but couldn’t say how old it was. This week, Nova Scotia RCMP had a pretty big bonfire, incinerating 6.92 tonnes of RCMP “kit.” This kit, according to NS RCMP spokesperson Mark Skinner, contained things from uniform shirts and pants to boots and body armour, but also “other items that form a part of a member’s uniform.” It was all stored at a “secure facility” before destruction, and was burned at an incinerator in Charlottetown. ”This incineration effort was developed in consideration of COVID-19 restrictions and the realities of the incident that occurred in Portapique in April 2020,” says Skinner in an email to The Coast.
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Time leading the pack of nominations–with six and eight nods, respectively–and shout-outs to local gems Keonté Beals (whose record
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Both online and in-person, here’s how to celebrate not-men this year. click to enlarge Clinical social worker, writer, researcher and PhD candidate Rajean Willis will be speaking at an International Women’s Day celebration March 8 halifax.ca On this International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8, let’s take a beat to remember that women earn less money per hour for the same work as men, and women of colour earn even less than white women. Call it the wage gap, call it the power gap, it’s real and it’s the reason if you conjure up the image of all the bosses you’ve ever had in your life, most of them were likely white men, and only if you’re lucky, one of them was a woman of colour. If this makes you mad, channel that energy into celebrating the non-men in your life and on earth