#halifax

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Earlier this year in Halifax, a former sex worker won a precedent-setting case. Brogan, the plaintiff, took a client to small claims court for not paying her and she won! It’s the first time a court has ruled on the enforceability of contracts between sex workers and their clients. It affirms what we’ve been saying all along: sex work is work!

In January of last year, Bradley Samuelson contacted Brogan on LeoList, an online advertising platform for sex workers. She told him her rate of $300 per hour plus transportation, he agreed and paid for her Uber to his apartment. She spent seven hours with her client, but after much wrangling, only got paid for an hour’s worth of work.

Unpacking the win

What’s really interesting about this decision is that the adjudicator gives not one, but two reasons why Brogan won her claim – the first being that a contract was established, the second being unjust enrichment. There is also a third reason that she deserved to win, but it wasn’t mentioned anywhere in the ruling: the interconnectedness of payment and consent. I’ll be unpacking all three factors today. [...]

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[corvidist]

Wholesome Pigeons - Halifax, Nova Scotia

[henk-heijmans]

A washing line strung across the street in Halifax, West Yorkshire, ca. 1964 - by John Bulmer (1938), English

[gentlejack]

🎩 so i met miss lister today

[justinelark]

Did the bartender or server SAY that Sid and Nate were there together?

No, but I choose to believe it.

Did Kevin Strom say Nate and Sid were having a DIRTY weekend?

No, he said they were having a DRY weekend. But still! They do dry weekends together!

[lesorciercanadien]

Let there be light!

[doppel-tournament]

ROUND 1, Part 3

[vintagecamping]

Relaxing by a fire after a day of hiking and exploring.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

1913

[allthecanadianpolitics]

An unhoused man recovering from surgery is speaking out after he was recently denied a stay at a Halifax-area hotel room, despite having the money to pay for it.

Jacob Hicks – who lives in a tent at a ballfield in the Halifax suburb of Lower Sackville – says he’s “used to being discriminated against” due to his housing status, but that doesn’t quell the disappointment he felt when the Stardust Motel in neighbouring Bedford turned him away.

“You get treated like you’re less than human, and it kind of hurt,” he said.

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[archivlibrarianist]

From the article:

"People in Halifax were able to digitize their historical photographs on Sunday and share them publicly as part of an initiative by the Halifax municipal archives.

"The archives held a Scan-a-thon at the Halifax Central Library for members of the public to bring in treasured photographs, slides and negatives that showed local history.

"Municipal archivist Susan McClure said the archives are looking for any historical photos, including neighbourhoods, construction projects and pictures connected to the railway."

[solarphoto]

topographics may 10

[avardwoolaver]

Halifax, Nova Scotia 2010 From my new photobook: "Found Fields" now for sale at Blurb Books You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF. https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields

[mistercrowbar]

One silver lining of the pandemic was that the martian invasion ended as soon as it began. The terrifying fighting machines crumpled and slumped over the territories they sought to dominate as the pilots had no defences against the virus.

I’d been sitting on this idea for my War of the Worlds Comes to Atlantic Canada series since the ‘rona started spreading and finally got to debut it for Hal-con this year. It features the Halifax Town Clock, a Sea King, some Mounties doing jack all but drinking tim’s, and a cameo of Aleph at bottom right. Every disaster comes with lollygaggers :P

[richardarmitagefanpage]

The Boy In The Woods will be screened at Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax on September 19, 2023.

Get your tickets here.