Lisa Roberts
Promoter of non market housing, collaborator for a more just & joyful world. Former MLA for Halifax Needham (2016-2021), two time federal candidate, former journalist, current nonprofit executive director.
- I am peddling good coffee at the Windsor Forum market today - a volunteer gig connected to time I spent in Guatemala 30 years ago. There is an abundance of great sourdough bread, quality produce, eggs, and lots of room to sit and enjoy the coffee. Come make a vendor’s day.
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- Reposted by Lisa RobertsExactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
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- I sat in @busstoptheatrecoop.bsky.social last night for the first time in ages and watched Lee-Anne Poole’s How to Knit and might go back today and catch the other two Halifax “Refringe” shows on offer. Live theatre is an option. That is all.
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- Reposted by Lisa RobertsMany people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
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- From a clear, educational, compelling opinion piece by @dougsaunders.bsky.social in the Globe and Mail: “According to a report by a panel of United Nations experts leaked last year, the RSF has been able to prevail, despite having only 100,000 fighters compared to the army’s 200,000, because …
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- I’m not attempting to keep up on social media or otherwise, but volunteering selling coffee (in solidarity with Guatemala, where I once lived, through Breaking the Silence Network) and three different people said they were going to “the rally.” www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/...
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- This song and singer @desireedawsonmusic.bsky.social are a new favourite. Also I’m looking for a chopping block of good dimensions for turning split wood into kindling. DM with a #Halifax address if you could leave such a thing on the curb after the rain eases up. m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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- Indigenous grandmothers co-created this video resource linked in Growing Together, Alice House’s online course about supporting children impacted by IPV. “Strong Women’s Circle: A Systems Change Approach to Addressing Family Violencs within Communities.” A good 20min #TRC learning. lnkd.in/eMbHWGT9
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- Two things I feel good about this week - indulgence in amazing Nova Scotia peaches and choosing to not let AI train off my posts on LinkedIn. Little wins, folks.
- This is an issue for many farmers in Nova Scotia. And the provincial regulations/ abattoirs are adequate for doos safety - in fact, compared side-by-side with federal regulations, the provincial ones are sometimes more stringent. There should be a “de minimis” exemption for interprovincial trade
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- Reposted by Lisa RobertsThe Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it. Some said it would hardly be used. Now there’s a decent case for widening it further. Induced demand is real.
- I scroll on Meta sometimes. This @motherjones.com explainer of “Theo bros” partly answers my continual WTF re the US and also - as the last few seconds point to - US support for genocide www.instagram.com/reel/DNtgO8l... Combine with a CBC front burner episode on Christian Zionism.
- I wonder how big the ferry I’m on appeared to passengers on this cruise ship. #georgesisland #Halifax #behemoth
- This seems important and also I’d like smart people I follow to discuss amongst yourselves so I can learn more. Thanks in advance.
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- Reposted by Lisa RobertsLast week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention. The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
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- A snap just post show @sbtshalifax.bsky.social this evening at Point Pleasant. The players and the setting make As You Like It dreamy fun. #Halifax
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- If you’ve ever eaten a samosa, you must try samosa chaat. This is the version at Coffee Street in Dartmouth - delicious!
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- Just announced on LinkedIn: the new gig that’s bringing me to Dartmouth regularly - and getting me on my bike and the ferry - is as interim Executive Director at Alice House. I’ve really enjoyed my first three days back in an office.
- Day 2 of my dream commute - bike/ ferry to downtown Dartmouth (eventually I might attempt the bridge) and I met an older cyclist on her way to Toronto. She got to Halifax with a combo of train and bike. Multi-modal for a taste of adventure.
- Nearing end of my bike/ferry commute to a new gig in based downtown Dartmouth. It won’t always be summer but I am looking forward to starting my mornings like this for many months to come.
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- Feeling triumphant that I altered a shirt, which involved loading a bobbin on my mom’s old sewing machine using muscle memory; and now I’ve messed with the kids’ YouTube by watching sewing videos. #smallwins #lowcarbonfun
- So many good questions in this thread - though they all amount to WTF, and answered with a NO. #Halifax @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social #ParksCanada @charlieangus104.bsky.social #cdnpoli
- Reposted by Lisa Roberts"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
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- Given this⤵️ how do we still consider the US a safe third country??!
- Reposted by Lisa RobertsWarnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book? The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
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- Got a flat of strawberries. Will use some immediately and freeze others. I’m finding great recipes - farmersmarketsnovascotia.ca/2019/07/08/o... - but not definitive advice re prepping to freeze. Vinegar rinse - yes, no, proportion? #NovaScotia
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- Where do people swim off the Chain of Lakes/ BLT trail? Ended up finding an access to Governor Lake but it wasn’t ideal. Somehow, this app is 90% #Halifax cycling for me so I figure it’s a good place to ask.
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- Good news, #Halifax. I still want to convince/ coach my teens to bike to Citadel safely. But I appreciate the bus pass.
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- I support a soccer stadium that is easy to get to by transit, on foot, by bike/AT and brings 1000s of people joy. A good presentation - from CPED in Sept 2023 - www.youtube.com/live/YgeXi9O..., at ~ 1:20. I wish #Halifax well as we deliberate on how to accommodate neighbours & multiple goals.
- From my email to #Halifax council: “By all means, spend tax dollars wisely but we spend a lot of money on roads in Halifax, and those roads are congested by cars and trucks. Any time we can allow people to bike or take transit instead of a personal vehicle is a win….
