Article Written by Stuart Neatby, Available on The Dominion Aside for being an important topic I also have some photos I have taken used in this article.

With the exception of the Provincial-Federal row over the Atlantic Accord, the biggest news story, in terms of sheer column space, to hit Atlantic Canada over the past month centred on Halifax street demonstrations campaigning against a proposed 'Atlantica' trade zone. On June 15, a demonstration of about 400, organized to coincide with an "Atlantica: Charting the Course" conference of corporate and government leaders from throughout the Northeastern region, ended with scenes of brief confrontations between black-clad demonstrators and police. Photos of the 'black bloc' would be splashed across the front pages of local and regional newspapers for days, almost entirely supplanting any discussion or coverage within the mainstream media of the Atlantica trade corridor itself...

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