The municipality's civilian police oversight board has asked for an independent legal opinion on whether it has the authority to review the actions of police at a protest at the former Halifax Memorial Library in August. Halifax Regional Police evicted people living in parks, arrested protesters, and deployed pepper spray in the street next to the old library on Aug. 18. The … [Read More...]
72 new cases of COVID-19 over 3 days announced in Nova Scotia
Jump to sections in this article: Overview of today's cases Vaccination Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories There were 72 new cases of … [Read More...]
The latest Nova Scotian urban legend: one man has been paid by antivaxxers to get the shot for them and has (supposedly) received dozens of doses of vaccine
News 1. Nash Brogan and Lyle Howe Stephen Kimber has been following the Lyle Howe saga for many years, but perhaps the most convincing demonstration that … [Read More...]
Recent articles
Kayla Borden’s lawyer launches online fundraiser for her Police Review Board appeal
The lawyer of a young Black woman has started a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for her appeal at the Nova Scotia Police Review Board. In July 2020, Kayla Borden was driving home to Dartmouth after visiting a cousin in Bedford when she said she was … [Read More...]
White lawyer Nash Brogan and Black lawyer Lyle Howe are each charged with professional misconduct, but the Barristers Society is treating Nash with kid gloves while throwing the book at Howe
The allegations against “Sydney’s senior lawyer,” 71-year-old Nash Terrance Brogan, seem, on the face of them, serious matters. According to a bill of particulars filed against him in August by the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society under the general … [Read More...]
Weekend File
Welcome to Weekend File, where you’ll find links to all the articles you might have missed last week. Jump to sections in this article: Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday, October 10 1. Our new … [Read More...]
Weekly COVID-19 summary, Friday, Oct. 15
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“We lost one of the good guys:” Robert Devet’s impact on African Nova Scotian stories
Poet and author Angela Bowden said before she ever met Robert Devet or knew his name she saw him at various social justice … [Read More...]
Remembering Robert Devet
News 1. 26 new cases of COVID-19 announced Nova Scotia announced 26 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, with … [Read More...]
26 new cases of COVID-19 announced on Thursday, Oct. 14
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What does the word crisis even mean anymore?
News 1. Woodford Report, Province House edition: fixed election dates, rent control, inclusionary zoning "Like the … [Read More...]
Utility and Review Board sides with Halifax Water in stormwater charge dispute
A woman with a cellphone tower on her property will have to pay Halifax Water's much higher commercial stormwater fee, Nova … [Read More...]
Mass Casualty Commission’s public hearings are moved back four months
The long-awaited public hearing portion of the public inquiry into the mass shootings and fires that claimed 22 lives in … [Read More...]
Black News File
1. Dwayne Provo appointed as Associate Deputy Minister In a letter released just yesterday, Dwayne Provo, who is Black, … [Read More...]
Province House: PCs fix election dates, opposition parties introduce rent control, inclusionary zoning bills
Like the Olympic Games for political nerds, Nova Scotians can now count on an election every four summers. Premier Tim … [Read More...]
24 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Oct. 13; half of them were young children
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Pandemics past and present
News 1. Muskrat Falls power delivery delayed again This item is written by Tim Bousquet. One day, power from the … [Read More...]
Dwayne Provo appointed Associate Deputy Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs
Dwayne Provo, who is Black, was appointed today as the new Associate Deputy Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs. Provo … [Read More...]
Demand is up for flu shots
Diane Harpell is a frontline pharmacist and owns Medicine Shoppe pharmacy on Baker Drive in Dartmouth. Harpell recalled that … [Read More...]
PC government continues focus on health care, neglects housing crisis with throne speech
Premier Tim Houston continued to signal a focus on health care during his government's speech to the throne, but failed to … [Read More...]
99 new cases of COVID-19 over 4 days announced in Nova Scotia
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In Nova Scotia, unvaccinated people are being hospitalized with COVID at 50 times the rate of fully vaccinated people
News 1. The good news about COVID We're still in the midst of a fourth wave of the pandemic in Nova Scotia; there is … [Read More...]
Our new premier seems comfortable in his own skin
I was listening — but distractedly — to the latest provincial COVID briefing last week, so I didn’t catch the reporter’s … [Read More...]
Weekend File
Note: We won't be publishing on Monday, October 11 because of Thanksgiving. We will be back on Tuesday. We published 24 … [Read More...]
Weekly COVID recap: 25 new cases on Friday, Duc d’Anville Elementary closed for a week
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East Preston Empowerment Academy is changing the careers of Black tradespeople
Howard Benjamin was born in Jamaica and has lived in Canada since 1977. Now 51, he was a second-year apprentice working as an … [Read More...]