1. Dorchester Penitentiary Martha Paynter was driving through New Brunswick this weekend and texted me that she saw a billboard for the Airbnb in the old Dorchester Jail. Among the attractions listed on the website are that it was the site of the last double hanging in New Brunswick (more on that in a moment), […]
I don’t want to be a role model, I just want to be allowed to be human
I have a memory of being 13 or 14, in my bedroom after school, swearing to myself that I would learn to speak less, be more pleasing, not have so much to say. I have a distinct recollection of the shame I felt at the ways in which I couldn’t conform to what was expected […]
Justin Trudeau smoked weed and went on to become Prime Minister, so why can’t Tyrell find a legit job?
Legalization of cannabis could have been used as an opportunity to help Black people; instead, past cannabis-related convictions will not be pardoned and will be used to deny Black people job opportunities, and Black people will continue to be racially profiled and harassed.
Tyrell [not his real name] is an African Nova Scotian man in his 20s. For obvious reasons Tyrell doesn’t want to be identified for this story, and while he spoke about his life, he did not want to be directly quoted. Some details have been changed to protect his identity. Growing up in housing with […]
“Yes, I am a Negro!”
Gloria Baylis won the first court challenge to employment discrimination based on race in Canada. So why doesn't anyone know about her story?
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed in the United States. In the same year, in Montreal, a woman named Gloria Baylis was taking the Queen Elizabeth Hotel to court in the first case ever in Canada to allege employment discrimination based on race. She won. There are few Canadians who don’t know about […]
Outlines of the stadium proposal emerge
Morning File, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
News 1. Stadium details Yesterday, Bedford councillor Tim Outhit posted details of the stadium proposal on his Facebook page: Next Tuesday Regional Council will be asked to give direction to the CAO to officially enter into investigations and preliminary negotiations with the private group looking to bring a regional CFL team to Halifax. They will […]
Halifax student Brody Stuart-Verner called the Lancaster, Pennsylvania police department to protest the tasing of Sean Williams; soon after, two people from Lancaster called Stuart-Verner back and hurled homophobic slurs at him
On June 28th, Sean Williams was sitting on a curb in Lancaster, Pennsylvania when a police officer fired a stun gun at his back. Williams is Black. On June 29th, Halifax student Brody Stuart-Verner saw the viral video online. “I thought it was sickening and inhumane,” Stuart-Verner says of watching the video. “It was especially […]
When You See That Cop Light Bling, That Can Only Mean One Thing
Morning File, Saturday, July 7, 2018
1. Welcome to Waterville: Still a Jail Hey, looking for something for your child to do this summer? Why not send them to the Nova Scotia Youth Centre (Waterville)? Why not? It’s a “fabulous place” according to this video. I’m sure the people who work there are very dedicated, and there is something to be […]
Immigration lawyers used a Sesame Street reference to argue that Abdoul Abdi should be deported to Somalia
Abdoul Abdi’s sister Fatuma once told me that the reason she and Abdoul do not speak Somali is because when they would speak to each other in their language, the workers would put them on time out and isolate them in their rooms, accusing them of plotting together to escape. It was like being in […]
Daddy’s in jail: men in prison talk about the struggles of maintaining a relationship with their children
I feel like a failure. Because I haven’t been able to break the cycle for my kids, which I intended to. C.’s second child was born when he was already behind bars. He struggled to find legal representation, and his case faced setbacks and delays. In the years he has waited for his case to […]
“Losing our fucking minds”
Sean Kelly, the head of the province's jails, says the jails are getting better at following the rules about solitary confinement. But we talked to prisoners, and they say nothing has changed.
This week, the auditor general’s office released a review of “close confinement” practices in Nova Scotia jails. The report found that the rules about segregating prisoners are frequently not being followed and that documentation is not being kept. The findings show that prisoners in segregation are not being given showers or getting the required exercise […]
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