• Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
Skip to content
Halifax Examiner

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
Home » Equity and Equality » Racism » Page 3

Category: Racism

Headshot Four-photo, headshot collage: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden (top left) moderated a panel discussion titled 'Black Queer and Trans Lives Also Matter', with Chris Cochrane (top right), Rachel Zellars (bottom left), and Theaston White (bottom right).
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Racism

Talking anti-Black racism in the LGBTQ community

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter July 22, 2022January 9, 2023
Black man in Black glasses and grey sweater smiles for the camera
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Plaintiff in class-action lawsuit against Canadian Armed Forces ‘extremely optimistic’ about outcome

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter June 1, 2022January 3, 2023
In a screenshot from a video, four police officers surround a Black man who's on the ground, pressed up against a white police car with blue decals and flashing lights on. One of the officers on the left is holding a Taser. Another on the left is leaning over the first officer. On the right, one officer has his leg on top of the man as another officer watches. The scene is captured from across the street. There's a vehicle in the right of the frame stopped. In the background, the word bagel is seen on a round decal on a shop window.
Posted inPolicing

‘Next thing I know I’m getting tased:’ Nova Scotia Police Review Board hearing into 2019 arrest on Quinpool Road underway

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 26, 2022January 3, 2023
a sign that reads "Redneck Hangout" bearing the image of a noose
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Dartmouth man charged with wilful promotion of hatred

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 19, 2022January 3, 2023
A young girl looks through the blinds on a window.
Posted inHealth, Poverty, Racism

New report finds poverty, systemic racism and discrimination “most urgent threats” to well-being of NS children, youth

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 26, 2022November 18, 2022
Auburn Drive High School principal, and #1792 Project organizer, Karen Hudson co-moderates 'History Comes Alive: 15 Ships to Sierra Leone #1792', March 11, 2022 at the Halifax Central Library, along with Lynn Jones seated in the background.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

#1792Project still writing letters to Black Loyalists who left Nova Scotia 230 years ago

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter April 13, 2022November 8, 2022
Black woman and three Lack men smile for the camera, sitting around a table, with white screen in the background.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Thriving in the Maritimes: Black Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI advocates look to strengthen connections

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter April 4, 2022November 8, 2022
Judge with short hair and glasses and judges robe
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Victim’s mother disappointed as court delays appeal hearing of sentence for man convicted in nail-gun shooting

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 24, 2022November 8, 2022
A young Black man lies in a hospital with a bandage and drainage tube inserted into his right ribcage
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Prosecutors appealing the sentence for man convicted in nail-gun shooting

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 24, 2022November 8, 2022
Black female pastor in Black robe leads an all-Black church choir in blue robes
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

“It’s not what we need in the community, but it’s a start”

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 22, 2022November 8, 2022

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 10 Older posts
A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.


UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

LATEST NEWS

My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

by Tim Bousquet March 24, 2023March 25, 2023

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

by Jennifer Henderson March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

by Yvette d'Entremont March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

by Zane Woodford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username

CONTACT US

Halifax Examiner
PO Box 463
Stn. Central Halifax, NS
B3J 2P8

QCJO # Q9427428
HST # 81281 0638 RT0001

ABOUT US

  • Who we are
  • Commenting policy
  • Terms and Conditions

MY ACCOUNT

My profile, orders,
subscription,
payment details,
and receipts

SUBSCRIBE

DONATE

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

ARCHIVE

Canada wordmark and flag

Matthew Byard's reporting is funded by the Government of Canada

© 2023 All information and images on this site copyright Halifax Examiner, except where otherwise noted. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic