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Taking a stroll down The Avenue’s history

Morning File, Tuesday, July 7, 2020

July 7, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Onslow fire hall shoot-up This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is currently conducting an investigation to determine if criminal charges should be laid against two police officers who pulled up in front of the Onslow-Belmont fire hall at about 10:30 am on Sunday April 19. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adrienne Lucas, African Nova Scotians, Atlantic bubble, Bill Casey, Black community, Black Nova Scotians, Christ Church Cemetery, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Sam Austin, COVID-19, Craig Ferguson, Danielle Nerman, Dartmouth Lake Road Church, DeeDee's Ice Cream, Elizabeth Cushing, grapenut ice cream, Halifax Transit, Hannah Young, Jennifer Crawford, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Nova Scotia mass shooting, Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade, RCMP Cpl. Lisa Croteau, RCMP shooting Lower Onslow, RCMP Supt Darren Campbell, Rev. Richard Preston, Sackville Terminal, self-isolation, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), The Avenue, travel restrictions, Victoria Road Baptist Church

COVID-19 and vulnerable populations: now is the time for “meaningful social justice change”

April 30, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. How does COVID-19 impact vulnerable populations differently and why is a human rights response to the pandemic necessary? Those were questions explored during a Dalhousie University ‘Open Dialogue Live’ panel discussion on Thursday afternoon. The panelists included Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada’s secretary general, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: African Nova Scotians, Alex Neve, COVID-19 and vulnerable populations, COVID-19 Preston Response Team, COVID-19 while Black, human rights, Ingrid Waldron, Judy MacDonald, lex Neve, marginalization, people with disabilities, poverty, social isolation

Letter from Black community to Premier and Chief Medical Officer has been vandalized with racist comments

April 15, 2020 By El Jones Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Organizers of an open letter from the Black community to Premier McNeil and Chief Medical Officer Robert Strang say that the letter has been vandalized with racist comments.   The letter, which collected over 250 signatures in two days, calls for an apology for the […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: African Nova Scotians, anti-Black racism, Cherry Brook, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, East Preston, Lake Loon, Lynn Jones, North Preston, OmiSoore Dryden, pandemic

With pride and purpose: COVID-19 Preston Response Team galvanizes Canada’s largest Black community

“People are showing up with an even greater purpose" in response to Premier Stephen McNeil's hurtful comments.

April 9, 2020 By Evelyn C. White 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.” It’s a rhetorical flourish that has gained wide purchase since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau uttered the phrase in his 2015 election victory speech. I’d wager that First Nations still lacking potable water in the face of a […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: African Nova Scotians, Archy Beals, Cherrybrook, coronavirus, COVID-19 Preston Response Team, COVID-19 testing, Lameia Reddick, New Horizons Baptist Church, North Preston, Premier Stephen McNeil, Richard Preston

Where do you go when you gotta go?

Morning File, Tuesday, February 25, 2020

February 25, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 9 Comments

News 1. Supported living This item is written by Tim Bousquet. In 2013, the Nova Scotia government accepted a report titled “Choice, Equality and Good Lives in Inclusive Communities: A Roadmap for Transforming the Nova Scotia Services to Persons with Disabilities Program.” That 56-page report clearly identified the reliance on large institutions to house people […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessible housing, accessible washrooms, affordable housing, African Nova Scotians, Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Bobbie-Jean MacKinnon, Brenda Small, Brenda Thompson, Bruce Nunn, Carbon Arc Independent Cinema, Cassidy Chisholm, Cermaq Canada, Cineplex, Community Homes Action Group, Courtney Pyrke, Emma Smith, Garden Food Bar and Lounge, Harold Ritchie, Joann Hamilton-Barry, Jonathan Fowler, Kevin Cormier, Kourash Rad, Lezlie Lowe, Maggie-Jane Spray, Marilyn O’Neil, Marshalltown Alms House, Marshalltown poor house, Meinhard Doelle, Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors, New Brunswick Public Library Service, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA), open-pen fish farm, poor houses, rapid transit service, Seafarmer's Conference, Siloën Daley, supported living, Sylvie Nadeau, Tom Smith, Wendy Lill, William Lahey

Child care workers go round and round with bus complaints

Morning File, Friday, September 20, 2019

September 20, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1. Blackface Writes El Jones: When the furor over Trudeau’s Blackface photos dies down, to be referred to as an “embarrassing incident” or “controversial,” Black people like Abdilahi Elmi will still be facing deportation. Muslim Canadians will still be on the no-fly list. White nationalist editorials will still be commissioned by major newspapers under […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: African Nova Scotians, Africville, anti-Black racism, Boat Harbour, bus drivers refusing service, Chad Lindsay, charity, charity and social media, Count Me In, Emma Davie, Erin DiCarlo, food banks, Francis Campbell, Halifax Transit, International Decade for People of African Descent, Joseph Farrow, Julianne Harnish, Kate Gilmore, Lisa Cameron, Minister Tony Ince, Northern Pulp environmental assessment, piano lessons, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), political speed dating, Premier Stephen McNeil, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), sexual assault, The Nook

“Do right by me”: by not addressing the systematic racism of street checks, the white power structure is doubling down on Nova Scotia’s well-earned reputation for ignorance, stigma, and stench

May 21, 2019 By Evelyn C. White 4 Comments

“Until you do right by me, everything you think about is gonna crumble.” Voiced by Whoopi Goldberg in her role as Celie in the film adaptation of The Color Purple, the line has recently wafted, repeatedly, through my mind. To be sure, the thought has been prompted by the magnificent production of The Color Purple […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Province House Tagged With: African Nova Scotians, Afua Cooper, Ban the Box, Birchtown, Black Loyalists, Christine Saulnier, Devah Pager, Ellen Page, Environmental Racism, Halifax Police, inclusive education program, Ingrid Waldron, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Nova Scotia Department of Education, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Racism, Scot Wortley, street checks, Underground Railroad, white power structure

Reparations raises the racism disconnect

"I wasn’t around when slavery existed and I’m not responsible for it, so why should I have to pay reparations? The past is past, things are better now, so let’s just move on…" It’s a comforting argument, but it pre-supposes we, as whites, haven’t benefited from centuries of slavery and racism, or that our black fellow citizens aren’t still suffering its after-effects. It also assumes the economic, educational, judicial, and social scales are now in perfect colour-blind balance. Neither notion is correct.

October 10, 2017 By Stephen Kimber

On Sept. 25, the United Nations Human Rights Council discussed a report on Canada by its Working Group of Experts on Peoples of African Descent. The report, which shone its white-hot light on our country’s sordid history of slavery and racism in virtually every sphere of life — from education to justice to the environment...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Tony Ince, African Nova Scotian Decade of African Descent Coalition, African Nova Scotians, Africville, Afua Cooper, Lynn Jones, racism in Nova Scotia, reparations for slavery, United Nations Human Rights Council, Wanda Thomas Bernard

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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