A local historian says the city should preserve a home where the province’s first Black physician, Dr. Clement Ligoure, operated a clinic and helped victims of the Halifax Explosion. Last Saturday, Development Options Halifax, a group that says it’s working to preserve the city’s historic, cultural and social identity, and design, hosted a tour through […]
Bernadette Hamilton-Reid talks advocacy, economics, and connectivity in the Black community
Bernadette Hamilton-Reid describes herself as a lifelong community advocate for issues in the African Nova Scotian community. She currently works as the administrative assistant for the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition — ANSDPAD or DPAD for short. On Monday, Hamilton-Reid was a guest on the Soundtrack to the Struggle (a […]
Museum makes case to UN committee to designate Africville as an international site of historic memory
A scientific committee with the United Nations heard a presentation about why Africville should be designated as an UNESCO international site of historic memory. The committee with The Routes of Enslaved Peoples Project met in Halifax last weekend. As the Examiner reported last week, it was the first time the project, which was created by […]
Lucasville group holding fundraising walk to lobby for safe greenway, public transit
The Lucasville Greenway Society (LGS) is holding its second annual Walk & Fun Day this Saturday. The event’s goal is to gain support for the creation of a safe greenway that will connect the Black community of Lucasville to Lower Sackville. The community has never had sidewalks or public transportation. John Young, chair of the […]
Plaintiff in class-action lawsuit against Canadian Armed Forces ‘extremely optimistic’ about outcome
Rubin “Rocky” Coward is “extremely optimistic” about changes he feels are imminent within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Coward — along with JP Menard, Marc Frenette, and Wallace Fowler — are the four plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the CAF, and are are suing for systemic racism and institutional discrimination they say they faced […]
Retired Judge Corrine Sparks receives honorary degree from Mount Saint Vincent University
Last Thursday, retired Judge Corrine “Connie” Sparks was presented with an honorary degree from Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) during its Spring 2022 convocation. Sparks, who is from the Black community of Lake Loon/Cherry Brook, graduated from MSVU in 1974 with a bachelor of arts in economics. She was the only woman of African descent in […]
Dartmouth man charged with wilful promotion of hatred
Mark Andrew Kozlowski of Dartmouth is facing criminal charges of wilful promotion of hatred. The charges stem from a complaint to Queens District RCMP in September 2020 about a sign outside of a cottage that read Redneck Hangout and had an image of a noose. On Labour Day weekend 2020, Angela Bowden, who is Black, […]
Black mother dissatisfied with school’s response to racist bullying of her children by white classmate
A Black mother of students at Admiral Westphal Elementary in Dartmouth is raising concerns about the school’s handling of ongoing instances of racist bullying at the school that resulted in one of her children being called the N-word by a white classmate. She said she repeatedly tried to address the issue with the school. When […]
Discovering an exciting, strange city in an old part of town
Morning File, Wednesday, December 1, 2021
News 1. Three years after the Lahey Report, nothing has changed In 2018, University of King’s College President Bill Lahey released a report commissioned by the provincial government, reviewing the province’s forestry practices and making recommendations for a sustainable future. Officially known as “Forest Practices Report for Nova Scotia (2018)” but called “The Lahey Report” […]
Councillor responds to claims that East Preston is underserved by transit system
District 2 councillor David Hendsbee says the Black community of East Preston once had weekend bus service. “There was weekend service in the past when the bus route was operated under the former ‘Halifax County Beaver Bank Transit Service’; a holdover service prior to HRM Amalgamation,” Hendsbee said in an e-mail. “The weekend service was […]
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