November marks the Halifax Examiner’s annual subscription drive — the time of year when we give you a behind-the-scenes look at the Examiner, point out some of the great things about this publication (sometimes people call it a newspaper, which I kind of like), and urge you to please subscribe so we can keep doing […]
The housing crisis on the South Shore
Morning File, Wednesday, November 4, 2020
It’s November and that means it’s subscription drive time here at the Halifax Examiner. Your subscriptions are what support the Examiner and its writers. So, I’m writing today’s Morning File because of your support. I started reading the Examiner in its early days when it was a one-man show with Tim writing Morning Files and […]
Supreme Court of Canada orders new trial for Randy Riley in unanimous decision
In an unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada vacated the second degree murder conviction for Randy Riley and ordered a new trial. Randy Riley was convicted in March of 2019 for the murder of Chad Smith. The appeal focused on the warning given to the jury about the witnesses in the case. Known as […]
“There was no care”
Fatouma Abdi is suing the province. Today, she is ready to tell her story.
This article contains descriptions of the abuse and sexual assault of minors. It is a cold January night in 2018, in a gym at Sackville High School. Justin Trudeau is holding a town hall meeting, one of a series he will hold across Canada. Outside, protestors have gathered to resist the deportation of Abdoul Abdi, […]
Halifax woman racially profiled and arrested after Halifax Regional Police say they were chasing a “white man in a Toyota”
Local musician, music promoter, and community advocate Kayla Borden is traumatized and shaken after she was pulled over and handcuffed by police last night in what she calls yet another incident of racial profiling by the Halifax Regional Police. Borden says she was driving home at around 12:50am from her cousin’s place by Charles P. […]
On Wounding
I was once on a panel with NourbeSe Philip and Katherine McKittrick. I was nervous; I had been reading and citing both women for years, but I had never met either of them. NourbeSe is best known for her work Zong! an “untelling” of the Zong massacre: a 1781 case where the crew of a […]
My name is Demario Chambers. I’m the 15-year-old who was beat up by the cops at the mall in Bedford. This is my story.
Hi, my name is Demario Chambers. A lot of people may know me as the 15 year-old youth who got assaulted by the police in Bedford. I am here to tell you who I am. I was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When I was a baby I moved to Vancouver, BC. After a few […]
Senator calls for action from Halifax councillors with presentation on anti-Black racism
Senator Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard is calling on Halifax regional councillors to take action to combat anti-Black racism in the municipality. Bernard, an independent Canadian senator appointed in 2016, gave a roughly half-hour long presentation to council’s virtual meeting on Tuesday morning. The presentation, titled “Unpacking Anti‐Black Racism in the HRM: Creating Sustainable Change for […]
Ice cream and the Long Hot Summer
The worldwide Black Lives Matters protests against police brutality and racial injustice have prompted me to meditate on (among other topics) … vanilla. For vanilla — one of the most expensive spices on the planet — loomed large in my youthful witnessing of a quiet act of resistance against forces that have kneed the necks (literally […]
How Halifax council can (and must) regulate police use of force
As has already been reported, at today’s Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) Budget Committee meeting, every councillor with the exception of Steve Adams voted to approve an amendment to the budget that cancelled the purchase of an armoured vehicle for the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) and instead reallocate the funding. Specifically, after an hour in camera […]
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