Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate, woke City Council with an electrifying poem she read in Chambers titled “Not Perfect.” The subsequent meeting saw a resolution passed to revisit the idea of renaming Cornwallis Street and removing the Cornwallis statue in, uh, Cornwallis Park. Also, the Liberal government released a meaningless budget designed to buld on a stronger […]
Civil Rights and Social Justice: The Lynn Jones interview: Examineradio, episode #108
This week we chat with noted historian and labour activist Lynn Jones, who recently donated an incredibly thorough archive of material focusing on African Nova Scotian history to Saint Mary’s University. Also, we dig into the Liberal government’s ongoing spending spree across the province as the likelihood of an election looms, and more damning criticism is aimed […]