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Home » COVID-19 while Black

Tag: COVID-19 while Black

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Posted inUncategorized

The mass murder isn’t “senseless” in a culture that excuses the violence of white men

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones May 1, 2020October 20, 2022

After she wrote an article naming “white male terrorism” in the Nova Scotia mass shooting and other mass killings in Canada, Robyn Bourgeois, a woman of Cree heritage, predictably woke up to death threats from white men. Of the many things we were told it was “not the time” for in the wake of the […]

Posted inCOVID, Equity and Equality

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 30, 2020December 23, 2022
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Letter from Black community to Premier and Chief Medical Officer has been vandalized with racist comments

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones April 15, 2020October 20, 2022
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Amidst the pandemic, parkade plans soldier on

by Erica Butler April 8, 2020October 20, 2022
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Daily COVID-19 update: coronavirus hits the Black community, with a predictable racist response

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones April 7, 2020October 20, 2022
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War is the wrong metaphor for the collective struggle against COVID-19

by Tim Bousquet April 6, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, COVID, Racism

Victoria Park arrest was example of increased surveillance of Black people during COVID-19, says Dal prof

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 4, 2020December 23, 2022
Posted inCommentary

Black people already struggle to breathe in Canada. Ignoring us during this COVID-19 crisis will only make it worse.

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones April 3, 2020October 20, 2022
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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.

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