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

Why can't we understand how the impunity with which white men are allowed to threaten, to follow around, to fixate and to harm connects to how GW was able to move in silence until it was too late? Our culture continues to give white men a pass and then act shocked in the aftermath.

May 1, 2020 By El Jones 12 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Alexandre Bissonnette, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, domestic violence, fake cop, fake RCMP car, mass murder shooting spree, Rachel Zellars, racism during COVID-19, Robyn Bourgeois, white male violence

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

Amidst the pandemic, parkade plans soldier on

Morning File, Wednesday, April 8, 2020

April 8, 2020 By Erica Butler 2 Comments

News 1.  COVID-19 numbers As of Tuesday’s Nova Scotia government update, we know that for the first time in Nova Scotia, someone has died from COVID-19. A woman in her 70s passed away in hospital in the health authority’s Eastern Zone. We also learned there are: 17 new known positive cases in Nova Scotia (4.05% […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autoport, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, Dr. Robert Strang, hospital parking, Martyn Williams, North Preston, pandemic, parkade, parking garage Summer Street, parks vs paths, pedestrians, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Premier Stephen McNeil, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), sign language, social distancing, Stanfield's, Terry McKimm

Daily COVID-19 update: coronavirus hits the Black community, with a predictable racist response

When we are being profiled and victimized by the police, Stephen McNeil tells us he doesn't see race. But when we are struggling with infection, all of a sudden Blackness is explicitly singled out.

April 7, 2020 By El Jones 13 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia has had its first death from COVID-19, a woman in her 70s who is described as having underlying medical conditions. She died in hospital in the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Eastern Zone. The Examiner has graphed the spread of the disease in Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Black community, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, Daily COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, East Preston, gaps in health care, North Preston, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, social distancing

War is the wrong metaphor for the collective struggle against COVID-19

Morning File, Monday, April 6, 2020

April 6, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. War is the wrong metaphor Over the weekend, 55 new cases of COVID-19 were found in Nova Scotia, bringing the total caseload to 236. The Examiner tracks the spread of COVID-19 graphically daily, and reports on the daily briefings given by Premier Stephen McNeil and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, cruise ship tourism, Dr. Robert Strang, Dr. Sundeep Chohan, Gus Reed, handwashing, Mary Brown's, Mary Campbell, masks, militarization of COVID-19, military analogy, OmiSoore Dryden, pandemic, physical distancing in prison, prisoners and coronavirus, racism and pandemics, social distancing, Stephen Archibald and spring, Stephen Beckett, war as metaphor, wheelchair users

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

April 4, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 4 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. On Saturday afternoon Dalhousie University professor OmiSoore Dryden took to Twitter to call out police and the bystanders who called them: Those actions led not only to the arrest of a young black man, but also led to what Dryden believes was an unnecessary absence […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: anti-Black racism, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), OmiSoore Dryden, pandemic, Sgt. Pierre Bourdages, social distancing

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

April 3, 2020 By El Jones 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Black women are concentrated in frontline health care work. The agricultural industry employs large numbers of Black migrant workers who are affected by border closures. New State of Emergency declarations raise concerns about the intensification of racial profiling directed at Black communities. Black people make […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Anthony Morgan, anti-Black racism, Beverley Bain, Black community, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, Desmond Cole, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Ibram X. Kendi, Louise Delisle, pandemic, Police Chief Dan Kinsella

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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  • Every Nova Scotian who wants to get vaccinated will receive the first dose by the end of June, says Rankin March 4, 2021
  • The Last Taboo: Black women talk about abuse and violence March 4, 2021

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