deportation

Home for Christmas

They were children raised in Canada, under care of the state. Now, as adults, they are being denied the most fundamental right: the right to rights. Deemed non-citizens, they are being torn from their families and communities, and deported to countries they don't remember or know.

December 23, 2017 By El Jones 2 Comments

On Wednesday, I went to Las Posadas, a Latin American celebration (traditionally over nine nights) that re-enacts the search for lodgings by Mary and Joseph. A procession goes from house to house, singing a traditional song asking for shelter. The family inside refuses, until finally they let everyone in. Visiting family for me means going to […]

Blais of Glory: Morning File, Saturday, September 24, 2016

September 24, 2016 By El Jones 1 Comment

1. Mr. Blais goes to the Chamber of Commerce Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais spoke at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Friday, and CBC provides us with text of the speech. The speech takes place in the context of comments reported earlier in the day, where Blais argued that dropping crime rates across Canada do […]

Episode 38 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Dana Beeler leads the rock band Hello Delaware, has her hands in all facets of the music industry—just last week she returned to Music Nova Scotia after a year at CKDU—and hates the patriarchy. She and Tara are from the same town (Lantz, it’s the worst) so after some rage-tinged nostalgia about adolescence they’ll get into post-pandemic perspectives about music, old attitudes—that would be the many all-male music festivals on the docket this summer—and what Nova Scotia Music Week could look like in November. Listen to the full episode here.

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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.

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