A former correctional officer who worked at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (the Burnside jail) is concerned that the lack of attention to conditions in the jail will lead to violence and to people getting hurt. The former officer contacted the Halifax Examiner and spoke about his experience working at the jail on the condition […]
A prisoner in the Burnside jail responds to Justice Minister Mark Furey
On Thursday, 17 days into the protest at Burnside, Minister of Justice Mark Furey released an op-ed piece publicly addressing the issues raised by the prisoners for the first time. Unfortunately, prisoners cannot access his comments, and there seem to be no plans to circulate his piece in the facility so they can read and respond […]
The corporate kleptocracy takes aim at Nova Scotia
Morning File, Friday, August 31, 2018
Hi, I’m Joan Baxter, a Nova Scotian journalist and author. Some of my books are actually quite upbeat, proving that I’m not always a bearer of bad news. News 1. Abandoned tidal turbine Jennifer Henderson updates the situation of the abandoned tidal turbine in the Minas Basin in this article for the Examiner. After a […]
The prisoners at the Burnside jail are engaged in a non-violent protest; here is their statement
Today’s column has been provided to the Halifax Examiner by organizers of the protest in Burnside. We, the prisoners of Burnside, have united to fight for change. We are unified across the population in non-violent, peaceful protest. We are calling for support from the outside in solidarity with us. We believe that it is only […]
Prisons, Refugees, Cats
1. Dorchester Penitentiary Martha Paynter was driving through New Brunswick this weekend and texted me that she saw a billboard for the Airbnb in the old Dorchester Jail. Among the attractions listed on the website are that it was the site of the last double hanging in New Brunswick (more on that in a moment), […]
The strange history of Halifax’s streetlight selection and the apparent demise of LED Roadway Lighting
Morning File, Monday, July 30, 2018
News 1. Yarmouth ferry “I could say I told them so — and I did, way back when ‘them’ was still Rodney Macdonald and his Tories, and from then on forward through Darrell Dexter and Stephen McNeil to whatever same-old-same-old will come next — but I’d have to stand in a too-long line behind all […]
I don’t want to be a role model, I just want to be allowed to be human
I have a memory of being 13 or 14, in my bedroom after school, swearing to myself that I would learn to speak less, be more pleasing, not have so much to say. I have a distinct recollection of the shame I felt at the ways in which I couldn’t conform to what was expected […]
Justin Trudeau smoked weed and went on to become Prime Minister, so why can’t Tyrell find a legit job?
Legalization of cannabis could have been used as an opportunity to help Black people; instead, past cannabis-related convictions will not be pardoned and will be used to deny Black people job opportunities, and Black people will continue to be racially profiled and harassed.
Tyrell [not his real name] is an African Nova Scotian man in his 20s. For obvious reasons Tyrell doesn’t want to be identified for this story, and while he spoke about his life, he did not want to be directly quoted. Some details have been changed to protect his identity. Growing up in housing with […]
“Yes, I am a Negro!”
Gloria Baylis won the first court challenge to employment discrimination based on race in Canada. So why doesn't anyone know about her story?
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed in the United States. In the same year, in Montreal, a woman named Gloria Baylis was taking the Queen Elizabeth Hotel to court in the first case ever in Canada to allege employment discrimination based on race. She won. There are few Canadians who don’t know about […]
Halifax student Brody Stuart-Verner called the Lancaster, Pennsylvania police department to protest the tasing of Sean Williams; soon after, two people from Lancaster called Stuart-Verner back and hurled homophobic slurs at him
On June 28th, Sean Williams was sitting on a curb in Lancaster, Pennsylvania when a police officer fired a stun gun at his back. Williams is Black. On June 29th, Halifax student Brody Stuart-Verner saw the viral video online. “I thought it was sickening and inhumane,” Stuart-Verner says of watching the video. “It was especially […]
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