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Home » Lionel Desmond

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Judge Warren Zimmer, an older white man with grey hair, wearing black robes with a red border, reads from documents at his desk.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Commentary, Province House

Waiting for answers as the Lionel Desmond inquiry wraps up

by Stephen Kimber April 25, 2022October 20, 2022

Was Cpl. Lionel Desmond a victim of a foreign war, systemic racism and siloing of medical records, or was he a perpetrator of domestic violence who murdered the women closest to him? And how do we reconcile it if he was both? — Aaron Beswick Saltwire Network April 20, 2022 I don’t envy Warren Zimmer’s […]

Shanna, Aaliyah & Lionel Desmond
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Commentary, Health

Systemic racism and the Desmond murder-suicide

by Stephen Kimber December 5, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary

‘The rest is for the seagulls’

by Stephen Kimber February 28, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary

Complicated legacies

by Stephen Kimber February 3, 2020October 20, 2022
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Fifteen years in, Nova Scotia might just fix tax assessment inequities

by Erica Butler January 30, 2020October 20, 2022
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Here’s the best map of Cape Breton

by Tim Bousquet January 28, 2020October 20, 2022
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A place with islands to give away

by Erica Butler November 19, 2019October 20, 2022
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A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones June 24, 2017October 20, 2022
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by Tim Bousquet June 5, 2017November 30, 2022
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Morning File, Tuesday, January 10, 2017

by Katie Toth January 10, 2017October 20, 2022

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