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Retired firefighter George Cromwell is suing the Halifax fire department, claiming racial discrimination

July 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

A Black man who is a retired firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the Halifax fire department, alleging that he has been discriminated against because of his race. George Cromwell’s detailed Statement of Claim references incidents that date back to soon after amalgamation of the predecessor governments into the Halifax Regional Munipality in 1996, and […]

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We’re watching Mark Lever destroy journalism in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Thursday, May 31, 2018

May 31, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Fool’s Gold, Part 3 We’ve published the third instalment of Joan Baxter’s “Fool’s Gold” series. Part 3 looks at the provincial Department of Natural Resource’s efforts to open the Cobequid Hills up to gold production, and the effect prospecting and potential mining would have on the French River, which is the source of […]

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