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Nicole Johnson finds a seat at the table with radio show about Black Nova Scotians

May 4, 2022 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Leave a Comment

When Nicole Johnson found herself out of work because of the pandemic, she said she sat on her couch with a cup of tea and asked God what to do next. Johnson said she then pitched an idea for a Black-focused talk radio show for a community radio station, CIOE-97.5FM, in Lower Sackville. “I don’t […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured, Profiles, Women Tagged With: African Nova Scotia, African Nova Scotian, Black Nova Scotians, Cherry Brook, East Preston, Lake Loon, Mayann Francis, Nicole Johnson, North Preston, radio, Tia Upshaw

North Preston residents raise concerns, want apology after emergency alert sends out “false information”

April 12, 2022 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter 2 Comments

Residents of North Preston are raising concerns over a province-wide emergency alert issued Friday night they say contained misinformation connecting North Preston to reports of gunshots. Archy Beals, the former PC MLA candidate for the area, said he and his wife were leaving the Black Cultural Centre Friday night when they saw two unmarked police […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured, News, Policing Tagged With: African Nova Scotia, Angela Simmonds, Archy Beals, Black Nova Scotians, Cherrybrook, crime, East Preston, guns, MLA Angela Simmonds, North Preston, Preston, RCMP Nova Scotia, Wayne Adams

Online vigil held for eight-year-old boy killed in shooting in Dartmouth

December 24, 2021 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter 2 Comments

An online vigil was held Thursday night for Lee-Marion “Mar-Mar” Cain, the eight-year-old boy who died in a shooting on Windmill Road in Dartmouth Tuesday. The vigil was led by Preston MLA Angela Simmonds and featured a series of prayers from pastors and members of the African United Baptist Association (AUBA). Close to 500 people […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured Tagged With: African United Baptist Association, Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Lee-Marion Cain, Mar-Mar Cain, North Preston

Councillor responds to claims that East Preston is underserved by transit system

November 30, 2021 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Leave a Comment

District 2 councillor David Hendsbee says the Black community of East Preston once had weekend bus service. “There was weekend service in the past when the bus route was operated under the former ‘Halifax County Beaver Bank Transit Service’; a holdover service prior to HRM Amalgamation,” Hendsbee said in an e-mail. “The weekend service was […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured, Transit Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Black communities, Coun. David Hendsbee, East Hants Rural High School, East Preston, employment, Global, Grand Desert, Halifax, Halifax County Beaver Bank Transit Service, Halifax Transit, Lake Echo, Lawrencetown, Lucasville, marginalization, Marshall Williams, Mineville, Musgo Rider, Musquodoboit Harbour, North Preston, Porters Lake, Route 401, rural transit, Rural Transit Strategy, Seaforth, Tracey Jones-Grant, West Chezzetcook, Westphal

East Preston resident says his community is underserved by Halifax Transit: “Even when they get it half right, they get it wrong”

Recent changes to Halifax Transit schedules mean inconvenient time changes for runs for bus service to and from the Black community.

November 25, 2021 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Leave a Comment

This Saturday morning at 7:41am will mark the first time the city has offered weekend transit service to the Black community of East Preston. That service is offered through Halifax Transit route #401. Despite this and many other changes that took effect this week to the Halifax Transit system, one East Preston man says the […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured Tagged With: Black community, Cherrybrook, East Preston, Halifax Transit, Marshall Williams, North Preston, Porters Lake, Route 401

“Anything is possible:” Black coach, officials achieve firsts in Nova Scotia high school sports

Auburn Drive High School football team's win at the provincial championship this month, was also a big day for head coach Dion Thomas-Hodges and officials Vince Williams, Andre Williams, and Anthony Williams.

November 19, 2021 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter 1 Comment

Last Sunday, the provincial high school championship final took place at Husky Stadium at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax between Bay View High School — formerly Sir John A. Macdonald High School — and Auburn Drive High School. The game saw a number of firsts with respect to Black involvement in Nova Scotia sports. Auburn […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured Tagged With: Andre Williams, Anthony Williams, Arland Bruce III, Atlantic University Sport, Auburn Drive High School, Bay View High School, Black sports, Cecil Wright, CFL, Cherrybrook, Citadel High School, Cole Harbour High School, Dartmouth, Dion Thomas-Hodges, East Preston, football, Halifax, Halifax Argos, high school football, Huskies Stadium, Karen Hudson, Mitchell Bowl, North Preston, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Football Officials Association, Saint Mary's University, sports, Thomas, Uteck Bowl, Vince Williams

East Preston Empowerment Academy is changing the careers of Black tradespeople

October 8, 2021 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter 1 Comment

Howard Benjamin was born in Jamaica and has lived in Canada since 1977. Now 51, he was a second-year apprentice working as an industrial electrician for the Department of National Defence when a co-worker first told him about the East Preston Empowerment Academy (EPEA). Though he wanted to gain his Red Seal, he said reading […]

Filed Under: Black Nova Scotia, Featured Tagged With: Deloitte Canada, East Preston, East Preston Empowerment Academy, Howard Benjamin, HoweeBee Electric, North Preston, Red Seal, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard

Weekend File

A look back on our stories from July 31 to August 6, 2021.

August 7, 2021 By Suzanne Rent Leave a Comment

Welcome to Weekend File, where you’ll find links to all the articles you might have missed last week. Jump to sections in this article: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday   Saturday, July 31 1. Liberals unveil plans for affordable housing, anti-racism, and inclusion Jennifer Henderson reported on the Liberal Party’s social policy platform, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adam Reid, Birch Cove Lakes – Blue Mountain wilderness, COVID-19, cycling, debate, Emancipation Day, environment, Gary Burrill, Halifax Pride, Iain Rankin, leaders debate, Liberal Party, NDP, North Preston, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives, street checks, Tim Houston, TrueFaux Films, violence against women, WAVES, Weekend File

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

There really is a toilet paper shortage (sort of)

Morning File, Tuesday, April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 1 Comment

News 1. Daily COVID-19 update Yesterday’s daily update from the Examiner is even meatier than usual, with contributions from both Tim Bousquet and El Jones. You’ll still find the analysis of the latest numbers — Nova Scotia has been stable at about 30 new cases a day for the last week — but also Tim’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: boat launches and COVID-19, Brooklym Currie, coronavirus, Councillor David Hendsbee, COVID-19, COVID-19 and apartment buildings, COVID-19 testing, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Francis Campbell, Gary Andrea, Jason MacLean, mental health, Miranda Spencer, municipal elections, North Preston, pandemic, psychiatric care, telepsychology, toilet paper shortage, Will Oremus

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PRICED OUT

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2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

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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.

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

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