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The Abdi siblings speak out

Morning File, Wednesday, September 2, 2020

September 2, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 4 Comments

News 1. In a lawsuit, Fatouma and Abdoul Abdi allege years of abuse while they were children in care Remember Abdoul Abdi? The Government of Canada wanted to deport him after he was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to prison. Abdi was not a citizen, and under rules brought in under the federal immigration […]

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“There was no care.”

Fatouma Abdi is suing the province. Today, she is ready to tell her story.

September 2, 2020 By El Jones 2 Comments

This article contains descriptions of the abuse and sexual assault of minors.  It is a cold January night in 2018, in a gym at Sackville High School. Justin Trudeau is holding a town hall meeting, one of a series he will hold across Canada. Outside, protestors have gathered to resist the deportation of Abdoul Abdi, […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Abdoul Abdi, Adsum, anti-Black racism, Black motherhood, Black women, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), child welfare system, Children’s Aid, Dayspring Children’s Centre, deportation policy, Desmond Cole, Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, Emma Halpern, Fatouma Abdi, Gal foster home, group homes, Holly House, Idil Abdallihi, Immigration, Minister Jason Kenney, Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, OmiSoore Dryden, sexual abuse, sexual violence, social workers, Somalia, Wood Street Secure Centre

So long, Stephen, we knew you too well

If there has been a singular defining characteristic of Stephen McNeil’s career as premier of Nova Scotia, it is his righteously self-righteous confidence in the rightness of whatever he says is right, damn the consequences, dismiss the naysayers, dump on the media. Sometimes, that has served him — and us — well. Most of the time... not so well.

August 9, 2020 By Stephen Kimber 5 Comments

If there has been a singular defining characteristic of Stephen McNeil’s career as premier of Nova Scotia, it is his righteously self-righteous confidence in the rightness of whatever he says is right, damn the consequences, dismiss the naysayers, dump on the media. Sometimes, that has served him — and us — well. Start, of course, […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Film Tax Credit, mass shooting inquiry, neoliberal agenda, Northern Pulp extension, Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, Pharmacare, public sector unions, Stephen McNeil, unions

“We own beautiful.” The history of Black hair care in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Wednesday, February 12, 2020

February 12, 2020 By Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson 6 Comments

News 1. Hospital parking garage Councillor Waye Mason says he’s “optimistic” that a “win-win” compromise over the parking garage for the new QEII hospital is possible after the city and province met on Friday afternoon. Yesterday, council voted to start the process of closing a part of the west side of Summer Street to co-locate […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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