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Hardening the shoreline

Morning File, Thursday, September 10, 2020

September 10, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. Mark Furey’s potential conflict of interest in the mass murder inquiry Tim Bousquet reports on PC leader Tim Houston’s affidavit, filed with the Conflicts Commissioner of Nova Scotia, arguing that justice minister Mark Furey is in a conflict of interest over the public inquiry into the mass murders of April 18-19. The conflict […]

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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

One day in the streets doesn’t stop injustice, but it does show how Black lives matter

June 2, 2020 By El Jones 2 Comments

I’m standing in front of the Black Lives Matter banner at the protest for Regis on Saturday when my phone starts ringing insistently. It’s the jail. I walk away from the crowd and answer. A young Black man is calling from segregation at Burnside. Along with other prisoners, he filed a habeas application challenging their […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, anti-Black violence, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Blocko, Eishia Hudson, George Floyd, justice, Justice for Regis, Lynn Jones, OmiSoore Dryden, police violence, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Renous, Santina Rao, Sharisha Benedict, Soleiman Faqiri, Take a Knee protest, Yusuf Faqiri

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

It’s not a war, it’s an education

Morning File, Tuesday, April 7, 2020

April 7, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 9 Comments

News 1.  Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia The latest charts are here, and they include the 31 new cases announced yesterday. I really like these charts, showing total and daily breakdowns of new cases, hospitalizations, total tests, and so on. They provide an easy visualization to help understand how things are changing, day-by-day. They also […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 3D printing, Aaron E. Sanchez, Aya Al-Hakim, Brooke Gladstone, Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), coronavirus, COVID-19, domestic violence, Emma Davie, Eula Bliss, exercise, Gerald McCowan, Heather Comeau, masks, Michelle Fortier, Muyu Lyu, Noushin Ziafati, nursing homes, OmiSoore Dryden, pandemic, ParticipAction, Preston Mulligan, racism and pandemics, Shaina Luck, Shiva Nourpanah, Stephen Beckett, Tracey MacKenzie, Tracey Tulloch, war as metaphor

War is the wrong metaphor for the collective struggle against COVID-19

Morning File, Monday, April 6, 2020

April 6, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. War is the wrong metaphor Over the weekend, 55 new cases of COVID-19 were found in Nova Scotia, bringing the total caseload to 236. The Examiner tracks the spread of COVID-19 graphically daily, and reports on the daily briefings given by Premier Stephen McNeil and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang. […]

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Victoria Park arrest was example of increased surveillance of Black people during COVID-19, says Dal prof

April 4, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 4 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. On Saturday afternoon Dalhousie University professor OmiSoore Dryden took to Twitter to call out police and the bystanders who called them: Those actions led not only to the arrest of a young black man, but also led to what Dryden believes was an unnecessary absence […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: anti-Black racism, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 while Black, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), OmiSoore Dryden, pandemic, Sgt. Pierre Bourdages, social distancing

We face a public health emergency, and criminalizing the marginalized can worsen the crisis

March 22, 2020 By El Jones 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia has just declared a State of Emergency. Measures taken include a ban on gatherings over five people, the ability of the police to fine individuals and businesses breaking social isolation, the ability of the police to enter property, and the seizure of vehicles […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: anti-Black violence, anti-Indigenous racism, Asaf Rashid, coronavirus, COVID-19, Harsha Walia, Kate MacDonald, OmiSoore Dryden, racist policing

Racist tropes about COVID-19 echo the long history of anti-Asian stereotyping

March 21, 2020 By El Jones 4 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. For the past week, as criticism of Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has intensified, Trump has deliberately emphasized calling the disease the “Chinese Virus.” Trump’s strategy deliberately racializes the disease, and singles out and scapegoats Chinese people. The tactic stokes fear and hatred […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: anti-Chinese racism, coronavirus, COVID-19, Lianne Xiao, OmiSoore Dryden, racist stereotypes

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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.

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