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A record number of Black MLAs heading to the legislature

Duale, Ince, Simmonds, Hansen win their ridings. What, if any, effect will it have on Black issues moving forward?

August 18, 2021 By Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter 2 Comments

A record number of four Black MLAs have been elected to the Nova Scotia legislature. For the Liberals, incumbent Tony Ince and newcomers Angela Simmonds and Ali Duale were elected in the 41st provincial election that saw Tim Houston’s PC’s win a majority government. NDP newcomer Suzy Hansen won in the riding of Halifax Needham. […]

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 2 — Preston–Chezzetcook-Eastern Shore

September 23, 2020 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

The municipality’s geographically largest district stretches along the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from Lawrencetown to Ecum Secum. Inland, it includes North and East Preston, Lake Echo, Porters Lake and Musquodoboit Harbour. There are four candidates trying to canvas that massive area in this fall’s election: David Boyd, David Hendsbee, Nicole Johnson and Tim Milligan. […]

Vinessa Antoine, a Black woman with shoulder-length curly hair, standing in front of a pale blue-green background, wearing jeans and a white shirt

Episode 49 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

The Halifax-set Diggstown, which launched its third season this week on CBC TV, was part of the wave of #NSFilmJobs able to shoot in the COVID-light province over the past year and a half, with the added bonus of being able to employ tonnes of local actors. Star Vinessa Antoine joins the show from Toronto to chat about Marcie Diggs’ emotional evolution, what she learned from her years in soaps, and her favourite place to eat in Dartmouth. Creator Floyd Kane — a Dalhousie law grad before he moved into producing, writing, and directing — also beams in to talk about threading the pandemic into the current season, how the team fits so much story into such a short episode run, and what’s up with that Fox broadcasting deal that was announced off the top of the year.

Listen to the full episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

Recent episode transcripts here.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s a great instructional article here. Email Suzanne for help.

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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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