• Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
Skip to content
Halifax Examiner

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
Home » Viola Desmond

Tag: Viola Desmond

Posted inMorning File, Racism

The vile racism and misogyny that was Frank Magazine

by Tim Bousquet September 15, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Frank Frank Magazine has died. The magazine announced its own death on its website, and then deleted its social media accounts. No explanation was provided for the closure. Frank was started in 1987 by David Bentley, Lyndon Watkins, and Dulcie Conrad. Bentley was the primary operator of Frank, having used the proceeds of […]

Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

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

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweaterA smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson February 12, 2020November 5, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Afua Cooper: “We need to smash those [racist] stereotypes and see the humanity in each and every one of us”

by Erica Butler May 22, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary

A White People’s Guide to Black History Month

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones February 3, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Bearing Witness and Paying Tribute: Morning File, Saturday, November 18

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones November 18, 2017October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

When We Name Who We Are: Morning File, Saturday, December 17, 2016

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones December 17, 2016October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

On the Money: Morning File, Saturday, December 10, 2016

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones December 10, 2016October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Journalism

Viola Desmond, Carrie Best, and serving face

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White December 9, 2016October 20, 2022
A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


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

2020 MASS MURDERS

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.

Updated regularly.


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, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

LATEST NEWS

Horsewoman in training: Learning to ride a horse is all about training the human

by Suzanne Rent May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Councillor quits Peggy’s Cove Commission over ‘unfair and unreasonable position of conflict’

by Zane Woodford May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Dartmouth shelter to close next week, leaving residents scrambling to find housing

by Zane Woodford May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Halifax EPA pens letter to premier asking him to intervene in school support workers strike

by Yvette d'Entremont May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username

CONTACT US

Halifax Examiner
PO Box 463
Stn. Central Halifax, NS
B3J 2P8

QCJO # Q9427428
HST # 81281 0638 RT0001

ABOUT US

  • Who we are
  • Commenting policy
  • Terms and Conditions

MY ACCOUNT

My profile, orders,
subscription,
payment details,
and receipts

SUBSCRIBE

DONATE

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

ARCHIVE

Canada wordmark and flag

Matthew Byard's reporting is funded by the Government of Canada

© 2023 All information and images on this site copyright Halifax Examiner, except where otherwise noted. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic