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Santina Rao: The charges against me have been dropped, but the battle continues

July 6, 2020 By Santina Rao 4 Comments

Today is going to be a day I remember for the rest of my life. On July 6, 2020 the charges against me were dropped by the Crown Attorney. I no longer have to live another day being scared of what my future will look like, or worried if I’ll be able to spend precious time […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Halifax Regional Police (HRP), racial profiling, Santina Rao, Walmart

When is a deadline not a deadline?

Morning File, Wednesday, January 22, 2020

January 22, 2020 By Erica Butler 7 Comments

News 1. Boat Harbour Though the deadline of January 30, 2020 was set five years ago, it’s looking as if the province of Nova Scotia will not be strictly enforcing the Boat Harbour Act until April 1 this year, to allow Paper Excellence to run a power boiler throughout remaining winter months. Joan Baxter and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bayers Road bus lanes, Bayers Road widening, Bernard Mills, Brynn Budden, Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Councillor Lindell Smith, councillor Matt Whitman, crosswalk Gottingen, Eskasoni First Nation, Halifax Shipyard, Halifax Transit ridership numbers, Indigenous prisoners, Irving Shipbuilding, Irving Shipyard, Ivan Zinger, Kevin Arjoon, Mel Rusinak, Moving Forward Together (MFT), Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), payroll rebates, Santina Rao, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), Shaina Luck, Sherryll Murphy, transgender, Ultra Electronics Maritime Industries, Walmart

Halifax police officers in Santina Rao case still working, chief waiting for investigation

January 20, 2020 By Zane Woodford

The officers involved are still on the job and Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella had little to say publicly on Monday about the violent arrest of a young Black mother at Walmart last week, citing an ongoing court case and a potential investigation. Kinsella addressed reporters after a meeting of the Halifax board of...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Corey Rogers, councillor Tony Mancini, Direction 180, East Coast Prison Justice Society, El Jones, Elizabeth Fry Society, Halifax Police budget, harm reduction programs, Harry Critchley, Leah Genge, managed alcohol programs, Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH), North End Community Health Centre, police brutality, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, racial profiling, Santina Rao, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), shopping while Black, sobering centres, Spryfield Medical Centre, Walmart

Can we expect truth about the Walmart incident from police or the store? Nope

When a young black woman accused the Halifax police of racially profiling and abusing her in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident at Walmart last week, officials did what officials do. They obfuscated, they passed the buck, they pretended to take it seriously.

January 19, 2020 By Stephen Kimber 8 Comments

I still don’t know nearly enough about what actually happened inside the Mumford Road Walmart shortly after 3:30 pm last Wednesday afternoon, but I already know too much to have faith we will get full and complete answers from either a we-take-allegations-like-this-seriously Halifax Regional Police or a buck-passing Walmart. Let’s start with what we do […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Halifax Regional Police, racial profiling, Walmart

Shopping while Black: Santina Rao’s experience at Wal-Mart

Morning File, Friday, January 17, 2020

January 17, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. Racial profiling “Santina Rao was at the Walmart at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Wednesday when she was accused of stealing by store staff, assaulted by the police, and arrested,” writes El Jones: Rao was shopping with her two young children, age 3 and 15 months. She paid for $90 worth of items […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Maritime Launch Services (MLS), new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia RFP, racial profiling, Santina Rao, shopping while Black, St. Francis University (St FX), Walmart

Halifax woman says she was racially profiled by Wal-Mart employees who wrongfully accused her of theft, then beaten by police

January 16, 2020 By El Jones 18 Comments

Santina Rao was at the Walmart at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Wednesday when she was accused of stealing by store staff, assaulted by the police, and arrested. Rao was shopping with her two young children, age 3 and 15 months. She paid for $90 worth of items in the electronics department. The cashier told […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: African United Baptist Association, Andrella David, Desmond Cole, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Mayann Francis, police brutality, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Santina Rao, shopping while Black, Sobeys, Walmart

More jerks who pay less than a living wage

Morning File, Wednesday, October 30, 2019

October 30, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 8 Comments

News 1. The Climate Emergency We’ve taken the first two parts of Linda Pannozzo’s four-part “The Climate Emergency” series out from behind the paywall. Here’s “Part 1: Why it’s time to ditch the language of economic growth.” And here’s Part 2: Why growth, even if it is green, is not enough.” 2. New traffic act delayed […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allanique Hunter, Alton Natural Gas Storage Project, bad landlord, Cornwallis Task Force, Darlene Gilbert (Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman), Dignity Period, Erin Casey, Friendly Divas, Halloween costumes, Jean Laroche, Jen Gunter, Julie-Simone Rutgers, Katy Parsons, Kelsey Jones, living wage, Madonna Bernard (Kukuwes Wowkis), Michael MacDonald, Monica MacDonald, Motor Vehicle Act, Nova Scotia Period Poverty Summit, Paula Isaac (Kiju Muin), Robert Devet, shit wages, Suzanne Lively, Traffic Safety Act, Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines, Walmart

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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