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Working While Black: Founders Square tenant Robert Wright says firing of Black janitors is a “travesty of racial injustice”

March 24, 2018 By El Jones 6 Comments

An apology: The Halifax Examiner acknowledges that the Armour Group Limited neither hired, nor fired, the janitors previously employed to clean Founder’s Square. Further, The Halifax Examiner retracts, and apologizes for the allegation that Armour Group engaged in racial discrimination in determining to no longer engage with GDI Integrated Facility Services.  On Friday morning, the janitors […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Afua Cooper, anti-Black racism, Armour Group, Black janitors Founders Square, Black labour in Halifax, Deep Down Cleaning Services, El Jones, GDI Integrated Facility Services, Joseph Howe, racial discrimination Founders Square, racism in Halifax, Robert S. Wright, Sebastien Labelle, Solidarity Halifax, Working While Black

Figureheads vs. Humans: Morning File, Saturday, September 3, 2016

September 3, 2016 By El Jones 10 Comments

Today’s Morning File is going to be short, because I’m off being a bridesmaid and stuff. TOTALLY JOKING! They’ve known each other for years. 1. Shelley Fashan There was a story this week about the St. John’s Telegram using its front page to highlight the abuse women receive in online comments. That story followed upon the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bullshitter of the Day, Council, East Coast Music Association, garden conches, Jennifer Watts, Leslie Jones, Matt Hebb, Septembre Anderson, Sheldon MacLeod, Shelley Fashan, Stephen Archibald, Twitter, Working While Black

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

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