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SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro reaches an all-time low price on Amazon (Image source: SteelSeries) Ahead of the yearly Black Friday event, Amazon has slashed 26% on one of the best wireless gaming headsets. With this deal, you can make the . . .
Day one of an international conference studying reparations, slavery and education began Wednesday, Oct. 18 in Cherry Brook—an historic African Nova Scotian community just outside of Halifax—at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. One of the two Halifax universities responsible for the conference happening in Canada for the first time is the University of […]
Nova Scotia will commemorate Emancipation Day today, August 1, in recognition of the anniversary of the British parliament’s decision to abolish slavery across its empire in 1834. In April 2021, the legislature passed the Emancipation Day Act, designating August 1 as Emancipation Day. The day acknowledges the tragedies of the transatlantic slave trade in which […]
CNN — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has sparked fears of an ecological catastrophe, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describing the situation as “an environmental bomb of mass destruction.” Water levels on Wednesday continued to rise after the Russian-occupied dam and hydro-electric power plant was destroyed early . . .
CNN — A major dam and hydro-electric power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine suffered a collapse early Tuesday, prompting mass evacuations and fears for large-scale devastation as Ukraine accused Moscow’s . . .
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The Province is investing in training to help address under-representation of Black/African Nova Scotians in the social work field and ease pressures on the healthcare and social service systems. Through the Africentric bachelor of social work pilot cohort program at Dalhousie University, 25 aspiring bachelor of social work professionals can learn as part of an […]
A 19th-century ship that once sailed between Yarmouth and Boston played a little-known part in international Black history. The S.S. Yarmouth was the first vessel acquired by the Black Star Line, the first Black-owned shipping line in North America. Built in 1887, it was well past its prime when the charismatic leader of the New York City-based United Negro Improvement […]
An undated photograph of Africville.Credit…Library and Archives Canada Similar to the urban renewal policies of the 1950s and 60s in American cities, Halifax decided to relocate the residents of Africville in order to build commercial and industrial districts in the area. In 1964, the Halifax City Council voted to authorize the relocation of residents, though […]
The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo is ending a partnership with a group providing tickets to veterans following complaints that the group was using a controversial Thin Blue Line image. The Thin Blue Line symbol – a blue line across the Maple Leaf – is considered a sign of police solidarity but has also been […]