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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 […]
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 […]
Reported hate crimes in Nova Scotia saw a major spike in 2020, mostly driven by incidents involving race, pointing to what many people of colour have said is a longstanding reality in the province. Statistics Canada released new data last week on police-reported hate crimes across the country for 2020. Rates of hate crimes per […]
Editor’s Note: In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8, SaltWire Network is highlighting the achievements of women throughout Atlantic Canada. Growing up in Mulgrave, N.S., Sylvia Parris-Drummond was encouraged by her family to let community and faith play an integral role – with core “Africentric” principles – in her life. She says her […]
Editor’s Note: In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8, SaltWire Network is highlighting the achievements of women throughout Atlantic Canada. Growing up in Mulgrave, N.S., Sylvia Parris-Drummond was encouraged by her family to let community and faith play an integral role – with core “Africentric” principles – in her life. She says her […]
Editor’s Note: In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8, SaltWire Network is highlighting the achievements of women throughout Atlantic Canada. Bittersweet emotions stir inside Kathy-Ann Browning Johnson when she flips through the cards, artwork and gifts her Grade 1 students placed on her desk at the end of her first year of teaching. […]
The gatehouse shed has walls with bare studs, with a wood stove and a daybed under a pair of large wall-mounted antlers. An outdoor barbecue and pizza oven are built into a low stone wall outside, and a hot tub is built into a granite paver patio. The property — one of several dozen designed […]
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