African Nova Scotian Community

• N.S. premier defends apology, says he isn’t imposing solution on racialized communities

  On Tuesday, Nova Scotia's Premier formally acknowledged and apologized for years of systemic racism, particularly within the justice system, and the reaction was swift.

  Politics

  Oct 1, 2020
  
• ‘Blindsided’: Black Nova Scotians say their community was left out of new restorative process

  'Whatever this process is, the design process, it really hasn’t been engaged with any kind of broad consultation with the African Nova Scotian community.'

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2020
  
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• ‘We’re just asking to be treated respectfully’: Demonstration against police brutality held at Halifax police station

  The demonstration was organized after a 15-year-old videotaped his own arrest outside a shopping mall in Bedford.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2020
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• Apologies, action plans: Halifax police promise positive change post-street checks

  "Certainly this was not only a speaking exercise for me, but certainly a listening exercise," Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella told reporters.

  Nov 18, 2019
• Halifax police chief says apology for street checks to be made next week

  The apology will be issued on Nov. 29., at the Halifax Central Library at 11 a.m. ET.  

  Crime

  Nov 18, 2019
• Will banning street checks be enough? Concerns heard as Halifax community meetings get underway

  Roughly a dozen people attended the meeting at the Black Cultural Centre in Cherrybrook, N.S., on Tuesday.

  Politics

  May 21, 2019
• Report recommends Halifax police’s street checks program be limited or banned

  The independent human rights report released Wednesday found street check rates in Halifax were among the highest in Canada, second only to Toronto, with black males the most likely to be stopped by police.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2019
• Racism in Halifax addressed during annual police service at church

  Chief Jean Michel-Blais addresses packed church during annual service working to eliminate racism.

  Politics

  Mar 19, 2017
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• ‘I feel your pain’: African-Nova Scotians react to violence in U.S.

  Provo knows firsthand how devastating the effects of gun violence can be — his cousin was shot and killed in 2014.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2016