Cornwallis Statue

• Renewed calls for history museum at Cornwallis public engagement session

  The task force itself will not be finalizing their report until late 2020.

  Canada

  Jun 7, 2019
  
• ‘Send him back’: Halifax hosts first consultation on commemorating Cornwallis

  Residents discussed the fate of the Cornwallis statue, which was removed from the park bearing its name in January last year.

  Politics

  Jun 6, 2019
  
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• Committee for commemorating Cornwallis and Indigenous history receives new name, powers

  On Monday, that special advisory committee officially became a task force, which puts it at arm's length from the Halifax Regional Municipality.

  Politics

  Jan 21, 2019
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• Committee on Halifax’s commemorations of Edward Cornwallis holds first meeting

  The Special Advisory Committee want to change how they are governed so that they can function as "a true partnership between the Mi'kmaq and non-Mi'kmaq community in the HRM."

  Politics

  Oct 22, 2018
• Coming to Halifax council: Football stadium, cannabis bylaw, panel on Edward Cornwallis

  Halifax Regional council has a full slate ahead of it on July 17. Multiple topics are set to receive an update at council and there's also three separate public hearings scheduled for the evening.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2018
• New foes emerge against Halifax’s Cornwallis statue: Highlanders descendants

  Cornwallis led 320 soldiers to "pacify" an area of northwestern Scotland. Properties were looted and burned, livestock was driven off, crops were destroyed and some Jacobite families were burned alive in their homes.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2018
• Halifax councillor says he received a threat for voting to remove Cornwallis statue

  "I guess I'm officially a public figure now. I reported to the police my very first threat to my safety," Coun. Shawn Cleary said.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2018
• Assembly of N.S. Mi’kmaq Chiefs withdraws from Cornwallis panel, calls for immediate removal of statue

  the assembly says part of the reason for their withdrawal was that the committee designed to review Cornwallis' commemoration has taken too long to meet.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2018
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• Most Halifax residents still oppose removing Cornwallis name from public infrastructure: poll

  The survey, conducted by Corporate Research Associates (CRA), found 56 per cent of respondents disagreed with removing Cornwallis' name.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2017
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• Halifax Regional Council moves forward with expert panel to assess Cornwallis commemoration

  On Tuesday the council voted 15-2 to to launch an eight-person special committee to advise the city on how it will commemorate Edward Cornwallis.

  Politics

  Oct 3, 2017