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• Nova Scotian trailblazer Clotilda Yakimchuk remembered as a ‘super-nurse’

  Clotilda Yakimchuk, a retired nurse from Whitney Pier, passed away on Thursday with COVID-19.

  Canada

  Apr 16
• N.S. introduces bill to mark end of slavery in British colonies with Emancipation Day

  The historic act freed about 800,000 enslaved people of African descent across the colonies, including in Upper and Lower Canada and Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Apr 13
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• Upper Hammonds Plains church hosts province’s first African Nova Scotian vaccination clinic

  One of the biggest barriers for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout within the African Nova Scotian community is mistrust of the medical system, stemming from years of discrimination.

  Canada

  Apr 8
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• Halifax leaders call for transparent probe into ‘disturbing’ police encounter with Black man

  'It's one of those things where police are only responding publicly after the public produces evidence of the problem.'

  Canada

  Mar 28
• Town presses Nova Scotia to speed up renaming process for offensive place names

  Chuck Smith called the term "derogatory" in an interview Wednesday, and said it's a part of a long history of labelling for the Black community.

  Canada

  Mar 25
• N.S. announces $3M fund for land title claims in African Nova Scotian communities

  African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Tony Ince said today the money will help resolve claims without requiring residents to go to court.

  Politics

  Mar 5
• A new poetry award named for Maxine Tynes and the significance it carries

  Maxine Tynes was a celebrated poet, teacher, and lifelong resident of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

  Features

  Feb 26
• Nova Scotia shipbuilding program seeks to draw marginalized groups into industry

  "At Irving, we view Pathways as one of our vital programs to bring in shipbuilders who can last for decades."

  Canada

  Feb 21
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• Action plan to advance economic development of African Nova Scotians launched

  The Road to Economic Prosperity Action Plan was designed by and for the African Nova Scotian community, to improve entrepreneurship, investment and infrastructure.

  Canada

  Jan 19
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• Health Association of African Canadians addresses community mistrust of COVID-19 vaccine

  Experts addressed concerns related to community mistrust in the COVID-19 vaccine and the response by government and Public Health during a Zoom town hall on Friday.

  Health

  Jan 16