Halifax Founder

• 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
  
• Controversial Cornwallis statue removed from Halifax park

  Edward Cornwallis is a disputed character seen by some as a brave leader who founded Halifax, but by others as the commander of a bloody and barbaric extermination campaign against Mi'kmaq inhabitants.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2018
  
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• Crews preparing to remove controversial Cornwallis statue from Halifax park

  Scaffolding was being put up on Wednesday morning around the controversial statue.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2018
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• Halifax council votes to temporarily remove Edward Cornwallis statue

  Council voted 12-4 to temporarily place the bronze figure of the city's controversial founder in storage until a decision is made on its long-term fate.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2018
• Edward Cornwallis considered: The man behind Halifax’s divisive debate

  The story of Edward Cornwallis in Nova Scotia is told two ways: The tale of a brave leader and his entourage of soldiers and settlers trying to survive in a new world, or the commander of a bloody and barbaric extermination campaign against Mi'kmaq inhabitants.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2017