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‘Is this how Halifax chooses to be bold?’: Halifax Poet Laureate takes council to task on Cornwallis

April 11, 2017

Halifax Poet Laureate Rebecca Thomas is calling on regional council to rethink its promotion of Halifax’s founder. Edward Cornwallis founded the city but was also racist, notoriously putting a bounty on the scalps of Mi’kmaq people. Marieke Walsh explains Thomas’ idea to bring balance to the city’s history.

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