Day: 16 July 2025

Report: Halifax Moves to Evict Final Africville Resident

A split-screen image framed in red shows two men. On the left is an older Black man in a brown jacket and hooded sweatshirt, smiling slightly while standing outside on a cloudy day. On the right is a white man in formal regalia, including a ceremonial gold chain, speaking at a podium with uniformed officials in the background. A bold black banner across the middle reads: “Report: Halifax Moves to Evict Final Africville Resident.”

A social media post circulating this week claims the City of Halifax has served long-time Africville land defender Eddie Carvery with notice to remove his trailer from Africville Park — the site where he has lived for decades as part of a peaceful protest against the City’s historic displacement of Africville’s Black residents.