Day: 28 February 2026

CACE Open Letter Warns of Generational Impact from Education Cuts

Composite image featuring a Council on African Canadian Education (CACE) banner and group photo of Black educators and community leaders promoting African Nova Scotian learners, alongside a separate photo of two suited government officials standing and seated near a Nova Scotia flag, with a BlackNovaScotia.ca logo overlaid in the bottom right corner.

This open letter from the Council on African Canadian Education (CACE), from Feb. 27, 2026, addresses the province’s recent cuts and their impact on African Nova Scotian learners. As the body mandated to monitor and advocate for the educational rights of Black students, CACE outlines its concerns and calls for clarity, accountability, and protection of long-standing commitments to Black education in Nova Scotia.

That Hockey Photo Keeps Circulating. Let’s Get the History Right.

Black-and-white historical photo of a Black hockey team holding wooden sticks, centered on a black background with a yellow border; text above repeats the claim “Slaves Ran Away to Canada and Invented Ice Hockey,” stamped with a large red “FALSE,” and a BlackNovaScotia.ca logo appears in the bottom right corner.

A photo from the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes often circulates online with the claim that runaway slaves invented ice hockey in Canada. The image is real, the caption is not. Here’s why the timeline, geography, and documented history tell a more accurate and more powerful story about Black hockey in Nova Scotia.