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Kerian Burnett receiving treatment. Credit: Contributed

Migrant worker facing bill from Nova Scotia after insurance for cancer treatment cancelled

January 19, 2023August 14, 2023

A migrant worker from Jamaica who learned she had cervical cancer shortly after she started working at a farm in

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The prosecution of Randy Riley rests on racist tropes of violent and animalistic Black men and a vulnerable, unquestionable white woman - By: El Jones - [CLICK THE PHOTO TO READ THE ARTICLE]

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Why you should care about the Crown’s problematic case against Randy Riley

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

…These phone data were also used in Randy’s 2018 conviction, meaning that the Crown had the phone records in its possession in 2021 when Fuller came forward with her new story.

The Crown lawyers — Peter Craig and Stephen Anstey — either never bothered to use their own evidence to confirm Fuller’s new story, or they simply didn’t care that this discrepancy existed….

Davelle Desmond is seen in a family photo. The 26-year-old's death on Aug. 6 has been ruled a homicide. (Kevin Desmond)

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Police lay charges in homicide of Davelle Rodney Vance Desmond

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

Kerian Burnett, left, and Stacey Gomez, right, speak to reporters in Halifax on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Burnett arrived in Nova Scotia from Jamaica to work on a strawberry farm, but says she was fired after her cancer diagnosis, leaving her without medical coverage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marlo Glass

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Jamaican migrant worker granted federal health care after being fired from N.S. farm [VIDEO]

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023

Destiny Beals sits on the couch in her living room, holding her 7-month-old son who desperately wants to escape her grasp.

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Dartmouth mother of two felt “bullied” into signing fixed-term lease in Ocean Breeze

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

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Justice Institute alleges systemic racism at Nova Scotia’s Crown prosecutor’s office

August 3, 2023August 4, 2023

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Black man threatened at gunpoint by Halifax cop in 2021 sues HRM

July 29, 2023July 29, 2023

Three-picture Collage: Tim Houston, Lionel Desmond, Warren Zimmer

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Desmond Inquiry Final Report Delayed Again [AUDIO]

July 7, 2023July 10, 2023

Carolann Wright leads a presentation by the African Nova Scotian Road to Economic Prosperity Plan (REPP)

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Stats Canada data show income, housing disparities between Black, white Nova Scotians [INFOGRAPHICS]

July 4, 2023April 4, 2024

Top left photo: Halifax Regional Police officers Const. Mark Pierce & Const. Craig Trudel in Feb. 2020 moments before arresting a 15-year-old Black teenager who suffered injuries during the arrest (seen in the bottom left three photos) before releasing him without charges. Right photo: Const. Mark Pierce entering a restorative justice meeting in May, 2023.

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Halifax constable referred to restorative justice for 2020 assault on Black teen [VIDEO]

May 25, 2023June 13, 2023

Raymond Sheppard speaks at the rally in support of Black HRM workers.

Feature News Justice & Politics News Politics Racism

Halifax mayor speaks at third rally for Black HRM workers who allege racial discrimination [VIDEO]

March 23, 2023May 30, 2023

About 50 people attended a Black History Month panel discussion titled ‘Experiencing Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace: Challenges and Solutions" at Dalhousie University on Tuesday night. Credit: Matthew Byard

Employment Feature News News Nova Scotia Racism

‘Going through hell:’ Black HRM worker speaks at panel on equity, inclusion in workplace

February 8, 2023May 25, 2023

Artist and historian David Woods speaks outside City Hall where people gathered as Halifax regional council voted on heritage designation for the former home of Dr. Clement Ligoure. Credit: Matthew Byard

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‘Mission accomplished:’ home of Nova Scotia’s first Black doctor gets heritage designation

January 24, 2023March 30, 2023

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Migrant worker facing bill from Nova Scotia after insurance for cancer treatment cancelled

January 19, 2023August 14, 2023

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Council downzones historic Black community to stop ‘Wild Wild West of development’

January 12, 2023June 26, 2023

Alonzo Wright is the new director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). Credit: Nova Scotia Government/Twitter

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[VIDEO] – SIRT’s first director of African descent welcomes questions from Black community

December 11, 2022June 20, 2023

The BlackNovaScotia.ca platform was originally established as a Facebook page on Sunday, May 2nd, 2010. It was created to help keep people up to date with happenings in the news that pertain to or are of interest to people of African descent, particularly those from, or with ties to, Nova Scotia, and Atlantic Canada.

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