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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

When Destiny Beals moved into her apartment in Ocean Breeze, she expected to be able to stay and live with her family for a few years.

According to Beals, Universal Property Management, a realty group managing leasing agreements in Ocean Breeze, told her and other residents not to worry about the details of their fixed-term leases, and that construction would not impact them for years to come.

“It felt like I was being bullied and pressured,” Beals said in an interview. “We are literally just being thrown to the wolves right now. We have no recourse.”

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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]

Statistics Canada data compiled in a presentation by an organization led by African Nova Scotians show socioeconomic disparities between Black people and other visible minorities compared to white people in Halifax, and across Nova Scotia and Canada.

The African Nova Scotian Road to Economic Prosperity Plan (REPP) has been sharing the data with Black Nova Scotians through a series of presentations at community meetings.

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Graduates and attendees to the Pathway to Success event hosted by The Africadian Empowerment Academy on Friday, June 23, 2023.
Graduates and attendees to the Pathway to Success event hosted by The Africadian Empowerment Academy on Friday, June 23, 2023. Photo: Matthew Byard
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Grads of Africadian Empowerment Academy find pathway to success with Red Seal certification

Ten students received their Red Seal certifications in skilled trades this year by taking part in the Africadian Empowerment Academy.

The students were honoured at an event dubbed Pathway to Success, which was hosted by the academy on Friday evening.

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Upper Hammonds Plains believed to be spared from wildfire damage thus far: Pastor Lennett Anderson [AUDIO]

As a wildfire continues to burn in Tantallon and Hammonds Plains, Pastor Lennett Anderson of Emmanuel Baptist Church said he believes there is, thus far, no fire damage to any homes or structures in the Black community of Upper Hammonds Plains.

“Today they’re reporting over 200 homes [damaged] in the Hammonds Plains, Tantallon region. Thankfully no damage is being heard of in the community of Upper Hammonds Plains. But the smoke has really built up today,” said Anderson.

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Welcome to East Preston and Welcome to North Preston signs
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Community land trusts could mean more affordable housing for Preston, advocates say

“I don’t know that they’re entirely interested in community land trusts for all the community support benefits that come along with it. They’re really interested in it as a way to get affordable housing built. As long as you set yourself up to give government confidence, I think there very likely could be community investments in community land trusts to make these things happen.”

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