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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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Twila Grosse during her announced that she's running for the PCs in the upcoming Preston byelection. Photo: Matthew Byard
Twila Grosse during her announcment that she's running for the PCs in the upcoming Preston byelection. Photo: Matthew Byard
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Twila Grosse running for PCs in Preston byelection [VIDEO]

The final candidate of the three major political parties has been announced for an upcoming byelection in the Preston riding.

Twila Grosse was announced as the PC Party’s candidate in an event in the riding on Tuesday night attended by Premier Tim Houston and members of the PC Caucus.

Grosse worked for 36 years as an accountant for the Halifax International Airport Authority before retiring in 2020.

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Renise Robichaud is a social work student at the Université de Moncton doing her masters thesis on Black mothers’ experience in the Nova Scotia child welfare system. Photo: Renise Robichaud. Robert Wright is the executive director of the People’s Counselling Clinic and the acting executive director of the African Nova Scotian Justice Institute. Photo: Zoom.
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Social work student collecting data about Black mothers’ experiences with child welfare system

A social work student in New Brunswick wants to interview Black mothers in Nova Scotia who’ve been involved with child welfare servces and the Department of Community Services for child neglect within the past five years.

Renise Robichaud is working on her masters thesis at Université de Moncton. She said Black mothers are overrepresented in the child welfare system and the main issue is the Department of Community Services relies heavily on people reporting parents to the offices of child welfare, which accounts for the majority of the cases they receive.

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Left: Raymond Sheppard, Right: Lionel Desmond
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Lionel Desmond was a victim of racism, cousin testifies at inquiry

It was two years ago this month that Raymond Sheppard first wrote in the former Nova Scotia Advocate about the role racism played in the case of his younger cousin, Lionel Desmond, who, in 2017, killed his wife, Shanna, mother, Brenda, and 10-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, before killing himself.

Desmond who served in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in the war in Afghanistan suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). An inquiry into deaths is now underway.

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