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Ryan "R$ Smooth" Somers gives the peace sign while broadcasting on the radio
Ryan "R$ Smooth" Somers
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DJ R$ $mooth celebrates career as host of longest-running Black music radio show in Atlantic Canada [VIDEO]

The longest-running Black music radio show in Atlantic Canada recently celebrated its 25th year anniversary on the airwaves.

Ryan Somers, aka DJ R$ $mooth, has been hosting $mooth Groove$ on CKDU 88.1 FM since 1998. The show, which airs every Sunday from 5pm to 8pm, broadcasts out of the Student Union Building on the campus of Dalhousie University.

“I always think of the show as like a home base, like no matter what’s going on… most people can hear me that Sunday,”

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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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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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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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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.
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]

Const. Mark Pierce, the Halifax Regional Police officer charged with assaulting a 15-year-old Black boy outside of a mall in Bedford in February 2020, came face to face last week with the youth and his parents for the first time since the night of the incident.

Demario Chambers, now 19 years old, said he received a concussion, cuts, bruises, and badly hurt finger at the hands of Pierce and his partner Const. Craig Trudel when they arrested him.

They released Chambers without charges to his parents later that night.

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

SOURCE: Halifax Examiner A worker and advocate who took part in a rally in December in support of Black Halifax Regional

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