Justice minister issues directive to close loophole in street checks ban

The term “suspicious activity” will be replaced with “reasonable suspicion.”
Councillor responds to claims that East Preston is underserved by transit system

“There was weekend service in the past when the bus route was operated under the former ‘Halifax County Beaver Bank Transit Service’; a holdover service prior to HRM Amalgamation,” Hendsbee said in an e-mail. “The weekend service was running initially during the summer months to have transportation options available for youth for summer job opportunities.”
But that weekend service was cut due to low ridership.
East Preston resident says his community is underserved by Halifax Transit: “Even when they get it half right, they get it wrong”

Recent changes to Halifax Transit schedules mean inconvenient time changes for runs for bus service to and from the Black community.
Closed-door meeting on Black women in leadership raises concerns for province’s only Black female political science professor

“It is not the role of the Liberal Party to reach into other people’s communities and determine what leadership looks like,” writes El Jones in letter to Andy Fillmore about meeting hosted by MP Marci Ien.
Local Black-owned travel company gets funding to grow

“I thought that if more [Black] people could see themselves traveling around the province, then we would probably feel more comfortable to go to different paces or more inclined to want to visit,” says owner of Elevate and Explore Black Nova Scotia.
“Anything is possible:” Black coach, officials achieve firsts in Nova Scotia high school sports

Auburn Drive High School football team’s win at the provincial championship this month, was also a big day for head coach Dion Thomas-Hodges and officials Vince Williams, Andre Williams, and Anthony Williams.
A coalition for Black voices in Nova Scotia

Since 2015, the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition has been working on issues in the Black community, including justice, health, education, employment, and social services.
“You can build the world to come in the choices you make every day”

African Nova Scotian activist Lynn Jones speaks to 2021 graduating class at Mount Saint Vincent University
Six Black-owned businesses featured at Christmas at the Forum

Clothing, natural skincare products, and jewelry all offered by new vendors at this year’s show.
Virtual panel discusses the ongoing legacy of slavery and the topic of reparations

On Monday, speakers at a virtual panel discussion talked about reparations and the ongoing legacy of slavery from Nova Scotian and Canadian perspectives. The event was hosted by Dalhousie University, University of King’s College, and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and was advertised as a pre-conference event for the 2023 Universities Studying Slavery Conference to be hosted by University of King’s College. Isaac Saney, director of the transition year program, moderated the three-person panel.
