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Racist graffiti at St. Catherine’s Elementary School

August 12, 2018ByEl Jones1 Comment

On Friday, racist graffiti was discovered defacing St. Catherine’s Elementary School in Halifax’s West End. Tina Roberts-Jeffers, who has two children attending the school in the fall, saw the graffiti when she met another mother for a playdate in the school’s playground. “When I first saw it I just thought, why? Why here? Why would […]

Filed Under:FeaturedTagged With:Elwin LeRoux,racist graffiti,St. Catherine’s Elementary School,Tina Roberts-Jeffers

All teachers (and a couple of ships): Morning File, Monday, December 5, 2016

December 5, 2016ByTim Bousquet6 Comments

News 1. Schools closed If you’ve been in a cave or solitary confinement or on a three-day acid trip, you’ve missed that on Saturday the Liberal government ordered all provincial schools closed starting today. What happens now? On their respective Facebook pages, Graham Steele and Andrew Younger have been posting their informed knowledge of house […]

Filed Under:FeaturedTagged With:Darrell Dexter,daycare,Department of Education and Early Years Branch,John Risley,Karen Casey,Kenzi Donnelly,Law Amendments Committee,Liette Doucet,Lisa Rondeau,neoliberalism,Nova Scotia Parents for Teachers,Nova Scotia Teachers Union,schools closed,self-serving political agenda,Stephen McNeil,Tina Roberts-Jeffers

PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

你可以了解这个项目,包括我们如何re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on thePRICED OUT homepage.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 70 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Anna Quon is the author of three novels. The first two, Migration and Low, feature the characters of Joan and Adriana, sisters of a sort. In her third, the brand-new Where the Silver River Ends (Invisible Publishing), Quon centres a wandering Joan in Bratislava, Slovakia, on the heels of a sudden exit from Budapest. There she meets a young Roma man who guides her through the city, and helps her find a job all while dealing with constant racism against his people. It’s a story of of mixed-race identity, systemic oppression, family reconciliation, and forging one’s own path. Anna stops by the show to discuss the book’s writing—beginning with a summer in Slovakia 30 years back—using sensitivity readers, and what’s next.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodeshere.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s agreat instructional article here.Email Suzannefor help.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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