[Image-1] Once upon a time, I visited a government building with a couple female colleagues. Between us, we had six degrees and worked for almost every major print and broadcast chain in the country. We were all under 30. The security guard didn’t believe us when we identified as media. He laughed and said he […]
Rachel Ward
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The Seaport Market’s inadvertent whitening
[Image-1] A Saturday at the market is a busy affair. The warehouse-style building at Pier 20 is packed, filled with brightly coloured flowers, fresh vegetables and yummy smells of coffee, cupcakes, samosas and Jamaican beef patties. Mary Nkrumah is ready to work. The day before, she spent $135 on lamb, bought from a stand not […]
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Police need to earn the trust of black communities
[Image-1] Quentrel Provo knows a lot of people along Lake Major Road in North Preston. All those people, friends and family, asked him a lot of questions one day after the police pulled him over for speeding. He was embarrassed, he says, especially because he was working as his church’s youth pastor. “I was actually […]
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Future funding uncertain for agencies that help homeless
Groups that help homeless people in Halifax are once again worrying that the federal money that make possible their operations will dry up. The problem is that instead of providing a steady, predictable flow of funding with consistent rules and policies, Ottawa has been providing the money in two-year chunks, with no indication that the […]