Forty-five-year-old Tonya Lynn Paris is a petite five-foot-two with a large voice and strong personality. Her nature embodies that of a courageous woman, always prepared to prove her critics wrong. The single mother of three boys’ life journey showed a willingness to go against the odds. In 2015, she picked up a paintbrush. Today, under […]
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Sickle Cell blood drive this Friday at Dal
Geneive Walker is a registered nurse back home in Jamaica, where she’s had first-hand experiences helping persons living with sickle cell disease. “I’ve seen it, how it actually, you know, destroys peoples’ lives. Their quality of life completely diminished,” she says. “It’s very painful to watch.” Walker is a member of the Sickle Cell Disease […]
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A “universal design” for accessibility called for at law amendments committee
Jim McDermott, professor of deaf studies at Nova Scotia Community College, wanted to express his frustration last week during public hearings at the law amendments committee about the province’s Accessibility Act. “I wanted to know different people’s comments, what they were saying, and I have no idea because it was not accessible to me,” he […]
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Clairmont The Second’s in command
SonReal presents No Warm Up Tour w/Clairmont The Second Friday, March 10, 9pm The Marquee Ballroom 2037 Gottingen Street $25/$30 Nineteen-year-old Clairmont Humphrey II, AKA Clairmont The Second, grew up listening to different types of songs that now inspire his creative sound. “First music I ever heard in my life was gospel music, and like […]
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Let Freedom Singer ring
Freedom Singer Friday, February 24, 8pm The Music Room, 6181 Lady Hammond Road $20/$25 Soul, gospel and contemporary musician Khari Wendell McClelland says he became increasingly interested in his heritage after getting off stage one day at a folk festival in Lunenburg and receiving a book by author Karolyn Smardz Frost. The narrative examined Black […]
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Loveland spreads the love
Loveland album release Friday, February 17, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $5 before 11pm, $10 after Loveland’s new album explores sounds not present in the band’s first record. Chill for You, released on Valentine’s Day, features guitarist Michael Fong and bass player Andrew Mawko, whose instruments help channel an expressive tone. “This album […]
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A long road ahead for Nova Scotians with disabilities
Nova Scotia is on its way to becoming the the third province in Canada to implement accessibility legislation, after Ontario and Manitoba. But for many living with disabilities, the act is overdue. April will mark 12 years since 40-year-old Paul Blaauw was last employed. He previously worked at a computer shop, where he enjoyed his […]