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May Ocean versus Goliath

Bruce Wark

A simple car accident has turned into a nine-year court battle between one of Canada’s largest insurance companies and a cash-strapped artist. Economical Mutual says May Ocean’s unorthodox scientific theories about the origin of humans and language prove she is
“delusional.” But Ocean says she’s just trying to get justice.

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Purrr-fect research

Anna Duckworth

Vicky Vaughan can’t begin to count the number of times Oprah has seemingly singled her out (in her living room) and told her to follow her passion. But it wasn’t until four years ago, when she was “bagged out on the couch” watching an episode of Beverly Hills Vet, that Vaughan decided to take Oprah’s […]

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Sex work in the shadows

Meredith Dault

Halifax’s sex workers are regularly assaulted and have even been killed on the job. But as a result of our hypocritical
attitudes toward sex—we can sell anything using appeals to our sexual selves, except sex itself—we can’t find a way to
protect these women. Meredith Dault tells their story. photos Aaron McKenzie Fraser

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To a safer Macdonald bridge

Tim Bousquet

Construction starts next week to extend euphemistically named “safety barriers” across the length of the Macdonald Bridge, along both the pedestrian walkway on the south side of the bridge and the bicycle lane along the north side of the bridge. The new barriers will match the existing barriers that extend only so far as the […]

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Africville’s racism documented

Hilary Beaumont

“You’ll be fighting the women off,” director Juanita Peters tells Eddie Carvery on Saturday outside his trailer along the Bedford Basin, where Africville once stood. “You’ll be famous!” Peters’ new full-length documentary, Africville: Can’t Stop Now, follows the personal stories of Eddie, his brother Irvine Carvery and their cousin, Nelson Carvery. “They were all born […]

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HFD’s old boy network

Tim Bousquet

A series of human rights complaints and questionable management decisions has plagued the Halifax fire department. Last week we detailed allegations by black firefighters of institutional racism in the city’s Fire and Emergency Services Department (see “Fired up,” April 7, link below). This week, a woman firefighter goes public to say that she too is […]

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Sex worker’s rights

Angelina Chapin

“We’re your daughters, your mothers, your aunts and your cousins,” says Valerie Scott, a wavy-haired redhead with a raspy drawl. “Next time someone makes another gratuitous insult about sex workers, challenge them on it. Defend us in public, because that’s how people’s rights start.” Scott is a sex worker herself. A former Haligonian, she is […]

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