[Image-1] It’s an early Christmas gift to The Youth Project from Raymond Taavel. Yesterday, Taavel’s partner Darren Lewis presented a cheque for $3,113 to the local non-profit which offers support services around issues of sexual orientation and gender identity to those under 25. [Image-2] As we reported a few months ago, the funds are from […]
Raymond Taavel
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Remembering Raymond
[Image-1] A permanent, likely colourful tribute to Raymond Taavel will be coming to Gottingen Street. Last week, a small group of community members gathered at the Halifax North Memorial Branch Public Library to brainstorm ideas for a permanent memorial to replace the current Raymond Taavel Healing Garden. “People liked generally including rainbows as part of […]
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Raymond Taavel’s family recieves his Diamond Jubilee
Last fall, the late, very great Raymond Taavel was awarded posthumously with the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his dedication to our community. Unfortunately, Taavel’s family was unable to attend the ceremony (where his longtime partner Darren Lewis accepted the medal) but earlier this month MP Megan Leslie made the trip to […]
