In the mural painted in his honour, Tyler Richards looks out over his community with a pensive, protective glare, a basketball clenched between his palms. He can see the Steps—the childhood meeting place where he and his friends would congregate and play, a place Mulgrave Park kids before Richards’ generation and after have used as […]
Violence
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Police overtime spikes in wake of homicides
[Image-1] The police department has blown through nearly its entire overtime budget in the first two quarters of the fiscal year. Halifax Regional Police (HRP) confirm $2.25 million has been spent on overtime between April and October of this year. That leaves less than half a million in the department’s $2.7 million budget for the […]
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Community-driven response needed to address recent violence says Lindell Smith
[Image-1] The municipality’s latest homicide has left the councillor for Halifax Peninsula North saddened and offering his condolences to all those impacted by HRM’s continuing gun crime. Lindell Smith warned those in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting of Regional Council that he might be “a little off” due to Monday night’s shooting death on Gottingen Street. “We’re […]
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Third shooting death within 10 days
A 22-year-old man is dead following a shooting in north end Halifax. According to Halifax Regional Police, officers responded to a report of gunshots in the area of Falkland Street and Gottingen Street at 10:47pm Police found a man who had been shot inside of a vehicle. Tyler Ronald Joseph Keizer of Halifax was brought […]
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Another shooting death in Halifax
[Image-1] There’s been another homicide in HRM, the eleventh so far this year. According to Halifax Regional Police, officers received several reports of gunshots on Cragg Avenue, off of Uniacke Street, at 11:07pm. Police responding to the area found a male who had been shot and was suffering from life-threatening injuries outside of a residence. […]
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15 questions with District 6 candidate Carlos Beals
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Carlos Beals from Harbourview—Burnside—Dartmouth East sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? As a young […]
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Council to consider gun amnesty program
[Image-1] A staff report headed to Tuesday’s meeting of HRM Regional Council recommends the creation of a gun buyback program that will trade weapons for bus fare. If approved, anyone turning in a gun to police will get 50 free bus tickets from Halifax Transit. The report comes out a day after the ninth homicide so far […]
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Love conquers hate at candlelight vigil in Halifax
[Image-1] Several hundred people gathered on a drizzly Monday evening in Halifax to try and prove that love is stronger than hate. The candlelight vigil on the North Common was held to honour those killed in Orlando this past weekend, in what has become one of the worst mass shootings in American history. At least […]
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I want to be raised in a healthy environment, not a world of hatred
[Image-1] In these past few weeks, all the recent killings have put a hole in my heart. Seeing how many families and mothers had to bury their children, fathers, brothers, often makes me wonder why this world can be so cold. I am writing this for all the young people in our communities who want […]
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Hundreds gather in Halifax to march against violence
[Image-1] Over 600 people took to the streets of Halifax on Sunday afternoon in an effort to “stop the violence” that has left three men dead in less than a week. Stop the Violence founder Quentrel Provo organized the day’s event. Walking alongside several young children and a heavy police escort, Provo personally led the […]
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CeaseFire Halifax calls for a cure to recent violence
[Image-1] With the city still reeling from two murders in less than 72 hours, CeaseFire Halifax gathered together with local residents and community activists at a public rally Thursday evening in an effort to try and stop the violence. Halifax’s anti-violence intervention non-profit organized the event at Squiggle Park, on the corner of Falkland and […]
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A tragic loss of life is never “business as usual”
[Image-1] I have been silent during these last couple of days because my heart and community are truly hurting from the tragic events that have taken place. I haven’t had the time to reflect because of my busy schedule. I have spent some time talking to the young boys and men in my community, making sure […]