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Politics

Harris, Obamas, and Voting Rights Leaders Rally Black Voters Ahead of Election Day

In a concerted effort to boost Black voter turnout ahead of the 2024 Election Day, a variety of events and…

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Canada

Racism, mistrust remain barriers to political aspirations in N.S., say Black candidates

It wasn’t the first time Virginia Hinch had received a negative email. “I decided not to react to the first,”…

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Tech

Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist

On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax approves new boundaries for historic Black community of Beechville

Halifax Regional Municipality has changed the boundaries of the historic Black community of Beechville, N.S., to better reflect its initial…

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Nova Scotia

Historic Black community seeks to expand boundaries to better reflect original size

Residents of a historic Black community in the Halifax area have been working to have its boundaries expanded in an…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax gymnast Ellie Black wins Olympic sportsmanship award

Halifax gymnast Ellie Black says she feels honoured after winning an Olympic award that recognizes athletes who exemplify sportsmanship, the spirit of…

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Canada

New historical tour of The Bog helps gives Black newcomers to P.E.I. ‘a sense of welcome’

Tayo Agibaibi, a university student from Nigeria, says she felt “very new” when she came to Prince Edward Island two…

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Canada

The Cogswell Interchange is gone. What now for the Black families it uprooted?

Manny Grosse, 73, has lived his whole life in Halifax, most of it in public housing.  So have eight of…

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Nova Scotia

Have we seen the last of Ellie Black in Olympic competition? Maybe not

After competing in her fourth Olympics, Nova Scotian gymnast Ellie Black says she hasn’t determined if a fifth Olympics is in…

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Nova Scotia

Amherst unveils new monument honouring historic Black battalion that served in WW I

A new monument unveiled on Saturday in Amherst, N.S., honours the men who formed Canada’s only all-Black battalion in the…

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