Brady Francis Archives - Nova Scotia Advocate

“These things happen right in our backyard” – Haligonians attend memorial for Eishia Hudson

April 9, 2021

Some 60 Mi’kmaq and allies gathered last evening at the Halifax Regional Police HQ on Gottingen Street to remember and honour Eishia Hudson, who was murdered by Winnipeg police one year ago. Eishia was just 16 years old when she died. Last night’s memorial in Halifax, one of four such events Canada-wide, was a sad and moving but also an angry event.

Annie Bernard Daisley: Chantel Moore will be forgotten because she is Indigenous

August 4, 2020

Annie Bernard Daisley: “You have treated our lives as though we are disposable, that we do not matter. Our lives come and go to you. We are just a number. You took from us and you still do. You do it quietly and secretly. You hide behind inquiries, you hide behind the police force, you hide behind a “knife”, you hide your hate. But we see and feel it.”