Op-ed: Affordable housing and the Bloomfield Centre debacle
The government walking away from Bloomfield is a disastrous blow to affordable housing. North End gentrification will continue unabated.
Gentrification
This fall Gabriel Enxuga wants to represent Dartmouth Centre
Gabriel Enxuga is a candidate for city council who puts poverty , free transit, decent and affordable housing front and centre. Nothing wishy washy about his platform.
Weekend Video: Beechville. Black Nova Scotia community fights urban sprawl
Eternal Life: Preserving the Memory of Beechville is a reflective look at how one African Nova-Scotian community is coping with urban sprawl encroaching on its borders. Following the war of 1812, a group of freed slaves settled in Beechville, Nova Scotia as refugees escaping the United States. Almost two centuries later, as urbanization threatens many of Canada’s rural communities, Beechville itself is being swallowed up.
Lucasville: A 200-year old African Nova Scotian community fighting for survival
The community of Lucasville, founded by Black Refugees, is slowly being erased. A large and smelly equestrian farm is the latest nail in its coffin.
Pushing back against gentrification in Halifax
Gentrification in Halifax is pushing original residents out and changing the neighborhood, and not for the better. That’s why residents attended a community meeting last week that was all about pushing back.