CKDU News Collective

African Nova Scotians May Become First in Canada to Join the SRDC

david parker — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:47:54 +0000

Round Table Discussion with Rocky Jones, Denise Allen

CKDU Community Radio in Halifax hosted a round table discussion on July 19th to mark 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent, and to alert Nova Scotians to a series of upcoming town halls. The discussion featured guest panelists Dr. Rocky Jones and Denise Allen.

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Impressions of Palestine

david parker — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:18:04 +0000

From the Wall to Halifax

CKDU 88.1fm presents: 'Impressions of Palestine'.

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Israeli Refusenik Speaks in Halifax

david parker — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:30:44 +0000

Co-founder of 'Courage to Refuse' engages local Jews, challenges Zionists

Amir Locker-Biletzki is a former soldier in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). In 2002, he co-founded the ‘Courage to Refuse’ campaign. By refusing to perform his reservist work during the height of the 2nd Intifada (Palestinian uprising), he subsequently served jail time.

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Echoes of the Marshall Inquiry

david parker — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:50:24 +0000

Profile of the Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network

This audio podcast originally appeared on news.ckdu.ca and on CKDU 88.1fm radio in Halifax.

HALIFAX - Donald Marshall, Jr., was a Mi'kmaw man wrongfully convicted of the murder of Sandy Seale in 1971 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He spent 11 years in prison for murder, then was acquitted of all charges in 1983. However, grave oversights occurred during the initial Sydney Police investigation, the trial, the RCMP review, the appeal process, the 1982 re-investigation, the Reference process and at the Attorney General Department.

The Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution, a landmark report issued in 1989, found that the criminal justice system “failed Donald Marshall, Jr. at every turn”, and this was due, in part, to the “fact that Donald Marshall, Jr., is a Native”.

The report concluded with a series of recommendations to ensure that all levels of the criminal justice system, including police, attorneys, judicial bodies, and government, no longer fail to meet the minimum standards of justice for Mi'kmaq and African Nova Scotians.

Twenty years later, the CKDU News Collective explores the work of the Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network (MLSN), an organization formed to meet many of the policy recommendations as set out by the Marshall Inquiry. The following is an interview with Barry Bernard, Communications Officer, and Donna Gauvin, Case Worker, of MLSN.

The music was recorded at the Burnside Correctional Facility during an annual Cultural celebration for inmates organized by MLSN.

Nova Scotia transition houses in peril

david parker — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:51:35 +0000

Pressure mounts on the NDP government

Bryony House is a shelter for abused women and their children. It has been operating in Halifax for 31 years, and is the largest transition house for women in Nova Scotia. Each year Bryony House offers safety and shelter to over 450 women and children and answers over 4000 distress calls.

Due to a funding freeze from the provincial government, Bryony House has not seen a funding increase since 1996. This summer Bryony House cut it’s outreach services and let go their outreach employee.

Pressure is now mounting for the NDP government to help with immediate funding. CKDU spoke with Lori Walton from the Friends of Transition Houses, and Darrell Dexter, the NDP Premier of Nova Scotia at the Halifax Labour Day celebrations.