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57
FALL 2013
Also in this Issue:
African Nova Scotian Realtors
“A dynamic and vibrant Black presence within the Nova Scotia Business Community.”
Black 2 Business
is the official periodical of
The Black Business Initiative
Its goal is to support the
BBI as it fosters a dynamic and vibrant
Black presence within the Nova Scotia
Business Community.
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ECO-EFFICIENCY
Published by:
Trend or Way of Life?
1Message
Editor in Chief:
Michael Wyse
Design & Layout:
Design North
Production by:
Mirabliss Media Productions
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2Dalhousie's Corporate Residency MBA
2Regional Shout-Outs
Cover Photograph:
Paul Adams
Centennial Building
Suite 1201,1660 Hollis Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 1V7
Phone: 902-426-8683
Fax: 902-426-8699
Toll Free: 1-888-664-9333
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.bbi.ca
from the Chair
& the CEO
3COVER STORY
Eco-Efficiency
8BBI's On The Move
9House of Auto Details
David & Natalie Wilson
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11 Trailblazers
Shauntay Grant &
Jessica Bowden
13 Kalen’s Take Out
Mailed under Canada Post Publications Mail
Sales Agreement no. 0040026687
Marsha Peters
C O NTENTS
15People & Business
on the Move
17African Nova Scotian
Realtors
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21Jones was a People’s Champion
Rocky Jones
25Illville International Clothing
Dennis Wright
27Smart Smiles
Dental Hygiene
Olu Brown
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29Out & About
with the BBI
30Constructing
the Future
2013 Graduation
31Ask the BBI
Entrepreneur’s Tool Kit
32Business is Jammin'
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Junior Achievement
33The Law
and Your Business
34BBI Training Schedule
36Community &
Business Events
The Black Business Initiative (BBI)
is a province-wide business
development initiative committed
to fostering the growth of
businesses owned by members of
the Nova Scotia Black Community.
The BBI focuses on supporting
business starts, business
growth and business attraction
to Nova Scotia. The BBI also
places priority on supporting
Black owned firms to improve
productivity, invest in strategic
innovations and enhance regional
and global competitiveness.
In 1996, the Government of
Canada and the Province of
Nova Scotia set up the BBI
to address the unique needs
confronting the Black business
community in Nova Scotia. For
the first five years of its existence,
BBI was funded under the
COOPERATION Agreement for
Economic Diversification, a joint
agreement between the Federal
and Provincial Governments.
The BBI is currently funded
by the federally administered
Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency (ACOA) and the Provincial
Department of Economic and
Rural Development and Tourism.
BBI Vision
A dynamic and vibrant Black
presence within the Nova Scotia
business community.
BBI Mission
To positively influence the Nova
Scotia business culture by
promoting and assisting in the
development of Nova Scotia
Black-owned businesses.
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Message from the Chair and CEO
Greg Browning, Board Chair & Mike Wyse, CEO
affect meaningful change for our communities,
for our collective prosperity; each of us needs
to be a catalyst. We need to be politically
active as voters, contributors to the political
dialogue and establish an enhanced presence
as candidates, political staff and volunteers.
We need more community members coming
forward to voice their needs, wants and
desires for a more inclusive and prosperous
future.
Message
Mike Wyse, CEO and Greg Browning, Board Chair
We are striving to be better, faster, more costeffective and more relevant – How are we
doing?
We are better positioned to improve with
honest and open dialogue. Please take the
opportunity to contact us and share your
thoughts on how the BBI can better serve
the Black business community. Though we
cannot and will not try to be all things to
all people, please know that in response
to feedback, we are driving the agenda in
areas such as training, construction sector
certifications, students in business funding,
strategic partnerships, linking businesses to
government funding programs and much more.
Be assured that we remain focused on
supporting job creation through business
starts, growth and attraction. We are working
hard to enhance our value proposition as a
viable, strategic and forward-thing cog in the
economic engine of Nova Scotia.
At the time of this writing, Nova Scotia was
in the midst of a provincial election. We want
to salute MLA Percy Paris, Irving Carvery,
Andre Cain, Stephen Gough, Tony Ince and
all the candidates for their commitment and
sacrifices to serve the community through
public service. We also want to thank all
those who took the time to become informed
about the issues and then voted. If we are to
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As we move towards the holiday season, may
we respectfully remind you that as consumers,
we have the opportunity to buy local and
support the Black business community. They
are job creators, innovators and community
builders and integral contributors to the
economic foundation of our communities.
They provide great products and services and
we each have an opportunity to invest in local
business success – in building a stronger Nova
Scotia stronger!
Editor’s Note: Both Stephen Gough and Tony
Ince were successful in winning the seat in
their ridings. Tony Ince was appointed the new
Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of
Communities, Culture and Heritage and African
Nova Scotian Affairs.
Dalhousie’s Corporate Residency MBA
by: Shauntay Grant
Travel Agencies
The Black Business Initiative (BBI) and
Dalhousie University have teamed up
to offer a very sweet deal – a $10,000
renewable scholarship for Black Nova
Scotians at Dalhousie’s Corporate
Residency MBA degree program.
Designed to quickly immerse the
“highest caliber candidates” into
the business world, the Corporate
Residency MBA offers paid corporate
residencies and high-level training in
various areas, including negotiation,
management, leadership development,
and presentation skills.
“The program trains people to meet
high-level positions,” says BBC Chief
Operations Officer Gregory Nazaire.
“It’s a very good opportunity to get
young Black professionals with
potential involved in the mainstream
corporate world.”
Nazaire says he’d like to see a larger
pool of Black business professionals
around the province. “You don’t
see enough high-level senior black
executives.”
He is confident that the new scholarship
will not only help build better capacity
in existing Black businesses, but
also provide access for better
representation of Black Nova Scotians
“in key levels of the corporate world.”
Corporate Residency MBA Director
Dan Shaw shares Nazaire’s hope for
more Black Nova Scotians in seniorlevel positions. He says diversity is
needed in the classroom as well.
“We have a very diverse faculty from
all around the world,” he says of the
MBA program. “But we haven’t had
much success at having that physical
diversity in the classroom.”
The MBA Corporate Residency
program has yet to graduate a Black
Nova Scotian student.
“We have to be progressive in
recruiting to get that diversity, and
this (new scholarship) is one tool to
do that. There are going to be real
opportunities for that person to get
amazing profile – community profile
and employer profile. So I think that’s
exciting.”
And while a background in business
may be an asset, Shaw stresses that it
is not a requirement.
“(The Corporate Residency MBA) is
also for someone who doesn’t have
any business background, but may
have a lot of raw potential,” says
Shaw. “Thirty to forty percent of our
students do undergrads in business,
but we get people from all walks of life
with backgrounds in neuroscience,
music, French… there’s a real
diversity.”
The Black Business Initiative and
Dalhousie University are currently
seeking applicants for the 2014/15
academic year. For more information
on the Corporate Residency MBA
program please visit www.dal.ca/
academics /programs /graduate /
corporate_residency_mba.html
Are you planning on travelling
to a sunny destination this
winter? Missy and Debbie are
two consultants who can help
you with your travel needs.
Missy Symonds Searl has been
contributing to peoples travel dreams
since 2010, with The Holiday Experts.
The company is based in Yarmouth but
Missy works in the HRM and offers
regional clients Skype and Facetime
appointment options. She’ll research
and plan without requiring a retainer.
Her specialities include destination
weddings, cruises, group travel, family
reunions, car rentals, domestic flights,
international bookings, travel insurance,
and more.
On Facebook:
Travel Agents of The Holiday Experts
Missy Searl and Pamela Young
[email protected]
902-483-8722
Debbie Johnson is a self-employed
travel consultant at Downtown Travel.
She entered the travel business in 1998
as an apprentice. Since then she has
taken numerous travel related courses
and has won an award as most improved
sales person in 2003. Debbie is proficient
in all aspects of the travel industry, from
booking cruises, groups and business
clients. As a member of Uniglobe
Enterprise Travel, she became certified
by TICO allowing her clients to be 100%
protected against supplier default.
‘‘For great service and great deals,
contact Missy or Debbie,” ~ the BBI.
Downtown Travel
2479 Brunswick St,
Halifax, N.S. B3K 2Z4
902-425-7458 • [email protected]
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Cover Story
Eco-efficiency
Trend or way of life?
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Paul Adams
P
eople talk about
the eco-efficiency
trend that’s been
sweeping the nation and, more
specifically,
our
province.
However, in the past decade
concerns for eco-efficiency
and sustainability have become
more than a trend. Being ecoefficient and sustainable represents a way of life that many
are embracing wholeheartedly. The African Nova Scotian
community boasts a number
Robert Loppie and Jason Vallaincourt
are considered pioneers in the
recycling industry. Back in 1999 the
duo was searching for a way to be
independent business owners. When
the green cart curbside program
was introduced to HRM, Loppie and
Vallaincourt saw an opportunity:
residents would need a way to keep
their bins clean. Their company,
Bin Doctor, started as a residential
bin cleaning service. It didn’t take
long, however, before Loppie and
Vallaincourt saw the opportunity
to grow. They expanded to create
products that would help people
recycle and compost at home and
at work. Bin Doctor now sells bins
at major retailers across the country
and has many other products as well.
For example, their kitchen bin liner is
sold at all major grocery stores.
of innovators whose environmentally conscious businesses
practices are making a difference that will last for generations.
"Let us be good stewards
of the Earth we inherited.
All of us have to share the
Earth's fragile ecosystems
and precious resources, and
each of us has a role to play
in preserving them. If we
are to go on living together
on this earth, we must all be
responsible for it."
~ Kofi Annan
U.N. Secretary-General
Robert Loppie & Jason Vallaincourt
Bin Doctor
by: Charlene Davis
Photos: Paul Adams
Not long after Bin Doctor’s birth,
entrepreneur Dana Emmerson jumped
upon another need: proper disposal
of fluorescent light bulbs. He founded
Dan-X Incorporated, a company that
sells the Mark 2000, a crushing device
that separates a lamp’s glass from the
mercury vapour without endangering
the operator to mercury fumes. This
product reduces the space it takes
to store the lamps and breaks them
down in a way that meets the criteria
for safe delivery to landfills. But there
was still a problem in Emmerson’s
eyes – the lamp waste went to landfills.
The success of the Mark 2000 birthed
his next, even more environmentally
conscious, endeavour, this time with
partner Dave Hall. Dan-X Recycling
Limited is a state of the art recycling
plant that separates all components
of light bulbs: the mercury powder,
the glass, and the metal. After this
separation, the components are sold
back into the marketplace to create
new products. This new invention
works double time for the environment.
It keeps hazardous mercury out of our
landfills and it repurposes not only the
mercury but the glass and metal too,
minimizing the energy consumption
needed to make new products.
“It’s slowly growing,” says Emmerson
of the business, but government
regulations regarding the disposal
of mercury are needed for the
business to make a larger impact. At
the moment, only environmentally
conscious businesses are willing
to pay for Dan-X’s services. To help
change this, Emmerson works to
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only in operation two days a week.
However, considering it is estimated
that the mercury from a single compact
fluorescent lamp can contaminate up
to 20,000 litres of water, any number
of recycled bulbs makes a positive
difference.
The difference made by co-efficient
initiatives expands beyond recycling
and waste reduction. In the field of
homebuilding, t wo African Nova
Scotian run businesses are contributing
greatly to Nova Scotia becoming more
eco-efficient. Charles Adams, president
and owner of Hindsight Infrared
Services Inc. and Hindsight Plumbing
and Heating, is a Certified Level 1
Thermographer and Certified Energy
Advisor for the ENERGY STAR and
EnerGuide programs. He investigates
issues such as heat loss, insulation,
Dana Emmerson
Dan-X Recycling
promote awareness of the dangers
of mercury and educates the public
on the benefits of properly recycling
mercury products. He believes Dan-X
Recycling offered a great service to
the environment by purchasing the
recycling plant. “We did it with no
regulations, we took a gamble, but we
believe that this is the way industry is
going,” says Emmerson.
Since it opened, Dan-X Recycling
has prevented about 17-18 thousand
pounds of mercury from entering
the landfill and it has crushed and
separated over four million bulbs in a
three year period. Emmerson would like
to see that number grow exponentially.
It’s actually not a lot considering their
machines can crush over 2000 bulbs
an hour; at the moment the plant is
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Charles Adams
Hindsight Infared Services Inc.
moisture, and electrical so new homes
can meet Efficiency Nova Scotia’s level
of satisfaction needs for an EnerGuide
rating. “This allows the homeowner to
get the rebates the government offers
for energy-efficient homes,” says
Adams, and it also means the homes
are a lot more environmentally friendly.
Adams’ work directly relates to the work
being done at ADEPA Construction
Management Inc. ADEPA, owned by
Black Business Consulting, focuses
on building quality, energy efficient
buildings. This eco-efficiency is built
into floors, doors, windows, studs,
walls, and roofs through a process
called the envelope. Project Manager
Gordon Tynes explains the envelope
with the analogy of pouring water in
a bucket full of holes: that’s not very
efficient. The bucket needs fewer holes.
Tynes says that most houses lose the
majority of their energy through air
exchanges from the outside to the
inside and vice versa. By building a
more efficient envelope, a house will
be tighter and the heat conduction
through the walls will be lower, which
means more energy will be conserved.
“The work required to build an energy
efficient home is in the details,” says
Tynes. “It’s not that it’s hard to do, it’s
just that people don’t pay attention to
the details.” ADEPA strives to always
be on the cutting edge of energy
efficient and environmentally friendly
homebuilding. “We’re always working
on increasing our knowledge with
respect to the envelope,” says Tynes.
As important as it is to provide
services for consumers that promote
eco-efficiency, the owners of these
entrepreneurial companies also see the
importance of being eco-efficient and
sustainable in their business practices
and home lives. Eco-efficiency is clearly
a primary concern for Bin Doctor. The
Gordon Tynes & Darrel Viner
ADEPA Construction
products and services they provide
help other businesses become more
efficient in sorting and separating their
recyclables. “Because of what we do,
businesses are able to recycle easier
and recycle better, which means fewer
products entering the waste stream,”
says Loppie. Since Loppie’s goal is for
Bin Doctor’s services and products
to help consumers and businesses
be more eco-efficient in their day to
day operations, it is important that
Bin Doctor upholds those same values.
As part of this mindset, the company
designed a water reclamation system
that completely recycles the water
used to clean bins. “Without this
system we’d go through a lot of water,”
says Loppie, “but now we’re able
to use the same water. That’s one
example of how our operation is able
to become a little more efficient.”
In addition, they’ve become eco- Emmerson. “It’s the whole process,”
efficient in their product production says Loppie. Like Emmerson, Loppie
methods. Initially they were using raw recycles at home and is conscious
materials in their kitchen bin liner. Now of his family’s energy consumption.
they use recycled materials and make “If we all participate in being a little
the liner out of recycled paper. Loppie more efficient it will help with the
says that throughout their company environmental footprint: not as much
and within business dealings they pollution, not as much waste, and not
focus on the three R’s of Reduce, Reuse, as much energy burned,” says Loppie.
and Recycle and find small ways to be
as sustainable and environmentally
conscious as they can: they use the
flip side of previously used paper
for inter-office memos, they ensure
that as much waste as possible is
recycled, and they participated in the
eco-efficient program offered by the
Custom Design
province. “If every business had the
same philosophy in terms of becoming
Additions
more efficient in each of its operations
Energy Home Audits
I can’t imagine the magnitude it would
have, “ says Loppie. “It would reduce
Kitchens & Baths
energy, it would reduce waste, it
would reduce water consumption,”
Windows & Doors
which, adds Loppie, would translate
Plumbing & Electrical
to a major reduction of resources and
major savings for the province.
Roofs & Siding
Emmerson agrees that businesses
need to actively strive to be ecoefficient and sustainable. “The way
that we handle our environment is
the responsibility of every individual,”
he says. He believes we all need to
have a realization of the way we’re
contributing to the environment, and
work to make positive contributions.
On a professional level, Emmerson’s
passion is to see mercury banned from
going into the landfills, which would
mean no risk of any more mercury
leaching into the water table and
negatively affecting plant and animal
life – humans included. On a personal
level, he also strives to be eco-friendly.
“I recycle everything I can and think
everyone should have some sort
of strategy on how they recycle in
their homes and businesses,” says
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Flooring & Trim
and Much More
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Service Excellence!
No Job too Big
or too Small
give us a call...
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Buy local. Invest local.
NOVA SCOTIA'S ECONOMY.STRONG.DIVERSE.HEALTHY.
The Black Business Community Investment Fund
CBDC Blue Water
Students in Business
Program (SIB)
Black Business Community
Investment Fund Limited
(BBCIFL)
This program assists students
between the ages of 15 and 34
who wish to explore the world of
entrepreneurship. This program
offers interest free loans up to
$5,000, training, as well as on-going
support from a strong business
development team.
BBCIFL was born out of the need to provide capital to Nova Scotia
Black-owned businesses possessing the potential to grow, show
profitability and can create jobs for Nova Scotians.
In the past 10 years, over a hundred Nova Scotians have invested
$670,000 in BBCIFL, thereby contributing in the creation of more jobs
for Nova Scotians as well as the sustainable prosperity of our great
province. 14 investments worth about $1.3 million have been made to
date.
At no other time in Nova Scotia’s recent history has there been such
optimism and potential for real economic growth and prosperity.
On behalf of our investors, we at the BBCIFL are seizing this momentum
by financing local Black-owned businesses demonstrating high
performance potential, helping them to compete on the world stage.
We believe in the enterprising nature of Nova Scotians and their ability
to create wealth for themselves and their stakeholders.
Call (902) 426-4281
to find out more about the success
stories of the businesses BBCIFL
has invested in.
www.bbi.ca
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facebook.com/BBCIFL
twitter.com/BBCIFL
With training and mentorship from
Business Is Jammin' and a CBDC
Students in Business Loan, 16 year
old Isaiah Skeete, a student at Prince
Andrew High School in Dartmouth,
started his own business, “Ayo Zai’s
Accessories”. You can reach Isaiah
at (902) 579-5903.
To learn how you can start and grow a
business with BIJ and CBDC contact:
[email protected]
902-476-9764
@BusinessIsJammin
BBI’s On the Move
2013 year to date
BIJ Summer Youth Coordinators
introduced youth to the world of
entrepreneurship province wide.
There were 1,317 participants in our
programs, workshops and camps,
which represented a 10.02 percent
increase in total participation over
last year`s activity levels. We were
pleased to have Robyn Martelly
serving the Cape Breton region, Rene
Boudreau served the Truro region,
Kayla Fells served the Yarmouth,
Shelburne and Digby regions, Brittany
Vaillancourt served the Halifax region,
Lysa McGrath served the Dartmouth
region and Marissa Walter served the
Kentville region. Good job team!
Hindsight the only Black-owned firm
and one of only five companies in
Nova Scotia licensed to do Energy
Advising.
BBI in partnership with Dalhousie
University’s Faculty of Management
is currently offering a new scholarship
for the Corporate Residency MBA
program at the
Rowe School
of Business.
The $10,000
renewable
scholarship will be awarded annually
to a Nova Scotian resident of African
descent.
The objective of this
scholarship is to support access
for young African Nova Scotians to
advanced business education and
training so they can help build a
more competitive and stronger Black
business sector in Nova Scotia. Don’t
miss out, apply today!
BIJ staff members collaborated with
the Black Basketball Association
to showcase youth businesses at
the final game of the tournament
at St. Mary’s University on May
19th. Thirteen young entrepreneurs
operating five businesses learned
about entrepreneurship by running
a business for a day. ``It was fun,
exciting and most of all motivated me
to start my own business`` - Roddy
DeLeon.
BBI assisted with the process for
Hindsight Infrared Services Inc.
(owned and operated by Charles
Adams) in signing an Energy Advisor
Contract Agreement with Nova Scotia
Home Builders Association (NSHBA)
on September 20th. This makes
BBI collaborated
with
Progress
Media to produce
a 15 page spread
(page
137-152)
in
the
20th
anniversary edition
of the Progress
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magazine.
This section featured Black-owned
businesses, cultural tourism and youth
entrepreneurship and mentorship.
BBI conducted a successful two
and a half-day Introduction to
Entrepreneurship training program for
the Cumberland African Nova Scotian
Association (CANSA) in Amherst. Ten
people attended including community
youth and staff. “What I found most
valuable in the workshop was learning
how to open my own business and
what I need to do” – Participant.
BIJ hosted its annual fundraising
Golf Tournament on September 26th.
This was the best year ever. Funds
will be invested in empowering youth
through entrepreneurship. Join the
fun again in September 2014.
In partnership with funders including
Economic and Rural Development
and Tourism and Labour and
Advanced Education, BBI has secured
$577,083.45 in training funds to help
firms build skills and capacity to grow
and compete.
In a new partnership with David
Upton and CBDC Bluewater, the
BIJ/RBDM team
have supported
five youth to
secure Students in
Business loans. If you are a student or
know a student who wants to start a
business, give Rodney Small a call at
476-9764.
BBI has disbursed 10 business
loans at a total amount of $203,505
and leveraged $197,000 through
collaboration with other lending
partners. We are currently
collaborating with the CBDCs
association to host joint information
sessions in several regions.
A successful Constructing the Future
graduation took place at the Nova
Scotia Community College (NSCC –
Leeds Street) on August 27th where
10 out of 15 participants graduated.
Community and government partners,
stakeholders and family member,
along with BBI staff, attended. “CTF
opened many doors for me. The
program introduced me to various
construction related trades as now I
am enrolled at NSCC in the Plumbing
Program” – Khothatso Mokoena
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by: Emily Rendell-Watson
House of
Auto Details
David and Natalie Wilson, Owners
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Photo contributed
T
The waiting room of
House of Auto Details is
bright, clean and quint-
essentially anti-garage, more like an
upscale car spa than a garage.
“We call it the anti-garage because
it doesn’t look like any of the
garages we’ve been in. It’s fresh. I
find so many garages you walk in
and the customer area seems like
an afterthought, it’s not the main
priority,” say owners David and
Natalie Wilson.
After working in upscale dental
practices in New York for 15 years,
Natalie wanted to emulate some of
the things people responded to in
New York at House of Auto Details.
be an excellent opportunity to see
what we could do in terms of being
in business for ourselves,” says
Natalie, who believes that starting
House of Details has fulfilled
David’s passion.
“His dream is that he could drive
a new car every week. I said,
‘Well your dream has come true.
You drive a new car every day.
Porsches, Toyotas, Minis, Land
Rovers’.”
David, who is a Dupont Cromax Pro
Qualified Refinisher, began working
on cars when he was a child at his
father’s garage.
“People respond to being in an
atmosphere where they feel like
they are being taken care of. Every
car that comes into our care, we
go out and talk to the customer,
whether it’s raining or whatever,
we go outside and chat with them
about what their concerns are. It’s
about what they want and catering
to them.”
“My father’s body shop was
walking distance from my house.
I started painting my Tonka trucks
as soon as I could hold a paint gun.
It’s just in my DNA. It’s the final
product that is always the drive.
It’s also sometimes the challenge,
we can get cars in that are really
gross,” says David. “We’ve had
a car that was maggot-infested. I
was checking the carpet to see if it
was wet and I pulled it up and there
were maggots. The customer had
spilled milk.”
House of Auto Details opened in
June 2013 with financial and other
support from the Black Business
Initiative.
Both agree that it’s not necessarily
about the money. Instead, even if it
costs more, their aim is to clean the
car and make it look brand new.
“I always eventually wanted to work
for myself, but David got laid off and
I had been working as volunteer
dean at Sandy Lake Academy.
When the opportunity to get into
the Centre for Entrepreneurship
Education and Development (CEED)
program came by chance, we
decided to think about it, and as we
got more details we thought it would
“It’s about providing a service that
matches the way we look,” says
Natalie, who has noticed that this
approach has drawn a wide variety
of customers.
“We had a customer come in
during August who has a Porsche
SUV. He came in and said that he
usually takes his car to the Porsche
dealership but he wanted to give
us a try. He said if he liked us he
would bring his other car in. He
came, he brought in his Porsche,
we cleaned it for him and he was
absolutely impressed with our
service. He dropped off his Hummer
later the same day,” says Natalie,
noting that the customer was
particularly impressed with their
professionalism and wide variety of
services.
House of Auto Details offers
customers a number of unique
services, including cleaning car
seats and strollers using only
steam and environmentally friendly
products. They also offer a service
called “While you were sleeping.”
Customers who can’t do without
their car during the day have the
option of dropping it off at night
and picking it up the next morning.
Although the service requires more
work related to scheduling, the
Wilsons agree that it is necessary
to offer something new when
opening a new business.
As House of Auto Details continues
to grow, the Wilsons are looking at
partnering with the CEED Second
Chance Program, an initiative for
people who have been involved
with the law. The Wilsons hope
to develop apprenticeships where
people going through the program
would learn how to auto detail, and
work with customers.
House of Auto Details
David and Natalie Wilson
9 Symonds Road, Bedford, NS
(entrance is located on the
Hammonds Plains Road)
W: www.houseofautodetails.ca
E: [email protected]
T: 902-404-1500
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Trailblazers
2013 Progress
Women of Excellence
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On November 6, 2013 two women from the African Nova Scotian community were
recognized with a Women of Excellence award during a dinner ceremony held at the
World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax
Shauntay Grant
Shauntay Grant was the recipient of the Arts and Culture Award. This
award is given to ‘Women or groups of women who make a significant,
professional contribution to the development, preservation or appreciation
of the visual or performing arts, which enrich the cultural life of the
community.’
Shauntay Grant is a writer, spoken word performer, broadcast journalist,
and musician. She has shared her blend of poetry and music internationally
at festivals and events, and as Halifax's third Poet Laureate she organized
Canada's first national gathering of Canadian Poets Laureate in 2010.
Shauntay holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Dalhousie University
and a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of King's College.
She regularly conducts arts workshops and performances for youth and
adults at festivals, schools and community centres around the country.
She coordinates the Halifax-based arts-for-social-change performance
series CommUNITY and her original works of poetry and music have been featured nationally on radio and
television, and in several anthologies.
Shauntay was a Poet of Honour at the 2010 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Ottawa. Her children’s
picturebook memoir Up Home (Nimbus 2008) won a 2009 Best Atlantic Published Book Award, and her
stage play Steal Away Home won the 2011 Jury Award for Outstanding Drama at the Atlantic Fringe
Festival. Shauntay is the recipient of a 2011 INSPIRE Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters. She serves on
the board of Youth Voices of Nova Scotia, and she is a regional music host for CBC Radio in the Maritimes.
Jessica Bowden
Jessica Bowden received the Entrepreneur and Innovator award, given
to ‘Women or groups of women whose outstanding achievement and/
or innovation in entrepreneurial or technological endeavors has led to
successful business operations and/or success in breaking into new
markets or technological fields.’
Jessica Bowden is the founder and CEO of Teens Now Talk Magazine, the
first publication written by teens for teens in Nova Scotia and throughout
Atlantic Canada. She has spearheaded numerous unique and successful
youth and community organizations and events such as the annual TNT
Passport 2 You-th Success XPO and Hali-Cares Fashion Show.
As a youth advocate and entrepreneur for over 25 years, Jessica is also
a sought after inspirational speaker, personal development facilitator, and
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international professional model. Her talents for translating youth and adults’ opinions, needs, values, and concerns into
practical tools and programs for achieving positive self-worth and personal power have been demonstrated time and again.
Jessica has been recognized for her work in creating opportunities for youth and young adults including:
• the Hope Success and Empowerment Award, presented by former Governor-General of Canada, Michaëlle Jean
• the HRM Volunteer Award
• Inducted into the Black Cultural Centre, Dr. W.P. Oliver Wall of Honor, for the outstanding contributions to the youth
and communities
• the Hali-Award, recognition for outstanding work with youth in the HRM, nominated by youth.
The BBI sends them each hearty congratulations and wishes them continued success in their chosen fields.
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walk the lands that were settled by people of African descent who
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England Planters in the 1760s, Black Loyalists between 1782 and 1784, Black
refugees of the War of 1812, as Jamaican Maroons who were exiled from
their home lands in 1796, and as Caribbean immigrants to Cape Breton in the
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by: Carol Dobson
Kalen’s
Take Out
Marsha Peters, Owner
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Photo contributed
W
hile
food
trucks
may
be trendy –
and the subject of cable television
shows – Nova Scotians have long
had their own favourites, which usually appeared each summer, along
the highways and byways of the
province.
For years, Marsha Peters’ father
had one – Bob’s Takeout started in
a converted school bus turned into
a chip wagon. So being in the food
business was in her blood.
“When my kids were small, their
friends kept telling me I should run a
restaurant because I could cook pretty
well any kind of food, even Chinese
food and pizza,” she says.
She found a trailer that had been used
as a pizza place, got the financing for
it, with help from the BBI, equipped it
with the equipment she needed, and
painted it a cheery shade of orange.
It’s open six days a week – closed
Mondays.
The next step was to find the perfect
location, which she found on Highway
303 in Conway – on the main road
leading into Digby, and across from
the Car Quest shop. Friends of hers
had been running a mobile takeout on
that spot and had decided to close it
down, so the space became hers. A
recent addition of two bright orange
flags, plus an orange-topped mobile
sign helps draw customers in. The
‘Kalen’ in the name of her business is
her young grandson.
Marsha Peters and Kalen
As they say, timing is everything and
she opened last year just before the
beginning of the Wharf Rat Rally on the
Labour Day weekend, when thousands
of motorcyclists invade the town for
the weekend.
She decided to stay open all winter
although, until people realized that she
was indeed open, things were slow.
“After Christmas, people generally
don’t have much money,” she admits.
“But once they found out we were
there, things got really, really busy.”
Reviews on Yelp talk about the hearty
sizes of her portions; of the delicious
batter on her scallops; the tenderness
of her deep fried clams; the reasonable
price of her local delicacy, rappie pie,
and the ability to choose freshly made
or frozen French fries. In fact a picture
of her ‘Buddy Burger’ posted on the
Yelp site quickly makes the reader’s
mouth water.
“I have people who drive down from
Windsor, from the North Mountain,
and Berwick just to eat here,” she
says.
This summer has been really busy and
she enhanced her promotional efforts
by entering a float in the annual
Scallop Days parade.
“We had Kalen on the float, we
passed out menus, and he was
throwing candy to people watching
the parade,” she says. “That
brought a lot of business, so it was
awesome.”
While for many, Labour Day and
the annual Wharf Rat Weekend,
signal the end of summer, she says
business has been steady during
the month of September. Her plan
is to stay open for most of the
winter, with perhaps a month off to
recharge and regroup when things
get slow.
“When a customer tells me the food
is great and thanks me, that means a
lot,” Peters says. “Business is good
and I’m wishing I’d done it sooner.
Kalen’s Take Out
Marsha Peters
204 Highway 303 Conway
Digby, NS B0V 1A0
T: (902) 308-9058
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People & Business
on the Move
For the past five years, Cinera States
has mentored young students in an
after-school program that aims to
increase the number of AfricanNova Scotians pursuing postsecondary education in the fields of
science, technology, engineering and
mathematics. This community work
has led to a September placement at
the Dalhousie Medical School for the
North Preston resident.
East Preston’s Justine Colley has
been named to Canada’s team
for the women’s FIBA Americas
Championship in Xalapa, Mexico.
The top-three finishers in the
tournament qualify for the 2014 world
championship.
Captain (ret’d) George Borden
was the special guest speaker
at this July’s 20th anniversary
commemoration of the First World
War’s No. 2 Construction Battalion,
Canadian Expeditionary Force (19161920).
Congratulations to Mount Saint
Vincent’s Anika Needham-Reece,
who won the Science Atlantic
Research Award – Best Poster
Presentation at the 37th Science
Atlantic Undergraduate Psychology
for her unique project; The Effects of
Text Language Knowledge and Visual
Cues on Homophone Identification
Skills.
The Africville Heritage Trust Society
has awarded its first ever scholarship
to a descendant of Africville. Rajean
Boudreau of Dartmouth, NS was
awarded $2,000 in recognition of
her scholastic excellence and the
Trust’s desire to support her in her
studies, which she will continue
in the Masters of Social Work
program at Dalhousie University.
The scholarship, which is the result
of money donated to the AHT from
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law firm Waterbury Newton, was
awarded at the closing event of the
Africville Genealogy Society’s 30th
Annual Africville Reunion.
Also, at the reunion Dr. George Elliott
Clarke read a portion of the draft
play he is writing for the AHT. This
play, The Roots of Africville, will tell
the story of Black Refugees from the
War of 1812 - why they left the United
States and came to Nova Scotia and
what they faced upon their arrival.
The play, will be performed in 2014
and is funded by the War of 1812
Commemoration Fund of the Dept. of
Canadian Heritage.
The Africville Genealogy Society
presented a Youth Basketball
Tourney to celebrate the Reunion’s
30th Anniversary. Due to bad
weather, the tourney was forced
to move inside to the Community
YMCA on August 3rd.
Lawrence Hill was named 2013’s
CBC Massey lecturer. Hill, author of
the Book of Negroes, talked about
his new book, Blood: The Stuff of
Life, on a cross-country lecture
series. The book, Hill’s ninth, is now
available. He gave a lecture on Oct.
17 at 8 p.m. at the Rebecca Cohn
Auditorium, Dalhousie Arts Centre,
Halifax. A documentary on “Blood:
The Stuff of Life” will air on CBC
Radio One’s Ideas from Nov. 11 to 15
at 9 p.m.
Shayln Williams has become the
first African Nova Scotian woman to
become an engineer.
Congratulations to Halifax boxer Tyson
Cave, who successfully defended
his super bantamweight Canadian
Professional Boxing Commission
International Title in August in a bout
against Hungarian Gabor Molnar in
Africville.
On September 12, a graduation
ceremony was held at the Glace
Bay Universal Negro Improvement
Association for participants
in a training program geared at
helping seniors get back to work.
Participants enjoyed 12 weeks
of training in areas including
accounting, first aid, WHMIS,
personality dimensions, food
handling, food safety, traffic
control, human rights, healthy
lifestyles, stress management, and
some seniors were even trained to
use a forklift.
Officials from Black churches in
the Halifax area have developed
a community program they hope
will help keep young people safe,
assist them in making good life
choices, boost youths’ self-esteem,
and steer them far from nefarious
adults.
The Rites of Passage mentorship
project was unveiled this summer
for youth between the ages of
11 and 18. The program began
in October and operates twice
monthly on Saturday mornings.
Trained adult volunteers guide
participants through sessions
on heritage and culture, health
and sexuality, family matters,
spirituality, and social graces.
For the fourth year in a row, Hockey
Nova Scotia will hold the Black
Youth Ice Hockey Initiative. The
program is a partnership with the
Black Ice Hockey and Sports Hall
of Fame Society. The program
provides boys and girls of African
Canadian backgrounds the chance
to experience ice hockey in a
controlled, safe and fun on-ice
environment. Starting October
26th, this year’s program consists
of 18 on-ice weekly sessions
coordinated by fully certified
Hockey Nova Scotia instructors
along with community coaches.
Dr. Ingrid Waldron of the Dalhousie
School of Nursing will be the
principal investigator for the first
Community-Driven Health Impact
Assessment Tool. The project is
focused on how race, gender, sexual
orientation, income, education and
disability affect the health of AfricanNova Scotians and aboriginal people
in north-end Halifax and will help
residents develop a tool to evaluate
programs or services before
they’re implemented to determine
the impact they might have on the
neighbourhood.
Ernest Simmonds, the custodian at
Nelson Whynder School, purchased
pink anti-bullying shirts for every
pupil and staff member in the
school for the school’s anti bullying
assembly on Pink Shirt Day in
September.
RCMP Const. Darren Sylvester was
the winner of the 26th annual Const.
Jonathan Skeete Memorial Fun Run
held in Whitney Pier. Sylvester, from
Membertou First Nation, finished in
first place with a time of 19 minutes
59 seconds, becoming the first
RCMP officer to win the race in its
26-year history. The race is named
in honour of Const. Jonathan Skeete,
the first indigenous African Nova
Scotian from Cape Breton Island to
be recruited by the RCMP.
Congratulations to Ruth Holmes
Whitehead on the launch of her new
book, “Black Loyalists”, in June.
Isabelle Chase, of the Northern
Region, placed first in the 2013 REP
Provincial Spelling BEE on Saturday,
May 25 at Mount Saint Vincent
University. Second place honours
went to Maggie Andrew and third
place to Jaziah Sparks-Clyke, both
of the Dartmouth region. 4-yearold Ahnaleigh Simmonds received a
standing ovation for her reading of
the Marva Collins' Creed.
The 40th Anniversary of the Apex
Invitational Golf Golf Tournament
was held at the Truro Golf and
Country Club on August 2nd and
3rd; attracting more than 120 golfers
from across North America. Since
2000, the Apex Invitational Golf
Association, in partnership with
Investors Group Financial Services
and Pye Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd.,
has issued 67 scholarships totalling
$43,250 to young Black Colchester
County students for higher learning.
The launch of Gloria Wesley’s latest
book, “If This is Freedom”, was held
on Thursday, September 19 at the
Halifax North Library.
Pat Watson (jazz/gospel singer) and
John Bird (keyboard) performed
for the Tunes at Noon – Alderney
Landing in Dartmouth in August.
There was also an evening
performance the same day with
Dr. Henry Bishop, Dave Harrison
and the Imoja Diversity Drummers,
and the Hallelujah Praise Choir.
These events were part of Alderney
Landing's summer concert series
and a tribute to Nova Scotia's 1812
Refugees.
The Chronicle Herald is running a
series featuring Nova Scotians who
have immigrated to this province,
under the title of “Nova Scotia –
A to Z”. The profile for letter ‘D’
was Henry Bonilla, who is from
the Dominican Republic. Julianna
Burgesson, formerly of Ghana
was profiled under letter ‘G” while
Patricia Wilson, from Jamaica was
the profile for letter ‘J’.
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by: Carol Dobson
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W
hen Craig McIntyre of
Exit Realty began working in real estate, he
was one of only a small number of
Black Nova Scotians in the field.
from out west from people who wanted
to come home. Some of them did, but
they’re now returning out west because
not much has happened yet and they’ve
lost hope.”
“There were only about three of us
and there was a perception that it was
a ‘white man’s world’,” he says. “I
thought, if they can do it, I can do it, and
it’s nice to see many more who have
followed us since then.”
Exit Realty’s Shay Murphy chose it as
one of two career options. “I was either
going to be a police officer or a realtor,”
she says. “I wanted to have time to
spend with my two kids. I grew up in
Craig McIntyre
Exit Realty
With Halifax becoming so much more
ethnically diverse in the past few years,
he’s noticed an increase in agents
from Chinese- and Arabic-speaking
backgrounds who proudly list those
language skills on their business cards.
He got into real estate himself after a
poor experience selling his own home.
It had been listed for several months
with a real estate agent he describes as
doing “an awful job.” When he shifted
agents, the house was sold before the
sign was erected on his property. That
cinched the deal for him.
One reason many look at real estate as
a viable career is the fact that there is
freedom to choose when and how much
you work.
“When I first got into this in 2008, it
was a strong buyer’s market but it’s
now changed to a seller’s market and
probably will stay that way for the next
several months. When the ship deal was
announced, I had all kinds of phone calls
Shay Murphy
Exit Realty
Mulgrave Park and I always liked to help
people, so this was a way to establish
a good business and make the process
easy for people who wanted to achieve
their goal of owning a home.”
She got her real estate license two
years ago and carries out a lot of
her business in the Portland Estates/
Portland Hills area of Dartmouth. That’s
where she lives and finds that it’s an
ideal neighbourhood for young families,
as it’s a family oriented community with
schools and other amenities close by,
yet conveniently located minutes from
downtown or the highway to the airport.
“I love the flexibility because I can look
after my kids and schedule my work
for evenings and weekends,” she says.
“I’m busy – closed four houses last
week alone.”
Compared to Murphy, Kelli Tynes
Harrington of Royal Lepage Atlantic is
a veteran. She made the career switch
after she retired as a flight attendant,
so she could also spend time with her
family.
“I got into it just as we sold our first
house,” she says. “The market has
grown quickly since then.”
She says that real estate is an industry
which has a high turnover – people
come in, try it for a few years and
then move on to someone else. Her
Kelli TynesHarrington
Royal Lepage
approach, which has served her over
the past decade, is to look at it as a
business where building relationships
with clients is as important as the actual
sales themselves. It’s also a market that
fluctuates between a buyer’s one and a
seller’s one.
“There’s a lot of product on the market
right now and some of it has been there
for a long time,” Tamuno Cookey of
Royal LePage says. “If interest rates go
up, then house prices may end up going
down. So, when people are looking at
buying a house, they have a choice of
whether to make their decision based
on the price of the house or the rate of
interest they are going to be paying.”
Cookey himself combines two careers –
first as a real estate agent and secondly
as a property manager. He bought his first
property after returning from teaching
English in Korea and transitioned into
the real estate field at the same time.
Today, in addition to selling properties all
over the Halifax Regional Municipality,
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of pace, a more flexible lifestyle and a
potential for greater earnings.
“I love it because I have more time to
spend with my family,” he says. “I’m
Tamuno Cookey
Royal Lepage
he says he also manages 15 “doors” or
income properties.
Another realtor who is transitioning into
the field full-time is Christian Bailey of
Sutton Realty. He’s counting down the
days until his release from the Royal
Canadian Navy in December. Currently
he’s an electrical engineer on board
HMCS St. John’s, and is selling real
estate not only in Halifax but in New
Brunswick and the United States.
“I just flipped a house in Atlanta,” he
says. “I’m involved with the HRM
(investment club) which is a great
networking organization serving a group
Chris Peters
Exit Realty
tending to work a lot in my own back
yard of Eastern Passage and Cow Bay.
This is a fairly transient population with
lots of military people moving in and
out. There are also some great new
developments – most homes are split
entry with three bedrooms and one
and a half baths. I’m also seeing a
growth in second level homes – where
people are upsizing. There are a lot
of positive trends in this area and the
whole demographic is changing.”
Halifax’s North End is a prime spot for
people looking for new homes. Tunde
Balogen of Re/Max Nova Scotia has
been selling real estate here for the
past year.
Christian Bailey
Sutton Reality
of real estate investors. It’s a great place
to network and learn about the field
– that’s where I’ve gotten everything I
needed to start in this business.”
Chris Peters, who works for Exit Realty
in the Eastern Passage area, also made
the transition from another career into
real estate. He worked in the telecom
industry for many years and made the
switch because he wanted a change
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“It’s become a trendy area, with lots of
art and cultural things happening here,
and I think it will be the new downtown
within a decade,” Balogen says. “The
Tunde Balogen
Re/Max NS
North End is the best part of Halifax for
those who want to work here and live
here, which is why I tend to list and sell
houses here.”
His words are echoed by Dale Swift,
who is also with Re/Max. Swift not
only sells home but also owns several
apartment buildings and likes to engage
in flipping homes as well, so he calls
himself an entrepreneur/investor as
well as a real estate agent. He is also
committed to helping people, especially
in the North End, see how they can
organize their finances so that they too
can own their own homes.
Dale Swift
Re/Max NS
“I spend a lot of time encouraging more
people to get out of renting and into
owning their own homes, it’s one of
my pet projects,” he says. “I have a
structure that I go over with clients to
show them how they can become home
owners. After all, we live in one of the
best places to be in Canada – we have
everything here we need.”
Linda Williams works for Coldwell
Banker Associates Real Estate in Lower
Sackville.
A new realtor, Linda recently passed
the Nova Scotia Association of Real
Estate exam and has just been an agent
for three months. “I am working with
an excellent team with lots of good
support and experience”, says Linda
about the company she works for that
has been in the business for 110 years.
A retired business analyst from Bell Aliant
and a master hair dresser, she recently
finally realized her dream of becoming
a real estate agent and hasn’t looked
back. A few of Linda’s specialties include
resale, new construction, condominiums
and investment properties. “I want to
make them feel like long term friends
not clients – give them superior service
and to go above and beyond their
expectations.”
“The North End is the best part of
Halifax for those who want to work
here and live here, which is why I
tend to list and sell houses here.”
- Tunde Balogen
Re/Max Nova Scotia
Event though she’s new to the business
she says, whether it’s a sellers or
buyers market, there are no limits for
growth. And her growth includes not
only on the job experience but she says
continuing education is important for
success. She is taking online courses
through Coldwell Banker University that
includes technology tools and apps,
photography. “Coupled with a good
attitude and superior work ethic I know
I will realize fantastic rewards.”
Linda Williams
Coldwell Banker
The final agent in this story, Lisa Coates,
uses a different approach than her male
counterparts. She focuses much of her
work on female clientele – “alpha females,”
including single women who want to own
their own homes and women who are the
primary decision makers in their home
because their partners are often away
serving in the military or have jobs that
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Jones was a People’s
Champion
by: Sherri Borden Colley
The Chronicle Herald
Danny Abriel, Dalhousie University
“The eyes which have seen the
mountains are not moved by valleys”
— African proverb (Swahili)
W
hen Burnley (Rocky)
Jones saw mountains before him,
he climbed them. And when he was
forced into valleys, he was not shaken.
Neither mountains nor valleys intimidated Rocky.
The overt discrimination he had
experienced for the first time at age
12 in his hometown of Truro, when a
pool hall manager had refused to let
him play pool because he was black,
prepared him for those mountains and
valleys. That experience and many
others led him to dedicate his life to
fighting for human rights.
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My 90-year-old father who, to this day,
still refers to himself as “coloured,”
encountered similar racism. As a young
man growing up in New Glasgow,
he was unable to get his hair cut at
barbershops, could not eat in white
restaurants and was forced to sit in
the upstairs section to watch a movie
at the Roseland Theatre.
Because of a common experience with
racial discrimination, it was not difficult
for me and others from marginalized
communities across Nova Scotia to
connect with Rocky.
My dad rarely spoke of those painful
experiences.
When Rocky spoke, people listened
and results followed. His words
mattered.
But, with consistent passion and
determination for change, Rocky did.
And he never wavered from speaking
the truth, even if that meant rocking
the boat.
He was a pioneer who fought for the
rights of those who could not fight or
could not speak for themselves.
“Rocky believed in justice, equity,
and action,” Patti Doyle-Bedwell,
director of the Dalhousie University’s
Transition Year Program (TYP) for
black and native students, wrote in a
Facebook post one day after Rocky’s
July 29 death.
But at the same time, he often received
harsh criticism from both the black and
white communities for his sometimes
controversial stances.
Rocky was not afraid of speaking out
against racist establishments that
continuously hindered disenfranchised
people from advancing, even when
it involved the government, the
education system or police.
Archy Beals, a TYP alumnus, called
Rocky “the voice of reason in an
unreasonable world.”
Commendably, Rocky was also just
as willing to point out faults in his
own community. Rocky spoke the
truth about the black community, even
when that truth was uncomfortable.
I remember when I interviewed Rocky
in March 2013 about a provincial
black family meeting he organized. He
spoke about our community being in
crisis because of the legacy of sexual,
physical and emotional abuse within
our community, high prison rates and
difficulties for black students in the
educational system.
he told me how proud he was of me
for continuing to report stories about
the African Nova Scotian community.
With this type of encouragement and
motivation coming from one of Nova
Scotia’s most profound leaders, this
was not a difficult task.
I, for one, am glad we had one of our
most passionate voices and community
elders still pounding the pavement in
this struggle for access and equality. As
a younger generation, we needed his
wisdom and guidance.
and Mi’kmaq communities back
in 1970 in establishing the TYP — a
one-year university access program
at Dalhousie University for black
and aboriginal students — that I
was given the opportunity to pursue
a four-year journalism degree at the
Through his example, Rocky taught me
lessons that will resonate with me for
In a conversation I had with Rocky a lifetime.
earlier this year, I remember him saying
that he could not believe that, at his I was proud to call him one of my black
age, he was still in the struggle, fighting leaders.
many of the same battles he had fought It was because of the vision of Rocky
in past decades.
and a few other leaders in the black
Whenever I met Rocky on the street,
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Christina Izzard,
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Realtors
continued from page 20
Lisa Coates
Sutton Realty
take them away from home for long
periods of time.
Coates is a second generation realtor,
who moved from Boston to Nova Scotia
at the height of the downturn in the U.S.
economy.
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“The industry was highly competitive
in Massachusetts, with 45,000 agents
compared to only 1,100 here in the
HRM,” Coates says. It was a good
decision and she is ranked within the
top 20 agents in sales for the first half
of 2013.
taking pictures of things that catch
her eye around the city and keeping
those images in a gallery so that when
someone asks her about a particular
event or neighbourhood, she can
produce pictures and, as they say, a
picture is worth a thousand words.
In addition to being a realtor, she is
also a certified Women Real Estate &
Lifestyle Design Advisor. Her approach
is one of finding the best home to suit
her clients’ needs and lifestyles so that
the homes they buy works perfectly for
them.
She’s also known for her canine
assistant, her “fur baby” Melanie.
“She’s been with me for four years
and has a wonderful personality. If the
weather’s bad and it’s not fit for her to
be out, my clients will ask me, ‘where’s
Mel’?”
Part of her success lies in her inherent
curiosity. She can often be found
“If you are buying or selling you now
know who to call,” ~ the BBI
Rocky Jones
continued from page 22
University of King’s College in 1993.
Prior to graduating from TYP, I had
graduated from a radio and television
broadcasting program at the Nova
Scotia Community College. Still, I
believed university was unattainable
due to finances and other barriers.
Through TYP, a door I had thought
would forever be closed was opened.
At the 40th anniversary of the TYP in
November 2010, Rocky was presented
with an honorary plaque for his
contributions to the program. When
he accepted, he was beyond humbled.
As he approached the podium, he was
overcome with emotion as he looked
out in the crowd and saw the fruits of
his labour. Just before Rocky spoke,
one by one, TYP alumni told about how
they had gone on to become nurses,
managers, lawyers, police officers,
journalists, university professors and
business owners all across Canada
as a result of the opportunity TYP had
provided them.
Again, Rocky’s vision four decades ago
played a key role in that success.
TYP was just one of Rocky’s babies.
He was also one of the founders of the
Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq law (IB
& M) program at Dalhousie University.
Again, this program has produced
many fine lawyers.
And more recently, in 2011, Rocky helped
establish the Ujamaa Association, a
not-for-profit organization formed to
address socioeconomic challenges,
educational disadvantages and high
incarceration rates among African
Nova Scotians.
And right up until his final breath, he
was fighting for the future development
of the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra
School site in inner-city Halifax.
In fact, after Rocky fully retired from
practising law, he often joked that he
was busier now than he had been
while running his own law firm.
Community members, black inmates,
universities, community leaders and
reporters continued to call upon him.
He loved his community. And despite
the racism he endured throughout
his lifetime, he continued to love his
province and his country. You, my
friend, were a gift to Canada.
Thank you, Rocky, for setting an
example through your activism,
leadership, mentorship and generosity.
Examples have children. So, in honour
of Rocky, let each one of us continue
to carry the torch that he endlessly
carried in his fight for social justice and
equality.
Originally published in the Chronicle Herald,
July 30, 2013. Used by Permission
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Illville
International Clothing
Dennis Wright, Owner
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hen
Dennis
Wright
was
given
the
opportunity to open Illville International
Clothing he dropped everything.
Wright was selling his designs out
of Catch A Look Clothing and Barber
Shop in Sackville, while studying as a
full time paralegal student at Success
College in early 2013.
“Catch A Look was the original
location that I sold my product. When
they opened up the second location
[in Bayer’s Lake Business Park], they
had the space and offered me the
opportunity to have my own boutique,”
says Wright.
“I was planning on starting a career in
the legal field. Right when I was about
to get my diploma this opportunity
presented itself and I decided that I
wanted to do clothes and music for the
rest of my life and nothing else. I had to
drop everything I was doing and make
this store my number one priority,”
says Wright.
Although he still shares the location,
Wright has expanded his store from
one rack to selling children’s and
infant clothing, accessories, and ladies
underwear-which he says is a popular
seller.
“I’ve also started to sell people’s
artwork. I support graffiti artists like
Fuze, I have a lot of his work in my
store. I also sell Tara Taylor’s artwork.
She’s from East Preston. Tara does
polymer portraits as well as earrings
and necklaces,” says Wright, adding
that he is proud that he can support
the local art community.
Wright hopes to eventually compete
with the international fashion
community and see more people
wearing his designs.
“It’s not about just printing t-shirts for
people in Nova Scotia and making a
quick buck. It’s this desire I have to
put Nova Scotian fashion on the same
level as other big cities,” says Wright.
“People definitely seem to like what
I do, they seem to appreciate that
Nova Scotia has a brand of its own
now in the fashion world. I think it has
inspired other people to start their
own companies and get into fashion in
Nova Scotia.”
Illville’s most popular design is “I’m so
Scotian”, due to its ability to represent
Nova Scotia pride.
When the idea was introduced to him
by Todd White, Wright knew he had
the ability to make the design popular.
“I had an idea to write a song called
‘I’m so Scotian’, and I made a music
video putting the shirts in the video.
From there it just took off.”
Although Wright has had success, it
hasn’t been an easy journey.
“There was a time when I was
delivering clothes everywhere in the
HRM and my vehicle had no heat and it
was the middle of winter. People were
very supportive of what I was doing
and seemed to appreciate it. Even
when times were hard, that made it a
little easier,” says Wright.
The name of the clothing store,
Illville, comes from the community,
he was raised in Beechville.
“A lot of the kids from the area
recognize the store name and me.
I think that, that gives them hope and
that it inspires them to feel like they
can do something bigger than I have
done,” says Wright, who moved to
Beechville with his grandparents at a
young age.
“Illville is for everybody. There’s an
Illville everywhere, and there’s a little
bit of Illville in everyone. When I came
up with the name it was because me
and the guys in my community were
the best rappers. We were the sickest
at what we did. I have recognized in
traveling that there are people who
think similarly about themselves. If you
break it down, it’s the feeling of being
the best at what you do. There are
people who think that everywhere.”
In addition to running Illville
International Clothing, Wright has
performed in the United States
and Canada under the rap name
‘Hellafactz’.
Although he has not performed
in several years, Wright hopes to
eventually get Illville International
Clothing to the point where he can
spend more time on his music. Above
all, Wright believes it is important to
remain active in all aspects of his life
and work.
“My role is to be an artist, to keep
contributing wherever I can. Being
involved with the production,
writing, recording. Remaining active
in whatever I feel I want to do at the
time."
Illville International Clothing
Dennis Wright
174 Horseshoe Lake Dr.,
Halifax, NS
T: 902-420-4553
www.hellafactz.org/store
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Smart Smiles
Dental Hygiene
Olu Brown, Owner
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O
lu Brown never
went to the dentist as a child, so
her first visit at 18 came as a shock.
Brown, founder and owner of Smart
Smiles Dental Hygiene, says that the
majority of her patients come from
low-income families and have a fear
of the dentist.
“There should be facilities in the
area where you just go and get your
teeth cleaned. Not everyone can
afford or wants x-rays and a dental
exam or to know about their issues.
I can deliver that message in a more
at ease environment,” says Brown,
who has been working on her own
since dental hygienists became selfregulated in 2009, the year Brown
graduated.
Brown’s clinic has been both
stationary and mobile since opening
on July 11, 2011. Her stationary clinic
is located in the Clayfield Denture
Clinic on Novalea Drive in Halifax and
when mobile care is needed, Brown
packs up her mobile unit, which
consists of a suitcase of dental
instruments and a chair that unfolds.
“The whole reason hygienists fought
for independence and self-regulation
was to fill in the gap. There’s a
huge gap in treatment where there
are certain special-needs groups
that have obstacles when it comes
to accessing care. Not just in the
dental field but in every aspect. So
one of the things to solve this was
alternative practice,” says Brown,
who took a course at Dalhousie on
alternative practice settings that
included a mobile work placement at
Mount Hope in Dartmouth.
Since opening Smart Smiles, Brown
has had several people come in
who had never had their teeth
cleaned before.
“When you sit [people] up and
give them the mirror and they no
longer see the stain or the calculus
looking back at them they are just
so overwhelmed.”
“There should
be facilities in
the area where
you just go and
get your teeth
cleaned. Not
everyone can
afford or wants
x-rays and a
dental exam or
to know about
their issues.
I can deliver
that message in
a more at ease
environment,”
Brown believes that access to
dental care should not be limited
to those who can afford to see a
dentist.
“I do oral hygiene day in my
community, where I give out
toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss.
I try to do them every four months.
I set up a chair and do some quick
assessments, and I do all of that for
free.”
“Its great to do things for other
people. When I was a kid, I was
a part of all these programs and
other people helped me see things
I wouldn’t have seen otherwise, so
why not give back,” says Brown,
acknowledging the importance of
providing affordable dental care
both to her customers and her
community.
In the future, Brown is looking
forward to bringing Smart Smiles
to HomeBridge Youth Society.
HomeBridge, a facility that takes
care of homeless youth, does so
through a number of onsite services,
including massage therapists and
meal instructors. “I’m going to go in
and teach them oral hygiene care
and do their cleanings as well,” says
Brown.
“I come from a low-income family
and I know how hard it is. I know
the needs. I know when you’re living
paycheque to paycheque and you’re
trying to spread that out and get to
everything.”
For Brown, Smart Smiles fills in a gap
in the market. The attention she is
able to give to low-income families,
youth and seniors through her mobile
services is new and innovative, and
Brown looks forward to exploring this
further.
“It’s a different level of connecting
with the clients. They really rely on
you and trust your decisions and
advice. [Working] for myself, I can
see 80 patients in one day and I’ll be
fine because it’s for me, it’s for them.
Smart Smiles Dental Hygiene
Olu Brown
3542 Novalea Drive, Halifax, NS
www.smartsmilesdh.com
[email protected]
T: (902) 830-6908
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BIJ GOLF TOURNAMENT
Out with
&theAbout
BBI
September 26, 2013
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Reverend Glen Gray, Robert Loppie, Dwayne Coyle,
and Jason Vaillancourt
George P. Ash, Terry Clarke, Joe Parris and
Tamuno Cookey
Lex Bizzeth, James Makonyere, Brad Barton, and
Calvin Barton
Lyle Grant, Dwayne Saunders, Tony Stevens, and
Travis Saunders
Milton Williams, Cristal Romero Fitzpatrick,
Stu Lenehan, and Arnie Morris
Matthew R. Vandekieft, Valerie Corkum,
Natasha Jackson, and Mike Southall
Thank you for your support for the
5th Annual Business is Jammin’
Charitable Golf Tournament.
These fundraising events help us deliver
programming year round to empower youth
through entrepreneurship.
Joel Marsman, Pamela Scott Crace, Peter Drakes and
Ed Matwawana
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Constructing the Future
Graduation 2013
During the ceremony, several
graduates gave testimonials about
their personal and positive experiences
in the program.
“CTF was more than just an
experience for me. It went above and
beyond the construction sector and
it was an opportunity that exceeded
my Dalhousie Business Degree. I will
open my own business,” said Renaldo
Cleare.
More than 100 community and industry
guests attened the event. Former
Minister of Communities, Culture and
Heritage Leonard Preyra also attended
along with Colin Brothers, Halifax team
leader and Jennifer Hollis, program
officer from the Department of Labour
and Advanced Education (LAE).
Sandra Watts Wilson and Shannon
Chambers represented the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
and David MacMillan, academic chair,
Trades & Technology represented
the Nova Scotia Community College
(NSCC). Michael Wyse, CEO brought
greetings on behalf of the BBI.
After five years, CTF is still meeting
its goal of graduating qualified and
Lou Gannon
On August 27, 2013, the Black
Business Initiative (BBI) celebrated
the accomplishments of 10
individuals who graduated from
the Constructing the Future (CTF)
program. The ceremony was held at
the Nova Scotia Community College
on Leeds Street in Halifax. Ten
participants successfully graduated,
and one student of the 15 found
employment before graduation day.
Program coordinator, LAE representatives and graduates with the Hon. Leonard Preyra
hardworking individuals ready to enroll
in NSCC or assume jobs in residential
and commercial construction. Along
with the student who found work prior
to graduation; three others were hired
following their last job placements.
Three graduates chose the Nova
Scotia Community College as a next
step after fulfilling CTF’s requirements.
One participant applied to Dexter
Institute, two others are seeking
employment and one is working on
a business concept through BBI’s
Business Is Jammin’ Program.
Joel Marsman, CTF program coordinator
These results could not be reached
without the partnership of the Nova
Scotia Department of Labour and
Advanced Education, through which
the CTF program is funded. This
partnership continues to be beneficial
to both government and the African
Nova Scotian community.
Mike Wyse - BBI CEO
The Constructing the Future Program
will maintain its commitment in
assisting many more African Nova
Scotians willing to acquire new
skills and compete in Nova Scotia’s
construction sector, as long as the
successful partnership between the
BBI, NSCC and LAE continues to
grow and flourish.
.
Joel Marsman, Khothatso Mokoena,
Ed Matwawana and Mike Wyse
Colin Brothers, LAE Halifax team leader
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Are you a student or unemployed and
thinking of starting a business? The
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by: RBDM Team
Students in Business targets students who
are interested in creating and operating fulltime and/or part-time businesses.
If you are unemployed and want to create
a job for yourself by starting your own
business, the Self-Employment program
can help. This program offers both financial
help and entrepreneurial support to eligible
individuals.
The program offers a maximum of $5,000
in loan assistance per business. SIB is an
initiative of the Nova Scotia Association
of Community Business Development
Corporations, funded by the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, Enterprise
Cape Breton Corporation, and Nova Scotia
Economic and Rural Development and
Tourism.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you must be unemployed
and thinking about starting a new business
to create a job for yourself. You must be
a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
legally entitled to work in Canada. As
well, you must meet one of the following
conditions:
Eligibility
• have a current Employment Insurance
(EI) claim
• have had an EI claim that ended within
the last three years
•
have had an EI claim for maternity or
parental benefits within the past five years, then remained out of the job
market to care for a newborn or newly adopted child, and now want to
re-enter the labour force.
• be a full-time student who has passed your 15th birthday but has not reached
your 35th birthday
• attend, or plan to attend, high school
or a recognized post-secondary educational institution in the next year
• be a resident of Nova Scotia for six consecutive months prior to applying.
Erinn Smith
Nova Scotia Association of CBDCs
139 Park Road, Unit 1
Elmsdale, Nova Scotia B2S 2L3
Phone: (902) 883-4798
E-mail: [email protected]
BBI is working in partnership with the Community Business Development Corporations to deliver
information sessions on the SEB, SIB and loan programs that the CBDCs offer. For more information on
the sessions please contact BBI.
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decades
now Achievement
Junior Achievement
has
beenyouth
the business
leadingorganization
youth business
organization
ForFor
decades
now Junior
has been the
leading
in Canada.
With this
in Canada. With this in mind, Junior Achievement and Business is Jammin’ are the ideal
partnership as they empower African Nova Scotian youth through entrepreneurship.
in mind, Junior Achievement and Business is Jammin’ are the ideal partnership as they empower African Nova
Scotian youth through entrepreneurship.
Similar to Business is Jammin’, Junior
Achievement focuses on three main
pillars: Financial Literacy, Work Readiness
and Entrepreneurship. Business is
Jammin’ had the pleasure of speaking
with a former Junior Achievement
participant: Olivia McKinnon. Olivia is
a young African Nova Scotian female
who describes her experience with
Junior Achievement as fun, inspiring and
positive.
On an early Monday morning in August,
we spoke to Olivia McKinnon and
she shared many stories about her
experience with Junior Achievement. In
2010, first semester, Olivia was invited to
a Junior Achievement seminar at school.
Despite her initial concern regarding her
school schedule, she sold organic lip
balms in her first year of business and in
her second year she developed marriage
blankets.
Olivia has had success with her
businesses. She quickly, realized the
Work Readiness skills she gained from
those experiences. As a result, Olivia
acquired excellent leadership skills.
She is now going into her first year of
university and says, “I was inspired by
Junior Achievement to enroll into the
Business program at St. Francis Xavier
University.”
We never know the impact a program
has on the lives of our youth; that is why
it is imperative to continue supporting
organizations like Junior Achievement.
Business is Jammin’, friend to Junior
Achievement, hopes to have more stories
like Olivia’s in the future.
Business is Jammin’ is a charitable organization that
empowers youth through entrepreneurship. We work
with young people through a range of entrepreneurial,
educational, mentorship, and financial support programs
to build business acumen and empower the leaders of
tomorrow.
In the last decade we’ve helped inspire thousands
of program participants to stay in school, start
business ventures, and develop an exceptional level of
professionalism for today’s workplace.
To learn how you can partner with BIJ for charitable
sponsorship opportunities, please contact:
[email protected]
902-471-9237
About BIJ “Business
for a Day” Program:
“It was fun, exciting and
most of all motivated
me to start my own
business”
-Roddy DeLeon
BIJ is a Registered Charity: 840066674RR0001
BIJ is a part of the BBI’s
Composite Group of Companies
@BusinessIsJammin
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A commercial lease is a contract made by or on behalf of the owner of real property (“landlord”) and
an individual or legal entity (“tenant”) for the use of the landlord’s real property for a business purpose.
Entering into a commercial lease is an important commitment that creates legal obligations that can
impact the success of a business. Unlike residential leases, there is no statutory regime in Nova Scotia
(or Canada) to protect the interests of tenants under commercial leases. Therefore, it would be wise
that you review the financial and legal implications with your accounting and legal advisors prior to
executing a commercial lease agreement, or an offer to lease. Ten factors that should be considered
are briefly discussed below and in the next column of The Law and Your Business.
The
Law
& Your Business
Leasing Basics: Ten Things to consider before entering into a
Commercial Lease (Part 1 of 2)
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1. Offer to Lease: Some landlords require
prospective tenants to execute an offer
to lease, signifying their acceptance of
certain key terms that will be formalized in
the lease agreement. The offer to lease is
binding and usually requires the tenant to
pay a non-refundable deposit at the time
of signing. The tenant will want all or part
of the deposit to be refundable if a lease
agreement is not ultimately entered into for
reasons beyond the tenant’s control. The
offer to lease will normally stipulate that
the tenant agrees to execute a formal lease
agreement in the landlord’s standard form
within a specified timeframe. Standard
form leases leave little or no room for
negotiation and are typically drafted
heavily in favour of the landlord. As such,
the tenant should make every effort to
ensure all lease terms essential to the
tenant are incorporated into the offer to
lease.
2. Due Diligence: It is important that
you get the answers to a variety of
questions prior to forming a landlord and
tenant relationship. Examples of such
questions include:
(a) Who is the landlord? Are you dealing
with the owner of the property, an agent
of the owner, or perhaps a tenant who is
looking to sublet?
(b) Does the owner have good title to the
property?
(c) Is the landlord a financially viable
legal entity that is registered to carry on
business in Nova Scotia?
(d) Is the type of business you plan to
operate from the premises authorized by
the applicable zoning by-laws.
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3. Leased Premises: The lease must accurately identify
the premises to be leased by the tenant, including
size and location. Will the lease cover all or part of
the building? The tenant will want it stipulated in any
and all lease documents that the landlord is to provide
professional, certified measurements and copies of
floor plans delineating the leased premises.
4. Term: How long will the lease be in place and when
does the term start? Does the lease give the tenant the
right to extend or renew the lease? If so upon what
terms and conditions?
5. Rent: Rent is often one of the most significant
expenses of any business that operates from leased
premises. Under a net lease the tenant is required to
pay (i) basic, minimum rent, usually expressed in a rate
per square foot; (ii) additional rent that covers a portion
of the landlord’s costs of operating the building; and (iii)
percentage rent, requiring the tenant to pay the landlord
a certain percentage of the tenant’s revenues. Prior
to signing a lease or offer to lease, the tenant should
understand how rent, operating expenses, taxes and
other costs are defined and apportioned.
Disclaimer:
The information presented above is for informative purposes
only. All information provided is of a general nature and is
not intended as legal advice and does not address the
circumstances of any particular person or business.
Candace L. Thomas,
Partner,
Corporate Group,
Stewart McKelvey,
Barristers, Solicitors
& Trademark Agents
January 15, 2014
Introduction for Construction Estimating 101
9:00am-2:00pm
This course will provide learners with skills and knowledge related to estimating
practices, and help them to understand the importance of estimates as one of the
key steps in any construction job.
Bring Your
Business to a
New Audience
February 24-27, 2014
Building with Structural Insulated Panels (SIP)
This course will include the following: SIP design, tools of the trade, basic engineering,
manufacturing SIP'S, SIP rigging and lifting, sealing the structure, SIP accessories,
connection details, electrical preparation, working with the other trades, managing a
crew efficiently, coordination of installation, cranes and folklifts, supporting the roof,
design details, site fabrication, repair and replace, and business of being an installer.
For more details check out our website: www.blackbusinesseducation.com
For information on business opportunities
with Encana’s Deep Panuke natural gas
project in Nova Scotia’s offshore, visit the
Deep Panuke pages on the Encana website at
www.encana.com/deeppanuke/business
For information on career opportunities
at Deep Panuke, visit the Careers section
on Encana’s website or the Career Beacon
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November 1 - February 27
December 6 – 8
Halifax Rainmen Basketball
The Nutcracker
November 15 – 24
Francofestival
The program includes an African
concert on November 16th, at 8 p.m.
Featuring: Edo King & Afro Nova Musica
École secondaire du Sommet,
500 Larry Uteck Blvd., Bedford, NS
For info: [email protected]
902-435-3244 ext. 201
www.ccgh.ca
December 4
Nova Scotia Mass Choir
Christmas Concert
Matthew’s Church, Halifax, NS
7:00 p.m.
Ticket: $10 adult; $5 children 12 and under
Tickets and info: 902 499-1500
December 5th
Black Business Initiative’s
Holiday Social
Black Cultural Centre
10 Cherry Brook Road, Dartmouth, NS
5 – 7 p.m.
For info: [email protected] / 902-426-8683
Alderney Landing Theatre
2 Ochterloney St., Dartmouth, NS
For info: 902-461-4698 / [email protected]
December 14
Multicultural Holiday Gala
ADAM, United African Canadian
Women’s Association (UACWA)
Performances, silent auction, buffet and dance
Mount St. Vincent University,
Tickets: $25.00
For info: 902-403-3670
December 26 – 31
Tell It on the Mountain
Onelight Theatre
An original re-telling of the Nativity with poetry by
Clyde A. Wray and live gospel music performed by
the Sanctified Brothers.
Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, NS
For info: www.onelighttheatre.com
January 26, 2014
Brides 2014
Atlantic Canada’s Largest
Wedding Show
World Trade and Convention Centre
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Fee: $13.00
For info: 902-425-2787 • [email protected]
www.halifaxbridalshow.com
To submit items for Community and Business events, please contact:
Sharifa Upshaw (902) 426-8683; Fax: 426-8699 or email bbi@ bbi.ns.ca
You Are
Cordially Invited
to the Black Business Initiative’s
Holiday Social.
The BBI Board of Directors and Staff
look forward to seeing you.
Date: Thursday December 5, 2013
Location: Black Cultural Centre
10 Cherry Brook Rd, Dartmouth, NS
Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
For more information, call: 902-426-8683 or e-mail: [email protected]
Community &
Business Events
Rainmen Sales at 902-444-7246 x26 or
Email: [email protected]
US
Fly non-stop year-round.
FlyHalifax.com
Fly non-stop to Philadelphia
Thank You to the Sponsors of the
2013 BIJ Charitable Golf Tournment
Education and
Early Childhood Development
Hole Sponsors - Randy's Pizza & Donair • Enterprise Rent-A-Car • Compass Commercial Realty • Investors Group Financial Services Inc. • Canadian Bristish Consulting Limited • Budget Rental Car • Howe Law •
Dan O'Brien of Design North • At Home Homecare • Tundae Balogun of RE/MAX Nova • Black Educators Association • Stephen Ash of B&A and Associates Insurance Agency Ltd. • Syd Collymore of Investors Group
Individual Sponsors- Njabulo Nkala • Kerry Johnston • Michael Wyse • Greg Nazaire • Bruce Johnson
Prize Sponsors- WestJet • A G Brown & Son Limited • O’Regan’s • Bell Mobility • Ernst & Young LLP • High Liner Foods Incorporated • Ambassatours Gray Line • Four Points by Sheraton Halifax •
Advanced Screen Printing Embroidery & Promotions • Boston Pizza • Drobot Automotive Centre • SLIC Laser Hair Removal • Colby Wine Bar and Bistro • Culinary Wines •
ADEPA Construction Management Inc. • Seaview Golf and Country Club • Delta Barrington • Floors Plus • Kent Building Supplies • Grandview Golf & Country Club
If undeliverable return to:
Centennial Building
Suite 1201,1660 Hollis Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1V7
Agreement No.
0040026687
numéro de convention
0040026687

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