Tony Tracy

Feature | June 11, 2025

Standing the Gaff: One hundred years of Davis Day and the militant legacy of Cape Breton’s coal miners

One hundred years ago, on June 11, 1925, company police gunned down William “Bill” Davis, a 37-year-old unionized coal miner and father of nine, in…

Feature | October 17, 2021

Remembering Robert Devet: The Tyrant’s Foe, The People’s Friend

Hundreds gathered outside the former Halifax Memorial Library building on Spring Garden Road in Kjipuktuk/Halifax on Thursday, October 14 to commemorate and celebrate the life…

Tony Tracy

Standing the Gaff: One hundred years of Davis Day and the militant legacy of Cape Breton’s coal miners

Remembering Robert Devet: The Tyrant’s Foe, The People’s Friend

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