HALIFAX — A historical piece of real estate in Halifax that is listed as the childhood home of Viola Desmond has been conditionally sold.

Desmond was a successful Nova Scotia businesswoman who refused to leave a whites-only area of a movie theatre in 1946 and her court case was an inspiration for racial equality across Canada. In 2018, ...

As Canadians mark the 75th anniversary of her arrest, it’s now widely recognized that Viola Desmond’s legal fight against paved the way for the end of segregation in Nova Scotia, and shone a ...

HALIFAX - Viola Desmond’s $26 fine and court costs have been repaid by Nova Scotia, nearly 75 years after the civil rights pioneer was arrested for refusing to leave the whites only section of a ...

In late April, Canada’s $10 bill featuring Nova Scotia civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond was named the best in the world by the International Bank Note Society. But here up close in Vaughan, the ...

Last year, the federal government unveiled the vertical banknote design featuring the Nova Scotia civil rights pioneer and a map of her north-end Halifax neighbourhood.

HALIFAX — Canada's new $10 bill featuring Nova Scotia human rights icon Viola Desmond has been named banknote of the year.

Wanda Robson’s big sister Viola Desmond, the civil rights pioneer and businesswoman, is the new face of the $10 bill. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS) Canada’s new $10 bill featuring Nova Scotia human ...

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Wanda Robson, Viola Desmond’s sister, unveiled on March 8, 2018 the new $10 bill honouring Desmond as a human rights activist. - Eric Wynne / FilePhoto by ...