After participants marched down Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury on June 13, they returned to the front of the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre to kneel for eight minutes and 43 seconds, the same amount of time a former Minneapolis police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd last month. Floyd later died in hospital.

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Jake Boudrot

A St. FX graduate and native of Arichat, Jake Boudrot has been the editor of The Reporter since 2001. He currently lives on Isle Madame.