Halifax Name Debate Rages On, As Mi’kmaq Ghost From 1700s Protests City’s Re-Branding

“It will always be Kjipuktuk to me, not Halifax.”

As Dartmouth residents continue to protest the use of the name “Halifax” on municipality signs in the area, a new voice has entered the fray.

A Mik’kmaq ghost from the 1700s has returned from the afterlife in order to protest the municipality’s decision to re-brand the region as simply “Halifax,” and use the name on both marketing material and local signage.

“I didn’t grow up in Halifax, I’m not from Halifax, why should I have to see that name everywhere? I grew up in Kjipuktuk, not Halifax. It’s not right,” said the ghost, who was also confused as to why the government would be “branding” its own citizens rather than cattle and other livestock. “As far as I’m concerned, it will always be Kjipuktuk no matter what the signs say.”

The ghost has started a group called “We Love Kjipuktuk” in a similar manner to the “We Love Dartmouth” Facebook group, which has almost 4,000 members. Currently, the We Love Kjipuktuk group has zero members, mostly due to the fact that the ghost does not know what Facebook, the internet, computers, or electricity are.

More upsetting to the ghost than the name change is the fact that his loyal horse Chestnut, who died in 1732, has been beaten over and over by residents since the name change was announced.