A regular, everyday Halifax transit bus is being transformed into a food market on wheels to bring affordable, high quality, fresh fruits and vegetables to communities across Halifax. The 21-week pilot, known as the Mobile Food Market, launches this Saturday— May 14—making stops to the communities of North Preston and East Preston. North end Halifax, […]
Alyssa Erwin
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Long Lake park upgrades met with criticism
[Image-1] Fifteen minutes from downtown Halifax sits over two thousand hectares of gorgeous green space. But some nearby residents say upgrades to the park are destroying the area’s natural beauty. “It’s absolutely ruining the park, at least that portion of the park,” says Lesley Hartman. Developers Polycorp and Atlantic Developments are in the midst of sprucing […]
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Stillwell eyes north end for its beer garden
The talk of Stillwell possibly re-opening its beer garden across from the Halifax Common has left the surrounding neighbourhood with mixed feelings. Chris Reynolds, the co-owner of the bar, met at 2223 North Park Street—a proposed location for the Stillwell Beergarden, which spent last summer on the Halifax waterfront—for an informal meeting Sunday afternoon. He […]
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Fight the power at Cybersecurity for Activists
[IMage-1] This Saturday’s free Cybersecurity for Activists workshop at the Halifax Central Library will show how to fight the power while staying protected online. “In the wake of the Snowden revelations lots of people are feeling this to be a matter of concern,” says Max Haiven, co-director of the Radical Imagination Project and one of […]
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Making a Safe Harbour to talk about the Jian Ghomeshi verdict
It’s been less than a week since Jian Ghomeshi was found not guilty on four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking. Sue Goyette and Erin Wunker, both instructors at Dalhousie University, were appalled by the verdict and decided to take matters into their own hands to give those in their community a […]
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New data registry aims to improve health care in First Nations
[Image-1] Mi’kmaw people aged 20-39 are five times more likely to get diabetes than other Nova Scotians, according to a newly-created health care data-sharing registry for Indigenous communities. The First Nations Client Linkage Registry is a joint project of First Nations chiefs, the provincial government and Health Canada. The new registry was announced Thursday at […]
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Bill Niven and Jay Dahl want to throw a $300,000 Halloween Party
[Image-1] Nearly $300,000 in funding from the province might not be enough to keep Bill Niven’s next feature in Nova Scotia. This week, Nova Scotia Business Inc. announced feature film Halloween Party, will receive a funding commitment of $299,143 through the Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund. Niven’s producing the movie, which is […]