After a nearly too close for comfort six-week campaign that did little more than expose how poorly we Canadians are educated in the ins and outs of our governance system—and puff unearned wind into fringe party ideology—Halifax (and the country) gets another go at Liberal leadership. All four Liberal incumbent MPs in Halifax Regional Municipality […]
Caora McKenna
Caora was City Editor at The Coast, where she wrote about everything from city hall to police and housing issues. She started with The Coast in 2017, when she was the publication’s Copy Editor.
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Nova Scotia’s street check moratorium to become permanent ban
Seven months after the release of Scot Wortley’s report on street checks—which found that Black people were five to six times more likely to be street checked than their proportion of the population would predict—the province has made up its mind. Today, justice minister Mark Furey announced a permanent ban on the practice of street […]
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District 11 Councillor Stephen Adams says he won’t be running for council again
With plenty of deep breaths and a few sideways smiles, Stephen Adams made it through his announcement with almost no tears in City Hall Friday morning. Adams, Halifax’s longest-serving councillor, told colleagues and media that this year would be his last in politics. Adams, says he chose to make this announcement now in order to give […]
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Undermined in the Town of Westville
On September 30, in the town Westville, Nova Scotia—155 kilometres from Halifax—town councillor Lynn MacDonald surprised even herself when she put forward a motion to take back a proposal for exploratory coal mining on town land. She was effectively squashing a proposal that she had brought to council with a motion of support nearly a […]
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City’s affordable housing fund to get its first taste of cash
The Centre Plan’s fund for affordable housing will get its first influx of money after council voted Tuesday to approve a honking $1.8 million from Armco development group for the Willow Tree development on Quinpool Road and Robie Street. The large sum stems from the development’s plan to exceed 62 metres in height. Though the […]
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How to vote in Halifax for the Federal Election
I f you’re a Canadian citizen and 18 years old by October 21, you can vote in the federal election. If you received a voter information card in the mail—you’re set. Bring your card and ID with you and cast your vote on October 21 at the polling station noted on the card. If you […]
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A seat at regional council is up for grabs in Lower Sackville, meet who is in the running
What’s the #1 job of a HRM councillor? Paul Russell: I used to think: Infrastructure. I now think: Helping our community and our society at the most grassroots level possible. Tony White: To improve their community in general. You’re advocating on behalf of the people who, by voting for you, have trusted you to do […]
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The city’s Centre Plan gets big approval from regional council
An infinite future of changes to Halifax and Dartmouth’s streetscapes and planning zones got their first big seal of approval this week. After months—really years…decades even—of back and forth on big ideas and tiny details, Package A of the city’s Centre Plan was unanimously passed by regional council this week. The plan aims to streamline […]
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HRP to purge street check data by December 2020
At this week’s board of police comissioners meeting Halifax police chief Dan Kinsella said HRP is keeping its plan from June 2019 to purge all data and metadata regarding street checks in December 2020. In March 2019 the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission and Scot Wortley released their report on street checks which reported on […]
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Halifax federal candidates kick off election campaign with debate on women’s rights and gender issues
Candidates for the Halifax riding met at the Spatz Theatre on Thursday for the first debate of the federal election campaign since the writ dropped—official Canadian politics slang for the kick-off of a federal election campaign—on Wednesday September 10. Jo-Ann Roberts of the Green Party, Christine Saulnier of the NDP, Bruce Holland for the Conservative […]
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As Hurricane Dorian makes its way to Halifax, surfers and the city prepare
Batten down the hatches, stock the pantry and hold on to your hats. While Haligonians prepare for Hurricane Dorian, which will likely be a category 1 storm by the time it hits the shores of Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, the province’s surfers are keeping an eye on swell reports. “Hurricanes bring the big waves,” […]
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Environment and Sustainability committee to consider Electric Vehicle infrastructure
Almost two years after asking staff to figure out what Halifax can do to make the city more electric-car friendly, HRM’s environment and sustainability standing committee will see what’s being proposed. The report, which will be discussed by the committee and then passed forward to regional council as presented or with specific amendments on Thursday, […]
