Deputy mayor Tony Mancini brought an information report from staff about the surveillance Camera Pilot Project for Public Spaces to council for discussion this week. In May 2017, council asked for a staff report on the use of surveillance cameras in public spaces looking at both permanent and temporary camera systems, using the Farrel Street […]
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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Street checks still dominate Board of Police Commissioners meetings
I t’s been a busy few months for the Halifax board of police commissioners, and its last meeting saw its first ever presentation from members of the public. The Halifax Coalition To Ban Street Checks presented a petition with 3,551—and counting—signatures from the community calling for a ban on street checks. In her address, organizer […]
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There’s a new trophy in town
It’s not quite the Raptors’ NBA Championship trophy, but the 2018 Major League World Championship trophy won by baseball’s Boston Red Sox is coming to Halifax this weekend. The Bluenose BoSox Brotherhood is bringing it all the way from Boston for a tour of the town on Sunday and Monday. Unfortunately, Bluenose Brotherhood’s Jim Prime […]
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Speaking for The Coast: Shame, fear and access to information
I have not had an abortion. I am not a doctor. I am a white woman with immigrant parents who is a settler in Halifax. I benefit from a healthcare system that is optimized for people who look and speak like me. But when I was around 17 years old, I often repeatedly punched myself […]
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A moving target: What abortion access looks like in Nova Scotia
One of the biggest misconceptions about abortion, says Lianne Yoshida, a Nova Scotia physician and medical co-director of the Women’s Choice Clinic in Halifax, is that people think it’s a rare or unusual procedure. “It’s very common,” she says. In 2018, there were 1,690 reported abortions at the four Nova Scotia Health Authority sites offering […]
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Warming hearts and throwing darts
On any given Friday night in Halifax, you’ll find Emily Alford in the pub, going up against a group of 20-something guys in a game of darts. She asks if they’d like to play for a drink “of pop or something, of course,” she says. Or, if she has a bit of money on her, […]
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Council approves conditional funding for The Bus Stop Theatre
The Bus Stop Theatre’s last Hail Mary has paid off—for now. At regional council on Tuesday, every seat was full with members of the arts community, some of whom had to sit in overflow seating. Councillor Steve Streatch described the scene best when he said, “My god, the difference a week can make.” Last week, […]
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Cornwallis task force public meetings scheduled for June
The city’s task force for the commemoration of Edward Cornwallis and the recognition and commemoration of Indigenous history has announced four public consultation meetings will take place in June. The meetings invite Haligonians to have their say about recognizing and commemorating Indigenous history, which includes what to do about the Edward Cornwallis statue and similar […]
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Will the Scotiabank Centre’s score clock make it through the Memorial Cup final?
Hockey fans won’t be the only people in the Scotiabank Centre holding their breath this weekend. While the Guelph Storm face off against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies tonight, and the winner moves on to take on the Halifax Moosehead on Sunday, Events East staff will be holding their breath too, in hopes that the 17-year-old end-of-its-life […]
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Transit updates, parking promises and something that was Yarmouth’s idea first
H alifax Transit gave a third-quarter key indicator report, noting that there’s been just under 10,000 transit passes given out through the department of community services’ pilot project, and over 1,000 of those have been given to children. And Dave Reage, director of Halifax Transit, says they’ve been working towards the goal of having Access-A-Bus […]
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Eight plus-a-penthouse storey building plans approved for Robie, Cunard and Compton Street block
The latest development to get approval while the Centre Plan nears crunch time will sit eight and a bit storeys high on Robie Street between Cunard and Compton Streets facing the Halifax Common. Neighbours from the area came forward at the public hearing to voice their concerns, but at this stage in the process they […]
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HRP and RCMP say ‘not yet’ to Board of Police Commissioners apology request
Slow and steady appears to be the tactic taken by those in power since Scot Wortley’s street check report was released in March. At Monday’s Board of Police Commissioners meeting, interim police chief Robin McNeil explained why the HRP won’t be apologizing just yet for the harm caused by street checks, saying it would be […]