In his tune “Crocus Song,” Six Mile Brook’s Thomas McCallum reminds us of Halifax in March, days spent looking at the ground, hoping for sprouting green and purple signs of spring, only to be met by ice and slush. But then, the first flower arrives and delights and unites us all across the peninsula. Savour […]
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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We made a couple Suez Ship memes
Nova Scotia’s temporary protections for renters are only in place until either the state of emergency ends or April 1, 2022, whichever comes first. The protections cap rent increases for tenants who stay in the unit they are already renting, but has no restrictions on units that new tenants are moving into, and plenty of […]
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Video report: Catch up on Halifax Regional Council’s March 23 meeting
Struggling to keep up with what’s going on at city hall? That’s what we’re here for! All the details delivered in an easy-to-digest format that keeps you in the know without putting you to sleep. This week Halifax Regional Council made it through its first virtual meeting on Zoom. That was a switch from the […]
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What’s coming to Halifax Regional Council on Tuesday, March 23
Boulevard Gardens Second reading of the new rules for boulevard gardens is on the agenda for regional council’s next regular meeting, this Tuesday, March 23. Second reading is the last stop on an item’s journey before becoming a real thing in council-land. These boulevard rules are for folks who want to put something other than […]
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UPDATED: Iain Rankin and Andy Fillmore among Nova Scotia politicians who are also landlords
Updated March 19 with response from Tim Houston added to the text below. When we ask ourselves how did the situation for renters in Halifax get so bad, a common answer is that the majority of the decision makers in this province are homeowners. The theory is they just don’t quite remember the low, burning […]
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Are you a house-hunting millennial? Better sharpen your pencil
Hopeful first-time home buyers in Halifax are writing love letters to staircases and fireplaces, French windows and quirky out-dated salmon-coloured bathroom tiles. All in the hopes of increasing their chances of being the successful bid on a mid-range house in Halifax. Because in case you hadn’t heard, HRM’s housing market is hot hot hot right […]
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Victoria Hall development proposal edges closer to finalization
The apartment building at 2438 Gottingen Street was mostly constructed around 1885, “at the height of the revival of the French chateau style,” according to the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. The trust says Victoria Hall is “one of the largest examples of this Romantic genre in Nova Scotia.” At the latest regional council meeting, […]
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Defining defunding police committee gets important approval from police board
Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners gave another green light to the committee that’s tasked with figuring out what people in Halifax think “defunding” the police should mean. After first deciding it needed an external committee to develop a definition for defunding the police in August, the board’s been slow to let it start working, but […]
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Video report: Catch up on Halifax Regional Council’s March 9 meeting
Yesterday was Halifax Regional Council’s last meeting on Microsoft Teams–the tech is switching to Zoom for the next meeting–and HRMs mayor and 16 councillors looked in to cracking down on illegal dumping, heard from Halifax Water and the Halifax Partnership, moved a development proposal for a 13-storey building at 2438 Gottingen Street forward to the […]
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35 of Canada’s best hockey players are in Halifax this week
Some of the best hockey players in the world are on the ice in Halifax this week. You can’t watch them in person right now, but hopefully they’ll be returning in May for the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship in Halifax and Truro. Since Monday the rink at Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre has played host […]
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The five most expensive capital items budgeted for 2021/22
Halifax Regional Municipality is budgeting $175 million in capital funding for the 2021/22 fiscal year. This money is different from the operating budget, which pays for the city’s ongoing operations like staff salaries and snow plowing. Capital money is a one-time or once-in-a-while expense for the big building stuff. New roads, building maintenance, upgrades to […]