Hilary Beaumont

Halifax is about to press redo on a major piece of downtown infrastructure. Mounting repair costs along with a fresh city council are edging the city closer to the redevelopment of the Cogswell Interchange. Finished in 1973 and considered progressive by urban renewal advocates, few would argue the concrete dinosaur has stood the test of […]

The long-awaited and repeatedly delayed Hollis Street bike lane will finally be painted this summer, the head of the project says. Several other cycling projects will also be ticked off the city’s to-do list, says HRM’s manager of strategic transportation planning Dave McCusker. McCusker says he’s 100 percent sure the Hollis Street bike lane will […]

Some, but not all, trans Nova Scotians no longer have to shell out thousands of dollars for sex reassignment surgery. On April Fools’ Day, the province announced it would fund eight different types of sex reassignment/gender confirming surgeries for trans Nova Scotians. The procedures allow trans individuals to reflect on the outside the gender they […]

The business shuffle continues on Gottingen Street, this time with two shops making room for a new grocery store. The Community Carrot Co-op signed a lease for a space at the south end of Gottingen Street on March 1. The space used to be two separate commercial spaces rented by the Mbuji Mayi Market and […]

A woman says she was kicked out of a downtown pub Monday night after kissing another woman. Tansy Rudnicki was celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at The Old Triangle at around 9pm Monday when she and her female friend kissed. Following the kiss, a bouncer came over and told Rudnicki and her friend they had to […]

Crosswalks at two proposed roundabouts could be heaven for pedestrians, but hell for cyclists. At a consultation last week, city representatives touted the benefits of the planned roundabouts at the intersection of North Park Street with Cogswell and Cunard Streets, including crosswalks they say will decrease motorist-pedestrian collisions. Pedestrians negotiating the Cogswell intersection, for instance, […]

Bus ads have awoken the abortion debate in Halifax. After pro-life ads appeared on buses earlier this month, a pro-choice organization is raising money to advertise on the entire Metro Transit fleet. Sexual and gender resource centre South House has collected nearly $1,900 toward its $4,000 goal. The group advocates for a person’s right to […]

When Dalhousie biologist Heike Lotze heard the library at the St. Andrews Biological Station in New Brunswick would close, it came as a shock. The station has been a destination for researchers since the 19th century, and the library played a key role in her research into the ecological history of the Bay of Fundy, […]

Second Cup franchise owner Kathy Attis was in the wrong when she fired a barista last spring, the Nova Scotia Labour Board ruled last month. Attis expressed anti-union sentiment to her employees prior to a union vote and didn’t have a good reason to fire Ellen Graham the day before the vote, the board’s decision […]

Eyelevel Gallery is moving. Again. For the last year the non-profit artist-run centre flirted with staying in its small Gottingen Street storefront space, or moving to as far away as Dartmouth. Now a small office space on Cornwallis Street across from Dee Dee’s is crammed with the gallery’s filing cabinets and new director Katie Belcher’s […]