The municipality is spending a lot of money bringing Halifax Transit’s technology up to speed. Council voted on Tuesday to pay Trapeze Software nearly $14 million to overhaul Halifax Transit’s tech by creating new back-end scheduling software and installing some fare boxes. It’s more exciting than it sounds. “This sounds like the least exciting part […]
Jacob Boon
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Someone stole Lindell Smith’s bike
He might be getting interviewed by Peter Mansbridge on a national stage these days, but city councillor Lindell Smith is still a man of the people. Case in point: he just had his bike stolen. “Yeah, no one’s immune,” says Smith about the Halifax rite-of-passage. The councillor’s grey Halfway folding bike was stolen from his garage […]
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Ferry dog bother: Councillor wants to let canines cross the harbour
A three-year-old idea to let pets board harbour ferries is dog-paddling its way back to city hall. Councillor David Hendsbee is asking for a staff report on the feasibility of letting dogs ride Halifax Transit’s ferry service. “Residents have been discussing and requesting that pet owners be given permission to take their dogs on the […]
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Watching the ships roll in
Mac Mackay has been taking photographs of the ships in Halifax Harbour for the last 51 years. Some of those photos can now be seen at a new exhibit in the Nova Scotia Archives. Other photos and harbour news can be found on Mackay’s Shipfax blog. Recently he shared some of his favourite images with […]
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Burning need for Environmental Bill of Rights in Nova Scotia
This week, Global reported Nova Scotia’s Public Prosecution Service will take over Marlene Brown’s groundbreaking private prosecution of the Harrietsfield water case. It’s a glimmer of hope for area residents who’ve been pleading to hold RDM Recycling accountable for the poison in their water. It’s also a reminder of how little agency Nova Scotians usually […]
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Climate change a large, systemic problem for Maritime farmers
A year-long research project from Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute says small-scale farms in the Maritimes are vulnerable to rapid and long-term disruptions caused by climate change. Just how vulnerable is “vulnerable?” “Pretty vulnerable, is the answer,” says Bernard Soubry. The Master’s candidate in environmental change and management compiled the newly released study, which says […]
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Light Rail Alliance is full-steam ahead
If HRM wants to get on the right track for transit, Ben MacLeod and Steven Lee say it needs to think light. The two urban planning advocates are the brains behind the new Halifax Light Rail Alliance, which asks Halifax to rethink its transit-oriented development and build a “holistic mode of sustainable urban growth” focused […]
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Watch this: Cornwallis protester disrupts council, records video
Instead of a press conference and symbolic tarp, members of the public who repeatedly disrupted Tuesday’s meeting of Regional Council were escorted out of council chambers by security. Trish MacIntyre, a Métis activist with Halifax Anonymous and one of the organizers of last weekend’s protest at Cornwallis Park, was at City Hall to watch mayor […]
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Trudeau pinkwashing Pride parade
The most watched person at this year’s Halifax Pride parade will be a straight white man with a penchant for rainbow socks. It was announced Monday that Justin Trudeau will be marching this weekend in Halifax, becoming the first sitting prime minister to take part in a local Pride parade. But some members of the […]
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Cornwallis tarp already removed
Only a few hours after being covered up, the statue of Edward Cornwallis has already been unveiled. Municipal workers, under orders from mayor Mike Savage, draped the controversial monument with a black tarp during a protest early Saturday afternoon. It was a compromise from municipal officials hoping to keep the peace as nearly 300 people […]
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Daniel Paul on protest to topple Cornwallis statue: “If it goes, it goes”
The man who for decades has led the charge to bring Edward Cornwallis down from his pedestal isn’t opposed to a little civil disobedience. Organizers of a divisive protest happening this Saturday are hoping to topple the bronze, south-end statue, which they say “for too long has been representing genocide in M’ikma’ki.” Mayor Mike Savage […]
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World Tea House fighting for survival on Argyle Street
Argyle is open for business, but you wouldn’t know it from the look of the place, and that’s causing problems for the street’s storefronts. “PLEASE help us survive,” the World Tea House screamed on Tuesday into the void of Twitter. The business is currently treading water on week six of the much-feared Argyle Street beautification […]