This Tall Ships ad is the new and better Halifax and that is indisputable. For many years, this photo was Halifax. Boring. Sometimes it would be this photo, and for many people, it was this. What defined all of these cities was a severe and unimaginative lack of Photoshop. All of that is about to […]
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Mayor and Mi’kmaq Chiefs oppose plans to topple Cornwallis statue
Mayor Mike Savage says both he and the Nova Scotia Assembly of Mi’kmaq Chiefs are against a protest planned to topple the statue of Edward Cornwallis. “If Mi’kmaq activists and their supporters take down the Cornwallis statue before we are given an opportunity to cooperatively forge a better way forward, we will set back progress […]
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Rear admiral apologizes for Proud Boys’ behaviour
The Proud Boys have shamed Canada’s military. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, rear admiral John Newton apologized for the behaviour of Armed Forces members who disrupted an Indigenous protest on Canada Day. “I’ll stand here in front of you and apologize to the Aboriginal community, to anybody, the entire public community,” Newton said. “We can […]
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Why Fairview is paying for Glen Arbour’s poor planning
The more some neighbourhoods cost HRM to maintain, the less tax revenue those same communities are generating. So says a new analysis of the correlation between road length and density in cities across the country that found some dense urban communities in Halifax are subsidizing their affluent suburban neighbours. Urban planners Tristan Cleveland and Paul […]
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Council’s summer vacation power handoff
Restricting how much the CAO can spend when council’s not around is really harshing Steve Craig’s summer vibes. The deputy mayor wants to give unlimited spending authority back to HRM’s chief administrative officer, five months after those powers were taken away because of the potential for misuse. Craig is putting forward a motion at the […]
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Council promises new home for Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre
Plans for a brand new Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre are one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to a surprise motion from Halifax Regional Council. After an in-camera discussion that began Tuesday evening and spilled into Wednesday afternoon, council voted to once again look at selling the former Red Cross building in the north […]
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Halifax doesn’t know what its contractors are paying workers
It’s impossible to gauge the financial impact of HRM adopting a living wage policy, in part because right now the municipality doesn’t know what its contracted employees are being paid. On Tuesday, Halifax Regional Council voted on a verbose staff recommendation to explore including employee compensation, environmental impacts and social economic benefits when approving external […]
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Tall Ships gets funding boost
Tall Ships will raise its sales with over half a million dollars in municipal funding. Regional council voted Tuesday to increase Halifax’s contribution to the nautical festival—to a total of $540,000—at the request of mayor Mike Savage. “It’s going to be spectacular for the city,” Savage told council. “This is one of the most significant […]
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Halifax police hoping to improve use of street checks
A report before Monday’s meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners is recommending several new efforts to improve the police department’s continued use of street checks. New deputy chief Robin McNeil is planning to oversee a privacy impact assessment and policy review on the controversial practice of collecting data on residents who haven’t committed any […]
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Bloomfield withering on the vine
Halifax is still trying to figure out what to do with Bloomfield, more than a year after the province walked away from redeveloping the former north-end school. A staff report before Regional Council on Tuesday recommended once again selling off the Agricola Street property as surplus. Instead, council voted to defer that discussion until mid-August […]
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Dalhousie takes another swing at replacing ceremonial mace
After its first effort fell short, Dalhousie University is once again asking the public to design a replacement for its ceremonial mace. The school is hoping to swap out its oak-carved graduation horcrux for a symbol that better reflects Dal’s diversity and values. A request for proposals issued this week is seeking submissions from the […]
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Liberals win second majority in close election
It was a night of twists and turns, but the Liberal Party will once again form Nova Scotia’s government. The victory was bittersweet, though. Stephen McNeil’s second mandate lost several important seats, and just barely held onto the party’s majority at Province House. Still, the premier-designate called the night’s results “democracy at its best.” “Nova […]