[Image-1] Twenty years after amalgamation, some residents of the Halifax Regional Municipality are still in favour of bringing back the county. That’s according to a new survey from Corporate Research Associates, which found nearly half of the 401 HRM residents surveyed supported splitting the municipality into an urban city and rural county. Overall results of […]
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Community-driven response needed to address recent violence says Lindell Smith
[Image-1] The municipality’s latest homicide has left the councillor for Halifax Peninsula North saddened and offering his condolences to all those impacted by HRM’s continuing gun crime. Lindell Smith warned those in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting of Regional Council that he might be “a little off” due to Monday night’s shooting death on Gottingen Street. “We’re […]
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We need to win back America’s trust, says Canadian ambassador
[Image-1] Canada’s top priority in Washington is selling itself as a trusted partner to Donald Trump. That was the message given by Canadian ambassador David MacNaughton during a Halifax Chamber of Commerce luncheon held Friday afternoon. “We need to convince them we’re a trusted partner,” said MacNaughton, adding that Canada has been taking its relationship […]
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Nova Centre to open sometime between next Christmas and never
[Image-1] The downtown’s biggest suck will plague local businesses for another 12 months, at least. Construction on the Halifax Convention Centre won’t be complete until at least December, 2017. That’s roughly a two-year delay from original plans for a January, 2016 opening, which were subsequently pushed back to this September, and then again recently delayed […]
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Doula service resumes at women’s prison
[Image-1] Inmates at the women’s prison in Truro once again have access to doulas after inexplicably being denied the volunteer support service for the past several months. “Thanks to extensive media coverage, Women’s Wellness Within [WWW] has been contacted by management at Nova Institution for Women and we hope to resume working with women who […]
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Community council votes down North and Oxford development
[Image-1] At its first meeting since adding three new members, HRM’s Halifax and West Community Council swiftly and unanimously voted against a much-criticized development at the corner of North Street and Oxford. “I do feel that this development at this moment…does not match the area,” said Halifax Peninsula North councillor Lindell Smith. Mythos Development Ltd […]
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Another shooting death in Halifax
[Image-1] There’s been another homicide in HRM, the eleventh so far this year. According to Halifax Regional Police, officers received several reports of gunshots on Cragg Avenue, off of Uniacke Street, at 11:07pm. Police responding to the area found a male who had been shot and was suffering from life-threatening injuries outside of a residence. […]
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Doulas locked out of Nova Institution for Women
[Image-1] Female inmates at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro no longer have access to doula services, and the doulas don’t know why. “We’re available, but since the new warden took over in June we haven’t been allowed to meet with anyone,” says Martha Paynter, a coordinator with the volunteer group Women’s Wellness Within […]
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Meet Halifax’s biggest Trump supporter
Canadians can’t buy American election merchandise. Technically, that’d count as a foreign donation to a presidential campaign. That hasn’t stopped Margaret MacLennan from collecting three Make America Great Again hats sent to her by one of her fans—well, four if you count the unofficial one she had made at the mall. “They were like, ‘What […]
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Halifax council will debate salary changes again
[Image-1] The municipality’s newly elected deputy mayor is starting his term off with a bang. Steve Craig will bring forward a motion at council’s next meeting asking for a report and recommendations from the CAO’s office on changing how the mayor and councillors are paid. He’s tried this move before. In 2014, it was Craig […]
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7 items HRM’s new council will grapple with at its first meeting
[Image-1] Tuesday afternoon will mark the first meeting of HRM Regional Council since October’s election brought six new faces to City Hall. Those rookies will have their work cut out for them sorting through a discursive agenda. Here are a few items on the docket: Stormwater right-of-way changes Halifax keeps trying to dig up out […]
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“Customer service” is key for new CAO Jacques Dubé
[Image-1] Save the red tape for Christmas decorations. City hall employees are going to be doing some hardcore process mapping (whatever that is) to cut waste and deliver a lean government service model, says HRM’s new chief administrative officer. Jacques Dubé took over as CAO six weeks ago, just in time to watch six new […]
