[Image-1] It was a familiar site inside City Hall on Tuesday, as council once again questioned the plans of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency chief Doug Trussler. At issue was a proposed external service standards review, which will be undertaken by Pomax Consultants (the only company who bid on the tender), at a cost of […]
Jacob Boon
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The Champs-Élysées of Halifax?
[Image-1] UPDATE: Council unanimously approved the new plans at Tuesday’s meeting. This article has been updated to reflect that vote. Big changes could be are coming to some of the downtown’s busiest streets. A staff report before council on Tuesday recommends HRM move forward with the detailed design work and tendering process for a […]
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Hundreds gather in Halifax to march against violence
[Image-1] Over 600 people took to the streets of Halifax on Sunday afternoon in an effort to “stop the violence” that has left three men dead in less than a week. Stop the Violence founder Quentrel Provo organized the day’s event. Walking alongside several young children and a heavy police escort, Provo personally led the […]
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Lil MacPherson to run for mayor against Mike Savage
[Image-1] Thirteen years ago, Hurricane Juan was the catalyst for Lil MacPherson to open a restaurant dedicated to sustainable agriculture. Now a different environmental crisis is inspiring the co-owner of the Wooden Monkey to once again take action, as she announces her candidacy for mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality. “I just see all these […]
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Lindell Smith wants his community to be heard
[Image-1] Unofficially, Lindell Smith is officially running for city council. His upcoming campaign has been one of the worst-kept secrets in District 8, as until now Smith has avoided any formal declarations. Of course, like everyone else, he won’t actually be able to submit his paperwork and get on the ballot until September. He learned […]
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Don’t underestimate the value of a decent transit map
[Image-1] Halifax Transit has a new roadmap for success, but figuring out how to get around this city on anything other than a smartphone is still something of a paper chase. On Tuesday HRM regional council tentatively approved an overhaul of the municipality’s transit network. The Moving Forward Together plan from Halifax Transit will begin […]
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Council asks for 23 amendments to new Halifax Transit plan
[Image-1] Regional council has voted to overhaul HRM’s transit network—barring a couple dozen amendments it needs to investigate first. Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan was discussed for several hours at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting. The five-year plan has been in the making since 2013, and will dismantle and rebuild the municipality’s […]
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Here’s the latest proposed look for the Nova Centre
[Image-1] There’s finally a clear picture of those design changes being proposed for the Nova Centre. In March, the as-yet-finalized changes to the $500-million complex caught the municipality and the public by surprise when a vague description appeared on an information item that was supposed to go before HRM’s Design Review Committee. That meeting was […]
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We spoke to a Chronicle Herald writer about that refugee story
[Image-1] This past Friday the Chronicle Herald published an article detailing the alleged brutality of refugee children at a local elementary school. It was widely and strongly criticized. By Saturday night the most outrageous passage—which quoted an anonymous source who said a refugee child choked a classmate with a chain while yelling “Muslims rule the […]
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Marie Henein the keynote speaker at Halifax legal conference
[Image-1] The most famous lawyer in the country is coming to Halifax. Marie Henein, of Toronto’s Henein Hutchison LLP, will be the keynote speaker at the Atlantic Women in Litigation conference, taking place May 5 at the Prince George Hotel on Market Street. Already a formidable legal expert, Henein became a household name over the […]
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Border Services agent charged with sexual assault, extortion
[Image-1] Halifax Regional Police have charged a Canada Border Services Agency employee with sexual assault, breach of trust and extortion. Carrie Dexter Willis, 55, of Pierrefonds, Quebec was arrested “without incident” on April 1 in Montreal and brought back to Halifax to await trial. The charges stem from 2003 when Willis was an immigration officer. […]
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Brenden Sommerhalder enters the race for city council
[Image-1] There’s still snow on the ground, but the political race for north end Halifax is heating up. Brenden Sommerhalder will officially announce his candidacy next week for District 8, the Halifax Peninsula North seat currently represented by Jennifer Watts. After two terms at city hall, Watts is not re-offering this fall. Her decision is in […]