[Image-1] Call us Pepsi’s disastrous early-90s marketing fad, because Halifax is going clear. Starting this Saturday, all residents of the municipality will need to bag up their trash in transparent bags. It’s a bit of rubbish voyeurism to increase sorting and cut down on what’s headed to the city’s landfill. Love it or hate it, […]
Jacob Boon
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Sexual assault allegations could kill The Casualties show
[Image-1] Update: Looks like the event has been cancelled by the Seahorse. [Image-2] The Casualties’ upcoming performance at the Seahorse might be dead on arrival due to the punk band’s history with sexual assault accusations. The New York band is currently scheduled to perform August 23 at the Seahorse Tavern on Gottingen Street. The […]
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Take a walk on the wild side
[Image-1] Running from now until the end of August, Hike the Greenbelt wants Haligonians to see this city’s remarkably accessible ecological beauty through a month of hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, paddling, running, walking and sailing events around an enormous loop of Halifax’s open wilderness. The 15 free events will showcase the city’s potential greenbelt […]
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New app offers free legal help for transgender Canadians
It’s been a big year for the visibility and mainstream acceptance of the transgender community. But trans individuals still statistically remain underemployed, more at-risk of incarcerations, with lower incomes and often left alone to navigate a legal system that’s generously described as confusing. Which is where JusticeTrans comes in. The new mobile phone application offers […]
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You can probably forget about that giant waterslide, Halifax
[Image-1] A giant waterslide down Citadel Hill was a dream too beautiful for this world. Turns out Slide the City’s previously announced urban waterpark pop-up has been delayed indefinitely. “We are beyond bummed to announce this, but we have to postpone Slide the City Halifax,” reads a Facebook post from the company that was published […]
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How to be Halifax’s next poet laureate
[Image-1] El Jones, Halifax’s poet laureate for the last two years, announced today she’ll be leaving Nova Scotia for a writer-in-residence program at the University of Iowa. It’s a big blow to the city’s social justice and arts community. It also brings up the question of who’s going to replace Jones as HRM’s new poet […]
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Mind your business (association)
Things have been a little quiet this summer at the Halifax LGBT Business Association. The two-year-old organization has weathered the loss of some prominent board members over the last six months. But board secretary Lynn Iding (who’s also manager of professional development programs at law firm McInnes Cooper) says not to worry: business is fixing […]
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This Halifax/Dartmouth branding war will destroy us all
[Image-1] A regional municipality divided against itself cannot stand. But that’s exactly what HRM is dealing with as a chorus of Dartmouth citizens raise their voices and take to the Internet in protest against some flags and a couple signs. Dartmouth—a former city across the harbour that Matt Mays sung about—has always been one of […]
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Snow clearing contracts could increase by $6 million
[Image-1] Forget the summer heat, the municipality’s winter operations superintendent is asking council to spend some cold hard cash on four snow clearing tenders. The contracts for snow and ice removal in several HRM communities will be discussed by the Audit and Finance committee on Wednesday, along with an accompanying staff report by winter operations’ […]
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What are Nova Scotia’s top exports?
[Image-1] Nova Scotia’s global reputation is “virtually non-existent” according to a recent government report. Co-authored by Ray Ivany, the report recommends doubling the number of companies exporting in the next 10 years to combat that ignorance and sell the world on Nova Scotia. The Liberal government also just announced its new Export Growth Program, to […]
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Halifax hires Amanda Whitewood as new chief financial officer
[Image-1] Halifax has finally found a replacement for dearly retired Greg Keefe, announcing today it has hired former Capital Health vice-president Amanda Whitewood as HRM’s new chief financial officer. Whitewood will take over the position of director finance/ICT and CFO starting on July 27. For the last several years Whitewood served as CFO and vice […]
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Who’s coming to the new Halifax Convention Centre?
[Image-1] Late last month, Trade Centre Ltd. announced 30 events have been confirmed for the new Halifax Convention Centre when it opens in 2017. What they won’t say is who’s coming. “Out of respect for our clients, we leave the timing of their event announcement to their discretion,” says TCL spokesperson Rachel Potter over email. […]