Matt Stickland

Correction: An earlier version of this story got a few things wrong about the presentation Max Chauvin, HRM director of housing and homelessness, made at the meeting. We incorrectly paraphrased him at two points in the story, the first saying Chauvin criticized federal and provincial government actions around housing at the meeting, the second saying […]

Halifax’s new city council had their first regular meeting of Halifax Regional Council on Tuesday, Nov 12, and it was a pretty routine affair. A lot of the discussion this meeting happened in-camera. In the public portions of the meeting, the bulk of the interesting debate was around the climate, specifically the yearly update on […]

The regularly scheduled council meeting of Tuesday, October 1 flew a little bit under the radar, thanks to it happening during the municipal election campaign. But it was noteworthy as the final meeting of our 2020-elected council, held via Zoom in an unwanted tribute to the first meetings of their term, which were forced onto […]

On October 11, the Honourable Justice Darlene Jamieson issued a decision on the case between Kiann Management Limited and the Halifax Regional Municipality. The backstory involves a proposed construction and demolition disposal yard in Porters Lake, on land that used to be a forest until the big 2008 fire happened. In 2015, the property owner, […]

Halifax is guaranteed to have a new mayor after the election on October 19 because the incumbent, mayor Mike Savage, is not seeking re-election after 12 years on the job. Who exactly will replace Savage will be determined by us as we cast ballots by phone or online until October 16. Or cast ballots in […]

If you are reading this before October 19, 2024, polls are now open, and you can vote in Halifax’s municipal election. How do you vote? I’m so glad you asked. Click RIGHT HERE for all the information you need on how to cast a ballot in this municipal election. This district, like its neighbour District […]

The new boundaries for this upcoming municipal election will see a changed District 12, one with slightly more people than it should have. If District 12 were to be further divided it would require breaking up some “communities of interest.” And the city has been doing a lot of work in recent years figuring out […]

Halifax’s District 16 is up for grabs after longtime, twice-acclaimed incumbent Tim Outhit decided not to reoffer. This district, according to the city, is “made up of well-established suburban neighbourhoods lying on the northwestern end of the Bedford Basin.” This district features many things, like a splash pad, a boardwalk along the basin, and a […]

  If you’ve never looked at District 13 on a map and have only been paying attention to municipal politics since the summer of last year, you might have the impression that District 13 consists of Upper Tantallon and Hubbards and that’s pretty much it. But in reality, District 13 is a massive coastal district, […]

  District 14 was held most recently by Lisa Blackburn who is leaving municipal politics, leaving her seat empty. This district still spans the north western communities in the HRM including places like the Plains of Hammonds, upper and regular, and the Sackvilles middle and upper. This district is also home to Lucasville, one of […]