With the Junos set to descend upon the city this weekend, some civic disruptions are to be expected, including (but not limited to) the presence of Ben Mulroney. eTalk at the Junos will be filming a red carpet arrivals show along Argyle Street on Sunday, which means you, Joe Not-A-Celebrity, are not encouraged to attend. […]
Michael Fleury
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Yanking our chains
Last week, perhaps in an effort to make downtown Halifax look more presentable for the crowd of Juno-goers about to descend upon our city, the municipality sent out an order to remove any derelict bicycles located near the ultra-touristy Historic Properties. Following city orders, a crew promptly set to work rounding up bicycles in the […]
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REALITY BITES
Turn off your TVs, dim the lights and grab a sweater, kids. As of March 10, Nova Scotia Power has received approval to go ahead with an 8.9 percent power rate increase, or in more digestible terms, about seven extra dollars a month for what Nova Scotia Power calls “the typical household.” No word yet […]
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Broken home
Early Monday morning, a backhoe began ripping through an old blue house on the corner of Creighton and Gerrish Streets. By 11:30am, the view from the sidewalk was deceptive—the facade of the building was still intact, giving the impression of a fully-formed home. But behind the outer walls, most of the house already lay in […]
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Snow parking zone
Last year, Kristian Curran and his wife lived though their first full winter as downtown homeowners. Curran also lived through his first experience with the downtown winter parking ban. Abiding by the ban, which does not allow parking on downtown streets between 1 and 7am, Curran moved his car off of Maynard Street street every […]
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Bus route
Andrew Curran spent hours last week riding Metro Transit busses and hanging out at bus stops, but he didn’t have any particular destination in mind – he was there for the conversation. “We were out taking to people all day,” recalls Curran, who made the aimless trip along with a friend and a video camera. […]
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Supreme court
In a small auditorium in the Dalhousie architecture building, roughly 250 people came to debate the future of the area near Spring Garden Road and Queen Street. By the time the meeting got underway at 7:00 pm, there were no more seats. When Mark Reid of Urban Strategies Inc. formally began his presentation, audience members […]
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Overdue for a change
When the Halifax Memorial Library on Spring Garden Road first opened in 1951, no one could have imagined the demands that would be placed on the building by 2006. Still, despite being over half a century old, the building continues to function as the largest library branch in the HRM. That may change. In a […]
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Zoned out
The Nail and Kneecap on Quinpool Road looks like a pub. It acts like a pub. It even has the word “pub” written on its awning. But as manager Shari Calder knows, it’s impossible open a traditional pub on Quinpool Road. “That’s why we’re a pub-style restaurant,” explains Calder. “You can’t have a drink without […]
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Goodwill Shopping
Every holiday season, instead of a Tickle Me Elmo or an iPod or an Xbox 360, Pat Kipping offers the Gift of Peace. The giver makes a donation to Oxfam Canada on behalf of the receiver, and the receiver gets a small card informing them of the donation. It’s not flashy, it’s not commercial and […]
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Wait for it
It took a while, but the future of the Grand Parade has been decided. The proposals are in , their relative merits have been weighed by the city, and the winning bid has been selected—well, almost. HRM’s urban design project manager Andy Fillmore says that the bid selection team has made a final decision about […]
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Ice capades
The area in and around Uniacke Square is famous for all the wrong reasons. The neighbourhood has struggled with a reputation for violence, drug activity, and run-down housing conditions, leaving residents with every excuse to give up on their community. Apparently, the PEP Bro Divas never got that memo. The Divas is a six-woman collective […]
