Just as I’m writing this, on Tuesday afternoon, Halifax council is set to approve the early funding for the purchase of 19 more buses, at an anticipated cost of $8.62 million. The “early funding” approval is necessary because the process of tendering, building, shipping and acquiring buses takes longer than a single budget year. Council’s […]
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Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council endorses council candidates
The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council has issued its list of endorsed council candidates. Interestingly, the council declined to endorse any candidates in Districts 1, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16. The endorsements are: District 2 – Preston – Porter’s Lake – Eastern Shore – Gail McQuarrie District 3 – Dartmouth South – Eastern […]
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Women want to be heard
The Women’s Action Alliance for Change has sent out a press release this morning noting that: It is a fact that Nova Scotia lags behind other provinces in terms of women’s participation in municipal government. Although 52% of the population is female, women currently make up only 21% of municipal councillors, only 4% of mayors […]
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Angela Jones files brief with the court
Angela Jones and the city are having a court battle over whether she can be a candidate in the upcoming city election. Jones has filed her brief with the court today. Read it here. The city is required to file its brief with the court by Wednesday. We’ll post that when we receive it. Judge […]
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BREAKING NEWS: City loses in St. Pat’s-Alexandra case
I haven’t read the decision yet, but lawyer Ron Pink tells me the non-profits have won “on all counts.” Commentary in a bit. Read the decision here Related Stories
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Halifax mayoral candidates urged to address accessibility
Accessibility advocate Gus Reed sends the following letter to all five mayoral candidates: Dear Mr. Connors, Mr. Eisses, Mr. Mackie, Mr. Martin, Mr. McCormack and Mr. Savage, I am pleased to attach a petition with 142 signatures asking you to make accessibility a central theme of your campaign for Mayor of HRM and for you […]
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Flash park comes to Halifax
The international Flash Park movement has arrived in Halifax. The flash park was set up by the folks working at Genivar, the engineering firm that designed the aborted streetscape renos planned for both Spring Garden and Quinpool Roads. Pictured above are, left to right, Scott Fash, Kourdash Rad and Greg Zwicker, all engineers at the […]
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Five candidates vie for District 15 council seat
With the retirement of long-serving councillor Bob Harvey, the Lower Sackville council election promises to be a must-watch. All five candidates cite their long association with Sackville and collectively they have an impressive charitable record, working with non-profits and community organizations. I talked to four of the five Friday (Curt Wentzell didn’t return my call, […]
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Tuxedo Stan wins the campaign graphic contest
It sort of has an old-school worker solidarity kind of feel to it, I think. Either that, or full-on fascist….
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Candidates’ debate for District 8: Peninsula North
Announcing: Council candidates debate for District 8 — Peninsula North,br> Thursday, September 27, 6:30pm, Halifax North Memorial Libary Candidates: Dawn Sloan Jennifer Watts Doug MacDonald Karen Dempsey James McKay Hosted by: The Coast Moderated by: Tim Bousquet, news editor Questions from the floor are welcome and encouraged Free to all.
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Missing pieces in the Thibeault estate
We reported this morning, Peter Kelly is being removed as executor of the Mary Thibeault estate effective October 1. That’s also the date that Kelly must provide a full accounting of the estate while it was in his control. In January, the court will review that accounting. But the accounting won’t be complete unless it […]
