Teaching assistants, part-time instructors, markers and demonstrators at Dalhousie University are officially on strike after last-minute negotiations between the CUPE 3912 union and the university on Tuesday failed. On Wednesday morning, employees picketed outside the school and students passing by gave cheers of support for their teachers. The approximately 1,500 Dalhousie employees represented by CUPE […]
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Nova Scotia has a fixed-term lease problem
Charlotte MacDonald’s Chebucto Road apartment was small, but she loved it anyway. Three blocks from the Halifax Commons, she could grab a coffee on Quinpool, stroll over to the North End for a bite or saunter to Spring Garden Road within minutes. All for less than $900 a month. “I never had to take the […]
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Halifax restaurant workers know the real reason for the labour shortage
Harpreet Jagdeo has a passion for food; they’ve loved cooking since they were a kid. And they love Halifax. But after working in this city’s restaurant industry for years and barely managing to make ends meet, Jagdeo just couldn’t take it any longer. It got to the point where they were working three kitchen jobs […]
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Everything you need to know about Halifax Regional Council’s Oct. 11 meeting
This was a special meeting of council to keep the HRM’s major policy review on its new COVID-delayed schedule. This public hearing was initially scheduled for Sept. 29, but was postponed because of post-tropical storm Fiona. Since this meeting is more than 14 days after Sept. 29, there are no procedural hurdles like there would […]
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Why Tim Houston’s move to oust the Speaker is boring, but terrifying
As was first reported by CBC’s Micheal Gorman on Oct. 5, premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservative government is thinking about removing the legislature’s Speaker of the House. After the caucus meeting last week, Eastern Shore PC MLA Kent Smith said the party isn’t removing the current speaker, Keith Bain, “just succession planning.” Even though the […]
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Nova Scotia’s early childhood educators are finally getting a raise
After years of fighting for better pay—including a walk-out last month—early childhood educators (ECEs) are getting a “decades overdue” wage bump. In a news conference on Tuesday, the department of education and early childhood development unveiled a new pay scale for ECEs working in licensed childcare centres. Related Under the old wage floor, ECEs earned […]
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6 things you can do in HRM this Thanksgiving weekend
It’s Thanksgiving this weekend (the real one, not November’s American Thanksgiving) and a lot of people are headed home to feast with friends and family. But what to do once you’ve stuffed yourself with turkey, gravy and mashed potatoes? We have a few ideas. Here’s a snapshot of what you can get up to this […]
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Halifax Transit will finally accept electronic payments
On Monday, Oct. 3, Halifax’s transportation standing committee met to discuss the upcoming transit payment app that the committee, and council, have already approved. Today’s short meeting was primarily about setting the fees for the cashless payment app, and answering councillors’ questions about its use. The app allows the city to offer new fare options […]
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The war on pizza
Monday, Oct. 3, is as per usual, a busy day at Triple A Convenience and Pizzeria. Owner John Amyoony greets his steady flow of customers by name and asks them how their day is going while drizzling donair sauce on slices of pizza bigger than a human head. Today is different though, because he’s also […]
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What the law says about the war on pizza
At its heart, the war on pizza is a fight that councillor Waye Mason has picked with two small businesses in his district. The two businesses—Jubilee Junction Convenience and Takeout, and Triple A Convenience and Pizzeria—are convenience stores located across from each other at the corner of Jubilee Road and Preston Street, near Dalhousie’s main […]
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Saving Canadian hockey from a goalie crisis
The dressing rooms in the Cole Harbour Place arena are long and narrow. The dressing room smells faintly of stale urine and sweat. The locker room is under the stands, the ceiling is slanted, giving the room a cramped feel. It doesn’t help that tonight the room is packed with men. Todd Bengert is tall, […]
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HRM council denies asking province to intervene after Dal HoCo fiasco
Halifax councillor Waye Mason is pouring cold water on reports that he’s considering appealing to the Nova Scotia government to step in after students celebrating Dalhousie University’s annual Homecoming lit a bonfire in the middle of Larch Street and sparked a standoff with Halifax Regional Police. Police estimate as many as 4,000 people gathered in […]