Thanks to the effects of COVID-19, queer youth in Nova Scotia are more isolated than ever before, potentially cut off from support systems or school friends and forced to spend more time with families who aren’t always accepting. But thankfully, there are still people working to provide 2SLGBTQ+ youth with support, education and resources. […]
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UPDATED: Iain Rankin and Andy Fillmore among Nova Scotia politicians who are also landlords
Updated March 19 with response from Tim Houston added to the text below. When we ask ourselves how did the situation for renters in Halifax get so bad, a common answer is that the majority of the decision makers in this province are homeowners. The theory is they just don’t quite remember the low, burning […]
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Are you a house-hunting millennial? Better sharpen your pencil
Hopeful first-time home buyers in Halifax are writing love letters to staircases and fireplaces, French windows and quirky out-dated salmon-coloured bathroom tiles. All in the hopes of increasing their chances of being the successful bid on a mid-range house in Halifax. Because in case you hadn’t heard, HRM’s housing market is hot hot hot right […]
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Victoria Hall development proposal edges closer to finalization
The apartment building at 2438 Gottingen Street was mostly constructed around 1885, “at the height of the revival of the French chateau style,” according to the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. The trust says Victoria Hall is “one of the largest examples of this Romantic genre in Nova Scotia.” At the latest regional council meeting, […]
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Defining defunding police committee gets important approval from police board
Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners gave another green light to the committee that’s tasked with figuring out what people in Halifax think “defunding” the police should mean. After first deciding it needed an external committee to develop a definition for defunding the police in August, the board’s been slow to let it start working, but […]
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NS RCMP destroy 7 tonnes of gear that’s been sitting around
This week, Nova Scotia RCMP had a pretty big bonfire, incinerating 6.92 tonnes of RCMP “kit.” This kit, according to NS RCMP spokesperson Mark Skinner, contained things from uniform shirts and pants to boots and body armour, but also “other items that form a part of a member’s uniform.” It was all stored at a […]
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Video report: Catch up on Halifax Regional Council’s March 9 meeting
Yesterday was Halifax Regional Council’s last meeting on Microsoft Teams–the tech is switching to Zoom for the next meeting–and HRMs mayor and 16 councillors looked in to cracking down on illegal dumping, heard from Halifax Water and the Halifax Partnership, moved a development proposal for a 13-storey building at 2438 Gottingen Street forward to the […]
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35 of Canada’s best hockey players are in Halifax this week
Some of the best hockey players in the world are on the ice in Halifax this week. You can’t watch them in person right now, but hopefully they’ll be returning in May for the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship in Halifax and Truro. Since Monday the rink at Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre has played host […]
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3 new cases and another testing record March 3 🏆
The province is reporting three new infections today, one in the Northern health zone and two in Central, all of them people who are closely connected with other COVID-19 patients. Three new cases is higher than the last two days, which each had only one case, but it’s still low enough to earn praise from […]
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1 new case, more variants and hospitalizations March 2
Tuesday brings good news in terms of new COVID-19 cases, testing and recoveries, but bad news for patients getting admitted to the hospital and virus variants. Let’s start with the good news, because we can. For the second day in a row, Nova Scotia is reporting only one new C19 infection. “The case is in […]
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The five most expensive capital items budgeted for 2021/22
Halifax Regional Municipality is budgeting $175 million in capital funding for the 2021/22 fiscal year. This money is different from the operating budget, which pays for the city’s ongoing operations like staff salaries and snow plowing. Capital money is a one-time or once-in-a-while expense for the big building stuff. New roads, building maintenance, upgrades to […]
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Coburg Road home approved for heritage status
Halifax’s supply of heritage protected houses is one home bigger. The house, at 6215 Coburg Road, across the street from Dalhousie University’s Howe Hall residence, received Registered Heritage Status from Halifax Regional Council last Tuesday. The status puts guidelines on what can be changed about the property, and also incentivizes restoration with HRM’s renovation matching […]