There is only one poll that matters—especially at the local level. As politicians and Canadians focus on polls to get a sense of who might win the next election, at the local level, the best gauge of the future is the past. Below, we answer your questions about local polls, tariffs, trade, politician pay, party, […]
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Family fun for Easter weekend in Halifax
There’s lots to do this Easter weekend in Halifax. Get ready for visits with the Easter Bunny, egg hunts and other fun activities going on all over the city—it’s sure to be a hopping good time, er, baskets of fun, er, an egg-cellent celebration, ummmm…you get the gist! PLAY Hatfield Farm Annual Easter Egg Hunt […]
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City council making moves
Money matters After weeks of humming and hawing and much discussion, council has approved the 2025/26 municipal budget. The budget includes municipal operations, Regional Council-approved priority initiatives and investments to purchase, construct and rehabilitate municipal assets. Basically, all of the costs associated with running (and hopefully growing) Halifax. The 2025/26 municipal budget includes an operating […]
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Uniting for Action: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Nova Scotia
We are in the midst of an emergency. The second annual Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Summit, organized by a collective of advocates and organizations, sold out in record time—because people know we are at a breaking point. But selling out a summit is not a victory. The real measure of progress is lives saved, harm prevented, […]
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The best (of) date day in Halifax
Figuring out what the best things to do, eat and see in Halifax is easy! We have taken the guess work out of it with our annual Best of Halifax readers choice awards. So we’re using that intel to put together a date day itinerary that is sure to be a hit. Let Halifax be […]
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The rising tide of motor vehicle fatalities in Canada
Following three decades of improvement in road safety, Canada is now seeing a resurgence of increasing road fatalities. 2022 saw the country record 1,931 vehicle-related deaths, the highest since 2013 and a 6% increase from 2021. As a result, personal injury lawyers are also seeing an increase in cases. This resurgence in fatal road traffic accidents has […]
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How cutting property taxes can end up costing you
On Wednesday, Feb 26, Halifax budget season’s regular debates had their curtain call. After about a month of intense scrutiny and discussion, Halifax’s business units have mostly set their budgets for a city budget of about $1.3 billion. There are a few items that council may consider funding, which will be debated on March 19, […]
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Halifax libraries budget shows city working against itself on parking
The regular season of HRM’s budget debates ended on Feb 26, with a slew of routine budget presentations from HRM’s public libraries, the municipal auditor general, the city’s corporate service business units and the fiscal services business unit. Here’s how that meeting of the city’s Budget Committee—a group whose membership is all of council—went down. […]
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Will council end driving subsidies and let Halifax Transit succeed?
Halifax Transit gave its budget presentation late on Feb 20 and early into Feb 21, on days two and three of the budget debates about Halifax’s operations business units. Even as Halifax Transit is bringing back routes lost to COVID and adding $1 million in new spending, its annual budget is down $7.9 million. All […]
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Windsor Street redesign is dead; long live the Windsor Street redesign
Much like that other saviour, Jesus Christ, the Windsor Street Exchange redesign project came back to life at Tuesday, Feb 25’s council meeting after a brief period of being dead. Last month, council crucified city staff for not prioritizing council’s priorities in the new design for the Windsor Street Exchange and rejected staff’s proposal. One […]
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Halifax is finally able to think about non-car options
Halifax’s budget debates, specifically the Department of Public Works budget, is where hope for the future goes to die. Even though there are reasons for optimism, it’s hard to maintain that optimism in the face of Halifax’s dire affliction: This city is suffering from a severe case of the tragedy of the commons. Before the […]
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Halifax to increase police budgets
Like most of Halifax’s recent budgets, deciding this year’s budget is not easy. Councillors are aware that Haligonians are struggling in record numbers so they’re trying to make sure every tax dollar spent is spent well. Or at least, that’s what they say they want. The Halifax Regional Police are asking for a few things […]