Police reform featured heavily in Halifax Regional Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Sep. 10. Council gave first reading to an amendment to bylaw P-100, formally known as the Police Board By-law. This amendment will add the position of Commissioner of Public Safety, a person to act as a liaison between the HRM, the Halifax Regional […]
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The provincial government is making it easier for you to get evicted
Tim Houston’s government announced law changes to the Residential Tenancies Act last week that will benefit landlords and make it easier for tenants to lose their homes. New regulations give landlords more flexibility and power in evicting tenants, proposing a shorter timeline for filing an eviction notice for late rent and giving landlords more […]
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Cops shouldn’t respond to mental health calls
Wednesday, September fourth’s Board of Police Commissioners agenda was weighty: cops for sale, suicide prevention, and a report criticizing the police. At the last meeting, the Board was supposed to talk about HRP officers working extra duty (i.e. protecting Superstore’s profits while in uniform) and off duty (i.e. working at Superstore), but it was deferred […]
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Taking the bus from Halifax to Truro
Discussions about transportation dominated this week’s regular meeting of Halifax Regional Council, Tuesday Sep. 3. There was some bad, which will be covered in the Notable Debates section below, but there was also the foreshadowing of a better world. It all started when councillor Trish Purdy pulled an item off the consent agenda, a list […]
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Nikanus Red Dress Leadership awards open for Indigenous women
Indigenous women across Atlantic Canada are being asked to share their stories in hopes of earning the Nikanus Red Dress Leadership Award. Founded in 2023 in celebration of the North American Indigenous Games being hosted that year in Nova Scotia, the Nikanus Red Dress award is given to young women, aged 15 to 25, […]
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Traffic to south end tennis club makes residents fear street improvements
Halifax’s Transportation Standing Committee started its Thursday Aug. 29 meeting as it always does, with the public participation section. For the past few Transportation Standing Committee meetings, the public participation section has been dominated by residents of Coburg Road who are absolutely furious that the city is making improvements. Essentially the very end of Coburg […]
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Halifax does not value librarians
Even though the ongoing strike by Halifax’s librarians might indicate otherwise, the city of Halifax is supposed to be a great place to work. The HRM’s bureaucracy frequently wins awards as one of Canada’s top 100 employers. One of the big reasons Halifax wins so much is that the HRM is an employer that embodies […]
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City needs help to punish delinquent developers
The regularly scheduled Halifax Regional Council meeting of Tuesday, August 20 was dominated by wildfire. In the Committee of the Whole section of the meeting, councillors got a report about last year’s Upper Tantallon fire from the Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency Department. The report is the result of HRFE’s internal after-action policies, which they […]
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Lessons of the Tantallon wildfire one year later
Fires need four things to exist, and last year on May 28, 2024, Halifax was a tinderbox waiting to explode. When the temperature gets high and the humidity gets low, it’s easier for fire to stay burning. This condition, known as crossover, is occurring more frequently as the earth’s climate changes. When there hasn’t been […]
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Angry property owner taking public land hostage? Dartmouth Cove isn’t the first time
Months after Transportation Canada said it would rescind its approval of a pyrite infilling project in Dartmouth Cove, Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd. installed barriers blocking the nearby trails on Wednesday—a threat that ARCP will start work despite a lack of approval. It began with ARCP installing a safety fence. Later on Wednesday, […]
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Celebrate the Revitalization of Spring Garden Road at Our Street Party!
Mark your calendars and get ready to revel in the vibrant energy of Spring Garden Road! On August 24th, from 11 am to 2 pm, join us for a spectacular Street Party stretching from Queen Street to South Park Street. It’s a celebration like no other, showcasing the newly revitalized Spring Garden Road and the […]
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The fight for proper pedestrian infrastructure in Halifax continues
Marooned bus stops. Access roads with no sidewalks. Pedestrians forced to walk alongside moving traffic. Safety advocate Martyn Williams is a witness to all of this as he documents the lack of pedestrian infrastructure throughout Halifax that puts people’s lives at risk daily. Williams has been highlighting sidewalk issues across the city on his […]
