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The truly bizarre “Let’s out-do Moncton” complex that has taken hold of our local politicians and media lately is, well, weird. It’s like we’re playing Kristen Wiig’s uber-insecure Penelope character from Saturday Night Live. “I’ve hosted 400 concerts, so…and our Rolling Stones concert had Kanye West and a really, really big stage, so…and our city […]

The mayor’s first community session for his round table on violence was held on Monday night in the wilds of Sackville. Yes, we know: you weren’t there. Don’t lie to us and tell us you were. You weren’t. In your defence, you probably don’t live in Sackville. There’s a slightly better chance (we bet) that […]

In case you missed it, Shelia Fougere became the first official Kelly-opponent on Wednesday, formally announcing her intention to run for mayor. Not a great shock—there has been much speculation that Fougere would make the call. In a press conference on the waterfront on Wednesday morning, Fourgere said, “I will bring forward a campaign platform […]

Council had the week off, but we did notice that Mayor Kelly took a moment to speak with the Chronicle-Herald on Saturday. Kelly told the Herald that council hadn’t received the detailed financial documents they were expecting to see regarding the Commonwealth Games bid process. Kelly effectively passed the buck to top city bureaucrat Dan […]

And now, a word from Massachusetts For Boston, the tipping point came at 10pm on August 26. An argument on Boston’s historic public Common turned violent, two teenagers were shot, and a bullet shattered a window in State House offices—one floor below where the Governor works. Bostonians were already concerned that their Common had become […]

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Remember 1758? Good year. The Seven Years’ War was all over the news, Clement XIII became the 248th Pope…lots going on. And here in Nova Scotia, we elected our first legislative assembly, the first elected legislature in Canada—pretty awesome, frankly. People moving forward, working together…it really put that whole Seven Years’ War into perspective. (Oh, […]

The new Seaport Farmers’ Market made a push for funding this week, which is an ongoing concern for market manager Fred Kilcup. Yes, the conceptual art looks beautiful, but the new market comes with a 9.75 million-dollar price tag. On Tuesday, Kilcup took his case to city council, and had a generally positive response. “It […]

Here’s why that headline is clever. One: HRM by Design, the city’s ambitious design strategy, renews this week with public forum number four. Two: it’s urban—this time around, more urban than usual. The fourth public forum focuses on the downtown core, bounded by Cogswell, Inglis, South Park and the Harbour. If ever there were a […]

After an August on the Common that included an armed robbery, a stabbing and this week’s disgusting table-leg beating, the Halifax Regional Police are telling officers to pay closer attention to the park-cum-gauntlet. “I wouldn’t so much call it changes to patrols,” says HRP constable Jeff Carr. “But officers who are assigned to regular patrol […]