Halifax city council voted at its Tuesday meeting to allow people without a home to sleep in parks legally. This change was specifically presented to council because changing the bylaw for park use “is the only legislative or administrative option that we have,” said Max Chauvin, parks and recreation special projects manager in his presentation. […]
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Halifax speeds up the process to slow down streets
Speed bumps and other methods of making cars drive slower—known as traffic calming measures—were a major topic of discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of Halifax Regional Council. Right now the city has a long list of streets awaiting traffic calming, and council was considering administrative changes designed to address that backlog. The city’s current legislation that […]
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Parking tickets going up to $45 and more council business
The two biggest things on council’s agenda this week were making cars driving slower and letting unhoused Haligonians sleep in Halifax parks. Here is the other stuff is from Halifax Regional Council’s regular meeting of June 14, 2022. Thanks to the budget debates earlier this year, council decided to raise the fine for parking tickets […]
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A Titanic fraud?
One of the fun things about working for The Coast is that sometimes we get to write stories like “Hey, do you think there are enough funny tweets about that Titanic hotel to do something with?” Related And there are, there are some absolute bangers, like these: For a lot less than $300 million, I […]
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What cruise ships do with all that poo
When The Coast posted a picture of the massive Halifax-bound cruise ship Oasis of the Seas to our Instagram page, the number one question we got was about number two. So what happens to poop on a cruise ship? Glad you asked. They have to follow the same rules I had to follow as a […]
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HRM’s environmental policies take a back seat to development
The city’s Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee met last Thursday and got a presentation from Our HRM Alliance. The alliance is a group focused on preventing climate change, and it’s noticed that Halifax Regional Municipality’s big planning documents are announced with much fanfare but then poorly implemented, if at all. “The problem that we were […]
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“Like meeting a long lost relative”—host families welcome Ukrainian refugees
With Canadian flags and baseball caps in hand, Michelle and Tom Hunter waited eagerly at the airport for three hours, ready to welcome the Ukrainian family they will be hosting. They were part of a crowd of other host families, government officials, organizations, translators and other well-wishers who gathered at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport […]
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Nova Scotians prepare to welcome Ukrainian refugees
Nova Scotians are preparing to welcome over 300 Ukrainian refugees to the province Thursday evening, when a flight chartered by the federal government will land at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Host families from across the province who have offered up space in their homes to Ukrainians will be at the airport to greet the new […]
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Stop signs and crosswalks arrive early in north end neighbourhood
It’s been an eventful few weeks for Steve MacKay, the “raccoon” who helped slow down traffic on a stretch of Robie Street plagued by car crashes. In May, the city announced it would install new all-way stop signs and painted crosswalks at the Robie/Stairs, Robie/Stanley and Robie/Columbus intersections, after years of being pestered. And MacKay, […]
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Taser cop Nicole Green was scared of being attacked with an alleged pen
Today was the second day of the Nova Scotia Police Review Board hearing where Halifax Regional Police constable Nicole Green is attempting to clear her name. Green made a violent arrest on Quinpool Road in December 2019, tasering a man we are calling Fred, and an HRP investigation determined she used inappropriate force, earning Green […]
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The raccoon that helped save Robie Street
In Steve MacKay’s neighbourhood, car crashes are so common that he and his neighbours have a routine every time an accident happens. They check to see if anyone is injured and confirm someone has called 911. They bring out deck chairs and glasses of water for the drivers and passengers. “Within a minute, there’ll be […]
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Nova Scotia’s $1.5 billion+ capital plan
Nova Scotia’s PC government rolled out its first capital spending plan yesterday, and it comes with a $1.58 billion price tag. Yes, that’s billion with a bee, the highest in provincial history. The plan includes ramped-up spending on health facilities and hospital infrastructure. Missing from the list of major infrastructure projects for 2022-2023 is affordable […]