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During Tuesday’s meeting of council, outside of City Hall the winds were so strong that Barrington’s streetlamps were being vigorously buffeted outside the windows of Halifax Hall. They moshed with the wind for the entirety of council’s hours-long in-camera debate about a motion. The motion—number 17.2, about “INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS”—was moved up to 1 o’clock, so […]

  The topic of abortion rights has entered the provincial political conversation, as Nova Scotia’s NDP have called out the PC Party for allowing a pro-life incumbent to run for their party. The NSNDP has accused incumbent MLA John Lohr of being anti-abortion, citing a 2018 interview he did with RightNow, a right-wing anti-abortion group, […]

In 2002, Nova Scotia became the first province in Canada to establish a specific government body dedicated to preventative healthcare. At that time, it was called the Office of Health Promotion, and its goal was to educate people on ways in which they could adopt a healthier lifestyle and reduce chronic illness and premature deaths. […]

Correction: An earlier version of this story got a few things wrong about the presentation Max Chauvin, HRM director of housing and homelessness, made at the meeting. We incorrectly paraphrased him at two points in the story, the first saying Chauvin criticized federal and provincial government actions around housing at the meeting, the second saying […]

  Nova Scotia’s NDP have announced their plans for a rent-to-own starter home program ahead of the provincial election In a press release on Tuesday, Nov 12, NSNDP leader Claudia Chender announced the program, saying it would increase the number of families able to buy their first home by 10% in the first year. While […]

Correction: A previous version of this article asserted that the lack of online voting was due to an impending Canada Post strike, when in fact it’s because it’s not a part of the provincial voting legislation and was never planned for the 2024 provincial election. We deeply apologize for this error. (Nov 14, 2024) Those […]

Halifax’s new city council had their first regular meeting of Halifax Regional Council on Tuesday, Nov 12, and it was a pretty routine affair. A lot of the discussion this meeting happened in-camera. In the public portions of the meeting, the bulk of the interesting debate was around the climate, specifically the yearly update on […]

The regularly scheduled council meeting of Tuesday, October 1 flew a little bit under the radar, thanks to it happening during the municipal election campaign. But it was noteworthy as the final meeting of our 2020-elected council, held via Zoom in an unwanted tribute to the first meetings of their term, which were forced onto […]

  Housing is at the forefront of many people’s minds as the province faces a shortage while experiencing high rent and purchase prices. It’s no surprise, then, that the NSNDP, Liberals, and the PC Party have announced their plans for housing as election day looms. Following an announcement last week regarding their plan to lower […]

A pending postal strike has stopped Elections Nova Scotia from issuing voter information cards for the upcoming provincial election, causing confusion and criticism for some voters. According to a media release on Oct 31, Elections Nova Scotia has decided not to print the cards due to the potential for a Canada Post strike which could […]

  The NSNDP have announced the first part of their housing plan—-they promise to abolish fixed-term leases and set a new rent cap if elected. In a press release on Oct 31, party leader Claudia Chender said if the NDP form the next government, they would ban fixed-term leases. This practice allows landlords to boot […]