[Image-1] Throughout the 45 years they’ve been around, the Ecology Action Centre has had its history of different office homes. There wasn’t much here in 2006, when the not-for-profit moved into its current location at 2705 Fern Lane. Today, Friday, April 22, the EAC is opening its newly-refurbished doors to show off some of […]
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CeaseFire Halifax calls for a cure to recent violence
[Image-1] With the city still reeling from two murders in less than 72 hours, CeaseFire Halifax gathered together with local residents and community activists at a public rally Thursday evening in an effort to try and stop the violence. Halifax’s anti-violence intervention non-profit organized the event at Squiggle Park, on the corner of Falkland and […]
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CarbonCure offers concrete solutions to climate change
[Image-1] Environmentally-friendly design is an easy concept to support, but deciding which building materials are best for the environment is a tricky business. For its strength and durability, concrete has long been the top choice for new construction, despite its large carbon footprint. Five percent of all CO2 emissions come from cement production—one of the […]
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Halifax Cycling Coalition wants protected bike lane on South Park
[Image-1] Improvements are coming to the South Park Street bike lane, but what form they’ll take is up for discussion. The municipality is holding an open house next Monday to consider changes to the existing bike lane, which currently runs from Sackville Street to Morris Street and University Avenue. According to HRM, those potential changes […]
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Meet the North End Community Action Committee
[Image-1] Say hello to the North End Community Action Committee. The newly-formed group is concerned about the many developments that are changing the landscape of the city’s north end. For around a month now, Kyturera Jones, one of the main organizers, has been facilitating critical dialogue around the current proposals to (yes we’re using […]
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Residents of Cole Harbour-Westphal, how would you spend $60,000?
[Image-1] The residents of Cole Harbour-Westphal are about to go on a $60,000 spending spree. District 4, which includes the communities of Cole Harbour, Westphal, Lake Major, Cherry Brook and Lake Loon will have its first participatory budget meeting on Thursday, April 14. The event allows area residents to decide how best to spend the […]
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A game of cat and mouse for public housing tenants
[Image-1] When Jodi Brown moved into her new home in Spryfield’s Greystone neighbourhood, she knew she would be making some changes in her lifestyle. She didn’t know that she was signing up to live with rodents. Like many tenants in public housing throughout HRM, Brown is dealing with an infestation of mice. And just like […]
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Halifax Transit wants to order 1,000 rubber ferry tub toys
[Image-1] Bert and Ernie never sang about a “rubber ferry,” but there’s a possibility tourists visiting Halifax in the summer months may. Halifax Transit is toying with idea of selling rubber ferry tub toys to residents and tourists that make regular use of the ferry. A standing offer from the municipality is looking for the […]
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Marie Henein the keynote speaker at Halifax legal conference
[Image-1] The most famous lawyer in the country is coming to Halifax. Marie Henein, of Toronto’s Henein Hutchison LLP, will be the keynote speaker at the Atlantic Women in Litigation conference, taking place May 5 at the Prince George Hotel on Market Street. Already a formidable legal expert, Henein became a household name over the […]
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Border Services agent charged with sexual assault, extortion
[Image-1] Halifax Regional Police have charged a Canada Border Services Agency employee with sexual assault, breach of trust and extortion. Carrie Dexter Willis, 55, of Pierrefonds, Quebec was arrested “without incident” on April 1 in Montreal and brought back to Halifax to await trial. The charges stem from 2003 when Willis was an immigration officer. […]
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Brenden Sommerhalder enters the race for city council
[Image-1] There’s still snow on the ground, but the political race for north end Halifax is heating up. Brenden Sommerhalder will officially announce his candidacy next week for District 8, the Halifax Peninsula North seat currently represented by Jennifer Watts. After two terms at city hall, Watts is not re-offering this fall. Her decision is in […]
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Council approves new economic strategy for HRM
[Image-1] Bust out your vision boards, HRM has a new five-year plan for economic growth. On Tuesday city council approved a new strategic framework that will attempt to increase HRM’s population by 50,000 people and boost the gross domestic product by $3.5 billion before 2021. Consultant firm KPMG developed the new strategy, guided by an […]
