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 Danny Chedrawe hasn’t been winning people over with his new Doyle Block. Westwood Developments is currently tearing down the entire block between Spring Garden Road and Doyle Street to make way for a planned seven-storey building of mixed commercial and residential use which will feature—among other amenities—a “living roof.” But it’s the building’s […]
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Black Power Hour offers inmate education over the airwaves
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 There might be a new poet laureate in town, but El Jones isn’t slowing down. 
The educator, activist and HRM’s previous premier poet is already busy on Monday nights co-hosting CKDU’s Youth Now program, and now she’s spinning off of that with the Black Power Hour. The new radio show offers a free […]
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Photos from Friday’s We Believe Survivors rally
Last Friday, in the wake of the verdict that found defamed CBC host Jian Ghomeshi ‘not guilty’ of sexual assault, the Mount Saint Vincent University Feminist Collective organized a rally outside of the Nova Scotia Provincial Courthouse to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault in Canada. “It was definitely a very emotional afternoon that […]
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New data registry aims to improve health care in First Nations
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 Mi’kmaw people aged 20-39 are five times more likely to get diabetes than other Nova Scotians, according to a newly-created health care data-sharing registry for Indigenous communities. 
The First Nations Client Linkage Registry is a joint project of First Nations chiefs, the provincial government and Health Canada. The new registry was announced Thursday at […]
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City staff reject side guards on HRM trucks
[Image-1] The potential lives saved by truck side guards isn’t enough of a reason to install them on municipal vehicles, says HRM staff. That’s the recommendation from a staff report going to Thursday’s meeting of the Transportation Standing Committee which recommends “no further action” be taken on the idea of side guards on all city-owned […]
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Demolition begins on Doyle Street block
[Image-1] Sidewalks on the north side of Spring Garden Road and south side of Doyle Street between Brunswick and Queen are closed for the next two weeks as demolition of the Doyle block is now underway.
 The entire city block is coming down to make way for a seven-storey mixed-used complex including a boutique hotel, […]
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Council report recommends selling Khyber as “community interest”
[Image-1] It will likely be 2018 before anyone’s down at the Khyber. 
A staff report coming to HRM Regional Council on Tuesday is once again recommending to sell 1588 Barrington Street, but this time under the city’s “community interest” category. That means a community group will be able to buy the property at less-than-market value, […]
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Crosswalk flags a success despite bureaucratic obstruction
[Image-1] A crosswalk-safety measure that was in the slow lane at City Hall for years has grown in popularity across many parts of the municipality. Right now there are 74 crosswalks in HRM with pedestrian-safety flags. Six months ago, the flags were only available at 36 crosswalks. Use of the flags was introduced several years […]
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Tim Rissesco enters race for Gloria McCluskey’s seat
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 The first challenger for Gloria McCluskey’s seat at City Hall has stepped forward. Tim Rissesco is running for the Dartmouth Centre riding in this fall’s general election; an incumbent-less race due to councillor Gloria McCluskey’s plans to retire. The executive director of the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission made the announcement on Twitter.

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Additional $10 million in tech upgrades needed for Halifax Convention Centre
[Image-1] The province of Nova Scotia has finally finalized its agreement with Argyle Developments for the design, construction and lease of the new downtown convention centre. With that announcement Wednesday comes news that the cost of the $164-million project is once again going up. An additional $10 million will be needed to upgrade technological infrastructure […]
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City council unanimously passes “good news” budget
[Image-1] This is the last budget several HRM councillors will get the chance to approve in City Hall, and they seemed to be happy to go out on a high note. “Hats off to everybody,” said Gloria McCluskey, who won’t be re-offering this fall. “I sat here, I don’t know how many years and I […]
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Salary freeze proposed for Halifax council
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 The mayor and city councillors are making too much money, says HRM’s council compensation committee. A newly-released report from the group—specially created by council in 2014 to study this very issue—recommends freezing salaries for elected HRM officials and instituting several changes to how that compensation is tabulated. 
If approved, the recommendations will have city […]
