[Image-1] Developer Joe Ramia wants to change the exterior design elements of his downtown Nova Centre complex, including the elevation above Market Street and the materials to be used at the Centre’s base and tower. That news comes from an information item headed to next week’s meeting of the Design Review Committee. A new substantive […]
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Giant Bicycles gears up on Sackville Street
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 Sackville Street may be one of the steepest climbs in the downtown, but that’s not stopping new cycling shop Giant Bicycles Halifax from opening its doors next month. Barry Misener, owner of Bicycles Plus in Bedford, will open the Giant-branded expansion on April 1. It’ll be situated at 5536 Sackville Street, in the red-brick […]
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The roast of Gloria McCluskey is happening in April

 If you want to watch Mike Savage make fun of Gloria McCluskey, it’s going to cost $50 a plate. Next month, various political dignitaries and community well-wishers will gather together on April 23 in Eastern Passage to do what some on the internet have been doing for a while now, and roast the retiring […]
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Viola Desmond wins Halifax ferry naming contest
[Image-1] Halifax Transit’s newest ferry has a name, and it’s Viola Desmond. Mayor Mike Savage made the announcement on Thursday afternoon at the Black Cultural Centre, drawing a standing ovation from those in attendance. According to HRM, “Viola Desmond” received just under a third of the 19,230 votes cast in the two-week naming period for […]
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Update: Steele demolishing 17 properties around Colonial Honda
[Image-1] April 29 update: Rob Steele’s been busy since we last left off. As noticed on the Halifax subreddit, the same companies buying up the houses on Fern Lane and the corner of Robie and May have also been purchasing buildings on the south side of the Colonial Honda dealership. Demolition permits have now been […]
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City council to discuss removing Halifax logo from Dartmouth
[Image-1] Having solved Twitter and given royal assent to donairs, HRM Regional Council will now turn its attention to scrubbing HΛLIFΛX off of Dartmouth. Next week councillors will discuss a recommendation from the Harbour East-Marine Drive community council to look at removing the Halifax logo and brand from “all community signs, landmarks and flagpoles” across […]
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Construction mitigation guidelines coming to Halifax
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 Help may soon be on the way for businesses and residents plagued by downtown construction. On Tuesday city council asked for staff to develop several new construction mitigation guidelines to ease the downtown development burdens being placed on neighbours. Among other provisions, the new regulations could include improved enforcement provisions and a standardized notification […]
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All of Matt Whitman’s strangest tweets (since January)
[Image-1] Matt Whitman found himself in a far more serious form of Twitter jail this week, and will now have to apologize for the way he’s been tweeting. The Hammonds Plains–St. Margarets councillor met behind closed doors with his fellow councillors for over three hours to discuss two letters of complaint submitted to the city […]
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New study finds HRM still lagging behind in public transparency
A report released today from the Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia finds there’s a lot of ground HRM has left to cover in terms of public transparency. “Without robust transparency, it is impossible for the public to monitor how their tax dollars are being spent,” said the Coalition in a statement. “Our research […]
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People want Cindy Day fired because of her Frankie MacDonald comments
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 UPDATE: Day and MacDonald have apparently quashed their beef (see below), so everybody can stop with the wrathful anger now. Happy Valentine’s Day! Last evening, I had a wonderful conversation with Frankie MacDonald . I was so happy I was able to reach him. I wanted… Posted by Cindy Day on Sunday, February 14, 2016 […]
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Dalhousie may increase fees 28 percent for some students
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 Engineering, pharmacy and agriculture students at Dalhousie University better hope for some scholarships because it looks like costs are going up. Way up. Thursday’s draft operating budget report from Dalhousie’s Budget Advisory Committee is recommending a three percent tuition increase for all Dalhousie University students, coupled with more drastic hikes of as much as […]
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City council throws some shade at Nova Scotia’s fiscal health
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 The municipality’s strong financial health prompted Regional Council on Wednesday morning to consider $10 million for a new strategic infrastructure reserve to finance an additional $75 million in debt. “The economy is generally good on a go-forward basis,” fiscal and tax policy manager Bruce Fisher told council, noting that HRM’s debt is down “dramatically” […]
