[Image-1] A giant waterslide down Citadel Hill was a dream too beautiful for this world. Turns out Slide the City’s previously announced urban waterpark pop-up has been delayed indefinitely. “We are beyond bummed to announce this, but we have to postpone Slide the City Halifax,” reads a Facebook post from the company that was published […]
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Snow clearing contracts could increase by $6 million
[Image-1] Forget the summer heat, the municipality’s winter operations superintendent is asking council to spend some cold hard cash on four snow clearing tenders. The contracts for snow and ice removal in several HRM communities will be discussed by the Audit and Finance committee on Wednesday, along with an accompanying staff report by winter operations’ […]
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Baby guinea pigs dumped in Point Pleasant Park
Watch where you step, Point Pleasant Park-goers! A lesson learned to Jennifer Ferguson, who was walking her dogs through the park on June 20 when she noticed a man crouched by the side of the road. He appeared to be letting what she thought were his rabbits have a romp in the grass. When […]
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Market Street closed for three weeks because time is a flat circle
[Image-1] Progress, my friends, is an illusion. We pile bricks upon bricks, hoping for a wall. The only Sure Thing in this life is entropy. We delude ourselves into thinking any effort has been made to stave off the oncoming darkness. The Nova Centre remains under construction. Market Street closes for a crane. It’s all […]
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Welcome to the summer of the Khyber
[Image-1] Last summer, friends of the historic Khyber Building on Barrington Street came together with artists, musicians, members of the queer community and heritage-loving Haligonians to save the Khyber from being forever lost. It didn’t really work. True, 1588 Barrington Street was removed from the city’s surplus property list and more study was done looking […]
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Let’s take a look at Halifax council’s expenses
[Image-1] A month after the city’s auditor general presented a compliance review of expenses for city councillors and staff, The Coast finally got a copy of all those travel claims. Local travel is broken down by financial years, but we’ve only counted expenses since the November 2012 election (when several new councillors took office). Unsurprisingly, […]
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Council approves Irving tax deal, grumbling all the while
[Image-1] Yesterday, city council approved a hotly-debated property tax deal with Irving Shipbuilding. It did not pass without criticism. The Irving shipyard had previously been paying $1.6 million a year on their waterfront facility. The new 25-year agreement (with a possible 10 year extension) drops Irving’s payment down to $563,000 with an annual one percent […]
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Watch this: Unbelievable drone footage of Halifax
[Image-1] It’s a different perspective on some everyday Halifax sights. The dropping costs and improved quality of HD cameras and aerial drones increasingly offer a new way to view some common landmarks. For example, when was the last time you flew across the harbour to Georges Island? “I think it’s a really interesting perspective,” says […]
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The safety dance: Crosswalk safety still sadly up to pedestrians
[Image-1] As the seasons change from wintery hell to blistering heat, so too do causes of pedestrian injuries morph from unsafe sidewalks to traffic collisions. It must be summer. Yesterday, a 40-year-old woman was hit in a crosswalk at the intersection of Hollis and Morris. The police say she received minor injuries to her hand […]
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Halifax wants you on its new arts advisory committee.
[Image-1] If the last few weeks of budget protests have shown anything, it’s that this town has some powerful advocates for the arts. Which is great, since Halifax is looking for citizens to participate on the newly-formed ArtsHalifax advisory committee. Approved at council’s May 12 meeting, ArtsHalifax will be composed of eight artistic minds appointed […]
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Joachim Stroink is a wanted man
[Image-1] Update: The posters may already be taken down. Stroink’s office called The Coast to let us know they couldn’t see any up when workers went out looking this afternoon. Well, somebody had a busy Tuesday night. Residents in the Halifax Chebucto riding were greeted today to posters demanding the capture of Liberal MLA Joachim […]
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Halifax lights a candle for Kenya
[Image-1] Kenya may seem like a world away, but Halifax’s Ntombi Mzimela-Nkiwane feels the heartache of her fellow African people this week. Mzimela-Nkiwane—originally from South Africa—is organizing a candlelight vigil tomorrow evening at 6:30pm within Victoria Park. The vigil will be held in remembrance of the 142 students, three security officers and two security personnel […]
