[Image-1] The ceaseless cascade of gross inhumanity that is 2014 just won’t let up. Dalhousie University’s school of dentistry is facing a lot of questions today after CBC broke the story of a misogynistic Facebook group of students. At least a dozen male students belonged to the now-defunct Class of DDS 2015 Gentleman group, according […]
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Volta Labs wants the old Library
[Image-1] UPDATE: City staff have instead recommended moving forward with leasing the old Library lands to Volta Labs. “Everybody loves Volta,” I’m told. One expects a provincial announcement with more details on the partnership is likely soon to be released. As the Halifax Central Library finally gets set to open its doors this weekend, the […]
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Bylines back at the Herald
[Image-1] It’s maybe less newsworthy than their other efforts this month to name names, but reporter bylines are back at The Chronicle Herald. For all of November, journalists had pulled their names from the Herald’s stories in protest of sweeping newsroom layoffs announced on Halloween. [Image-2] Originally, 20 reporters, editors and photographers were set to […]
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Cyclist license cycle
[Image-1] The city should pay a monthly stipend to cyclists, or maybe just offer them some discounts around town. After all, they’re unclogging our roads, promoting a healthy lifestyle and staving off global warming. What we shouldn’t do is force cyclists to purchase a license to ride. That’s what Dartmouth councillor Gloria McCluskey wants the […]
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Police respond to Holly Bartlett review
Halifax Regional Police and the Halifax District RCMP today issued a response to the independent operational review into the death of Holly Bartlett. It’s largely a glowing pat-on-the-back about HRP procedures, which you can read in full here. “The review of the investigation into Ms. Holly Bartlett’s death illustrated the compassion and dedication shown by […]
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Inside the new library
The new Halifax Central Library is officially set to open on Saturday, December 13. But today media got a backstage tour of all the exciting features Halifax will soon get to sample. Share the wow, indeed! [Image-1] [Image-2] [Image-3] [Image-4] [Image-5] [Image-6] [Image-7] [Image-8] [Image-9] [Image-10] Related Stories
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Armco being difficult again
[Image-1] It’s hard getting things built in this town. Sure, there’s more cranes in the sky than there’s been in decades, but municipal policies still often get in the way of a property owner’s god-given right to vomit out mixed-use residential. Perhaps that’s why APL Properties Ltd., “an Armco Capital company,” has taken an unusually […]
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It’s More Than Buses
[Image-1] A blueprint for redesigned transit in Halifax was released tonight, but in case you missed the event by It’s More Than Buses at the aptly-named Bus Stop Theatre, you can read the group’s full proposal here. As we’ve covered, the citizen-created advocacy group has been working since 2011 to try and improve what Halifax […]
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North Street Church under Deep Water
[Image-1] Forgive Jon Stephens his ignorance about the North Street Church’s musical history. The Saint John-born pastor, who’s been living in New York for the last 14 years, only arrived in town a few months ago. Originally a Protestant place of worship, the faded-green venue at 5657 North Street has been a general usage hall […]
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Clusterfuck continues on Market Street
[Image-1] Spoke too soon, it seems. Yesterday’s announcement that Market Street would close for two weeks to accommodate Nova Centre construction caught the public, and the street’s businesses, by surprise. But it appeared a compromise had been reached late yesterday that would allow pedestrian access to Inkwell Boutique and Applehead Studios. Then EllisDon Construction had […]
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Consul General Richard Riley won’t meet with protesters
[Image-1] American consul general Richard Riley won’t be joining today’s Halifax solidarity march, organized in response to the ongoing crisis in Ferguson, MO. “Probably not,” says a media contact at the U.S. consulate when I ask if Riley will take part in the peaceful gathering, noting that he hasn’t been invited to anyway. The solidarity […]
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Patricia Arab serves hot dogs to Muslims, says it’s halal
A Liberal MLA mistakenly thought she could make hot dogs halal, misleading Muslim guests at this past weekend’s Fairview Community Barbecue to chow down on the forbidden foodstuffs. Patricia Arab, Liberal MLA for Fairview-Clayton Park, reportedly told Muslim attendees at Titus Park on Saturday that the chicken hot dogs being served to them were halal. […]
