[Image-1] The municipality’s latest homicide has left the councillor for Halifax Peninsula North saddened and offering his condolences to all those impacted by HRM’s continuing gun crime. Lindell Smith warned those in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting of Regional Council that he might be “a little off” due to Monday night’s shooting death on Gottingen Street. “We’re […]
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We need to win back America’s trust, says Canadian ambassador
[Image-1] Canada’s top priority in Washington is selling itself as a trusted partner to Donald Trump. That was the message given by Canadian ambassador David MacNaughton during a Halifax Chamber of Commerce luncheon held Friday afternoon. “We need to convince them we’re a trusted partner,” said MacNaughton, adding that Canada has been taking its relationship […]
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Nova Centre to open sometime between next Christmas and never
[Image-1] The downtown’s biggest suck will plague local businesses for another 12 months, at least. Construction on the Halifax Convention Centre won’t be complete until at least December, 2017. That’s roughly a two-year delay from original plans for a January, 2016 opening, which were subsequently pushed back to this September, and then again recently delayed […]
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Community council votes down North and Oxford development
[Image-1] At its first meeting since adding three new members, HRM’s Halifax and West Community Council swiftly and unanimously voted against a much-criticized development at the corner of North Street and Oxford. “I do feel that this development at this moment…does not match the area,” said Halifax Peninsula North councillor Lindell Smith. Mythos Development Ltd […]
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Another shooting death in Halifax
[Image-1] There’s been another homicide in HRM, the eleventh so far this year. According to Halifax Regional Police, officers received several reports of gunshots on Cragg Avenue, off of Uniacke Street, at 11:07pm. Police responding to the area found a male who had been shot and was suffering from life-threatening injuries outside of a residence. […]
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Halifax council will debate salary changes again
[Image-1] The municipality’s newly elected deputy mayor is starting his term off with a bang. Steve Craig will bring forward a motion at council’s next meeting asking for a report and recommendations from the CAO’s office on changing how the mayor and councillors are paid. He’s tried this move before. In 2014, it was Craig […]
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7 items HRM’s new council will grapple with at its first meeting
[Image-1] Tuesday afternoon will mark the first meeting of HRM Regional Council since October’s election brought six new faces to City Hall. Those rookies will have their work cut out for them sorting through a discursive agenda. Here are a few items on the docket: Stormwater right-of-way changes Halifax keeps trying to dig up out […]
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“Customer service” is key for new CAO Jacques Dubé
[Image-1] Save the red tape for Christmas decorations. City hall employees are going to be doing some hardcore process mapping (whatever that is) to cut waste and deliver a lean government service model, says HRM’s new chief administrative officer. Jacques Dubé took over as CAO six weeks ago, just in time to watch six new […]
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Design advisory committee scratches the surface of HRM’s Centre Plan
[Image-1] Halifax’s Centre Plan just got its initial dose of feedback from the municipality’s Community Design Advisory Committee, and it’s a mix of excitement, as well as a few concerns. The idea behind the much-anticipated Centre Plan is to create a “blueprint” of sorts, updating planning policies and outlining growth ideas in HRM’s urban core. […]
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No one really knows how to get more women to run for council
[Image-1] Lisa Blackburn, one of Halifax’s recently-elected councillors, is also one of the only women. She’s disappointed by that. “There’s so much missing when we have so few women,” says Blackburn. “We think about things differently; we process things differently; we’re just wired differently.” This year’s municipal election brought five new people to Halifax Regional […]
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King’s College stands alone in rejecting tuition reset
Unlike other Halifax-area universities, the University of King’s College won’t be hiking students fees by implementing a tuition reset. Yesterday, new university president Bill Lahey put forward a motion not to implement the tuition reset for the next two school years, an option which was previously left open for this academic year and the next. […]
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Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information laws are dangerously toothless
[Image-1] Changes need to be made to Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information Act. That’s the call being made by critics after premier Stephen McNeil’s admission to using personal phone calls to get around the government’s duty to document. In September, the Office of Information and Privacy (OIP) published a report stating that texts, MMS and Blackberry […]
