[Image-1] Pride’s role in supporting the LGBTQ+ community is being called into question after a controversial anti-pinkwashing proposal was voted down at the organization’s annual general meeting. “Halifax Pride failed us,” said Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project (NSRAP) board member Ardath Whynacht after the vote. Over 300 people were in attendance for the meeting Wednesday […]
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Halifax Pride draws ire over proposed “pinkwashing” motion
[Image-1] It started as a dispute about whether a pro-Israel tourism campaign should be allowed at Halifax Pride. Now, it’s erupted into a debate over freedom of expression and the role of pinkwashing at the festival. A motion at the Halifax Pride society’s annual general meeting on October 5 would remove “pinkwashing” content from future […]
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Banned pit bulls up for adoption in Maritime shelters
[Image-1] Montreal’s recent pit-bull ban has sent waves of controversy around the city—and the reverberations are being felt as far the east coast, with many Maritime shelters stepping in to save what they deem a misunderstood breed. Organizations are scrambling to relocate pit bulls and other pit bull-type breeds from potential euthanizing in La Belle Ville […]
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Electric buses could be coming to Halifax
[Image-1] A staff report heading to next week’s meeting of Regional Council is recommending HRM work with Nova Scotia Power to study putting electric buses on the city’s roads. If approved, NS Power would put $10,000 towards a $50,000 feasibility study on the idea. The federal government has already promised HRM it will fund half […]
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Rally to stop the deportation of Fliss Cramman set for Thursday
[Image-1] Chaining a mother of four to a hospital bed while she awaits a decision on whether she’ll be deported is torture—full stop. So says HRM’s former poet laureate and prison reform advocate El Jones, who is organizing an emergency rally outside Fliss Cramman‘s Dartmouth hospital room to try and get the Department of Justice to […]
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North End Community Health Centre gets a new home on Gottingen Street
[Image-1] Months ago the North End Community Health Centre was asking the province for more funding to fix its collapsing roof. Instead, the north end medical centre will be getting a whole new location courtesy of a 10-year lease from the Liberal government. The announcement was made Monday afternoon at a press conference held with […]
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Some asshole keeps making bomb threats
[Image-1] Someone with nothing better to do keeps phoning in fake bomb threats to Halifax police, inciting more weary annoyance from the population than panicked terror. Around 1:30am Sunday morning, Halifax RCMP were called by someone saying he was in the parking lot of Cole Harbour Place with bombs and a hunting rifle. Police surrounded […]
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HRM reaches $3.6-million settlement for St. Patrick’s-Alexandra
[Image-1] Jono Developments will pay HRM $3.6 million for the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra elementary school. Regional Council voted 14-2 in approval of a settlement agreement between the municipality and the developer during an in-camera meeting Tuesday night. Only peninsula councillors Waye Mason and Jennifer Watts voted against the sale. Some of that money may end up […]
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Halifax is in the weeds on its tree stump removal backlog
[Image-1] Councillor Linda Mosher is hoping to spruce up the HRM with a staff report asking for a dedicated fund for tree stump removal and the replanting of downed street trees. There’s currently a backlog of over 700 tree stumps in HRM awaiting removal. Most of those are leftovers from when Hurricane Juan tore through […]
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Historically low water levels prompts mandatory conservation order from Halifax Water for Dartmouth communities
[Image-1] A lack of rain and a long, hot summer has resulted in “historic low water levels” in Lake Major, says a mandatory news release from Halifax Water. In order to conserve what water is left, the utility has instituted water use restrictions for all residents and businesses in the affected areas until further notice. […]
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HRM staff recommend purchasing the Purcells Cove Backlands
[Image-1] Parks and recreation staff are advising HRM Regional Council to buy the Purcells Cove Backlands property being offered by the Shaw Group, but the development firm needs to chill out with all the high-pressure sales tactics. Shaw, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), made an unsolicited presentation to council back in […]
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Halifax’s dumbest intersection is getting fixed
[Image-1] It’s probably not the worst intersection in the municipality, but it’s got to be the most needlessly confusing. Now the meeting points of Windsor Street, Chebucto Road and Cunard Street will be getting an overhaul, according to HRM’s recent request for proposals for designs to reroute the intersection. Currently anyone driving on Cunard Street […]
