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Moving beyond Nova Scotia’s street check ban

Finally, police can’t just stop people under the guise of street checks any more. Will banning one racist tactic change the systemic issues that have pained Halifax’s Black community for decades?

Just days after the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission delivered its landmark report on street checks last March, DeRico Symonds took to the streets.

By Julia-Simone Rutgers Nov 14, 2019

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A Nova Scotia teen is suing the federal government in the name of the environment

Ira Reinhart-Smith and 14 other youth say their lives are at risk due to dangerous climate change, and want the government to step in to help.

Last month, 15 kids and teenagers filed a lawsuit against the federal government for putting their lives at risk through dangerous climate change.

By Ki Rolle Nov 14, 2019

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Being energy efficient is essential to curbing climate breakdown

How Nova Scotia and Canadians can make their footprint smaller—and keep their lives relatively similar

Inefficient systems are everywhere.

By David Suzuki Nov 14, 2019

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Forget DIY–Let IKEA Canada and TaskRabbit Assemble Your Life PAID CONTENT

Less assembling means more living

You’ve captured the layout and design, you know which furniture and fixings you want to put on display, and the final step to setting up your space is actually finding the time of day to put it all together.

By content by IKEA Nov 12, 2019

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Harbour rising: Halifax’s harbourfront in 2100, come hell or high-water

Between ice age dynamics and global heating, Halifax Harbour is rising faster than most coastal waters around the world and putting billions worth of buildings at risk.

As the eye of Hurricane Dorian spun around Halifax Harbour like a cocoon, it could have been any other grey day in Nova Scotia—were it not for the building floating in the water in Herring Cove.

By Nicoletta Dini Oct 31, 2019

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Halifax's apartment buildings are a trash-sorting dumpster fire, residents say

Some residents say they’re fed up with putting in the work only for others to come along and ruin it.

L iving in an apartment building can have its benefits.

By Victoria Walton Oct 31, 2019

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“Get over it, menstruation is normal” says Halifax councillor Lisa Blackburn

City to look closer at making menstrual products available in all HRM facilities

Staff will take another crack at figuring out how to provide free menstrual products in all HRM facilities, after councillor Lorelei Nicoll—who first brought the issue to council—said the initial pilot project presented this week could do more, and perhaps even cost less.

By Caora McKenna Oct 31, 2019

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Still no booze allowed on Dalhousie campus

Few answers from the powers that be on why alcohol has been prohibited, and no word of if it will return.

Editor's Note: On November 1, 2019, most alcohol services were restored on Dalhousie University’s Halifax campuses.

By Katie Ingram Oct 31, 2019

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It’s time for housing options to get better for people with developmental disabilities advocates say

Parents of children with autism say it's time people looked at the housing crisis from another perspective.

By Fadila Chater Oct 24, 2019

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Dalhousie campus pubs can't serve booze anymore

And no one seems to know exactly why

The future of alcohol on Dalhousie's Halifax campuses is on hold with the Dalhousie Student Union and the school both giving different reasons for the current alcohol suspension.

By Katie Ingram Oct 24, 2019

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Halifax regional council keeps CFL stadium plans on the table for a little while longer

Councillor Sam Austin’s motion to dump it all together is defeated. It will live to see another day.

C ouncillor Sam Austin asked his colleagues this week to consider pulling the plug on the Shannon Park stadium plan from Schooner Sports and Entertainment before council hears back from staff about the proposal—originally requested by council a year ago.

By Caora McKenna Oct 24, 2019

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Undermined in the Town of Westville

How local organizers and international activists made a traditional mining town change its tune.

On September 30, in the town Westville, Nova Scotia—155 kilometres from Halifax—town councillor Lynn MacDonald surprised even herself when she put forward a motion to take back a proposal for exploratory coal mining on town land.

By Laura Cutmore and Caora McKenna Oct 17, 2019

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Pushing beyond the glass ceilings of BIPOC political representation

What significance does representation have in the country’s highest office?

I was asked to reflect on the lack of people of colour running in the four federal ridings in Halifax Regional Municipality.

By Julia-Simone Rutgers Oct 17, 2019

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Young people make up the largest bloc of voters in Canada’s upcoming federal election

Here’s how they’re finding strength in numbers.

On October 21, thousands of Halifax youth will be flooding the polls and voting for the first time.

By Isabel Buckmaster Oct 10, 2019

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How the federal parties are campaigning for the climate

For voters looking to put the planet first at the polls, here's what you should know.

On September 27, the last Friday of the month, 10,000 Haligonians marched through the streets of Halifax calling on politicians to act on climate change.

By Isabelle Hurley Oct 10, 2019

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How to vote in Halifax for the Federal Election

Vote early, vote by mail, vote on election day, whatever you do, vote!

I f you're a Canadian citizen and 18 years old by October 21, you can vote in the federal election.

By Caora McKenna Oct 10, 2019

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Building a better Mooseheads

posted by STEPHEN KIMBER, Apr 5/18

For three years, the Halifax Mooseheads junior hockey club has been crafting a team to host—and win—the 2019 Memorial Cup. But what if it’s built too well too soon? comments 0