Angela Jones will be adding her name to the ballot for city council for District 4: Cole Harbour – Westphal. Justice Arthur LeBlanc declared Jones an eligible candidate today after a fairly lengthy emergency judicial review. Jones is a lawyer for the city, but she’s on parental leave until November. Typically, city employees are required […]
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Angela Jones will learn her fate tomorrow
Justice Arthur LeBlanc will announce tomorrow morning whether Angela Jones is in fact a valid candidate in the upcoming municipal elections. Today, after hearing arguments from Dan Campbell, representing HRM, and Matthew Moir, representing Angela Jones, LeBlanc asked for 24 hours to reflect on the case before reaching a verdict. Running for councillor in District […]
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Angela Jones files brief with the court
Angela Jones and the city are having a court battle over whether she can be a candidate in the upcoming city election. Jones has filed her brief with the court today. Read it here. The city is required to file its brief with the court by Wednesday. We’ll post that when we receive it. Judge […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Angela Jones asks court to put her name back on ballot
Thursday, HRM election officer Cathy Mellet declared Angela Jones ineligible to be a candidate for District 4 (Cole Harbour) in the upcoming city elections. Friday, Jones’ lawyer, Matthew Moir, asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for a judicial review of Mellet’s decision. Today, Justice Richard Coughlan agreed to consider that review, and an emergency hearing […]
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City lawyer hires a lawyer to fight city hall
Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to file with the city’s election office, and when the list of candidates was released I was most excited about the candidacy of Angela Jones in District 4- Cole Harbour. I wrote: Up until the last moment, it looked like sitting councillor Lorelei Nicoll, a moderate who hasn’t made […]
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Who is running for council in District 4: Cole Harbour —Westphal?
The district District map: (Click here for a written description of district boundaries.) Candidates Angela Jones Website Twitter Facebook Email no text no text Lorelei Nicoll Council report card Website Twitter Facebook Email Barry A. Smith Website Twitter Facebook Email 20 questions from The Coast Meet the human behind the politician: We sent the candidates […]