[Image-1] “Halifax just landed one hell of a city manager,” says five-term Moncton councillor Pierre Boudreau. “It’s going to be impossible to find another Jacques Dubé…Halifax has landed a jewel.” Dub City’s former city manager was announced today as HRM’s new chief administrative officer. Dubé replaces former CAO Richard Butts, who left city hall at […]
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Secret Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes map will be released
[Image-1] A secret map that may hold the future of the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes park will be released to the public, but it’ll take a few more weeks to see the light of day. Halifax regional council unanimously voted on Tuesday to defer the release of map “3A” and its relevant materials until August 31, […]
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Police release statistics about taxi driver sexual assaults
[Image-1] In response to the recent string of sexual assaults involving taxi drivers, on Monday Halifax Regional Police took the unusual step of releasing a breakdown of similar incidents that have occurred in the last five years. “We’re providing context so citizens can make informed decisions about their personal safety, and also outlining the police […]
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HΛLIFΛX logo will be less bold on community signs
[Image-1] Halifax’s logo is staying on some of your community signs, Dartmouth, but at least it’ll be smaller and harder to read. An information item headed to council next week says the chief administrative office and HRM’s corporate communications are developing new applications for the municipality’s pervasive branding that will “better reflect brand values and pride of […]
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Council couldn’t have stopped Honda expansion says information report
[Image-1] It’s largely too little, too late now, but an information item before city council says HRM wouldn’t have been able to stop Rob Steele’s parking lot proliferation even if it tried. The report originates from a petition signed by more than 1,000 community members that was brought to council back on May 10. It […]
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UPDATED: Province may sell old Spring Garden library to private developers
[Image-1] UPDATE: Communications advisor Toby Koffman (with the department of Business) claims The Coast extrapolated inaccurate information from his fellow spokesperson Brian Taylor’s emailed statement. We’ve published his response below the amended article. ——— It was always supposed to be either a park or a library. But now that it’s not a library, it could […]
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Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for HRM
[Image-1] Dear council and HRM staff, Today I write to you in regards to the facilitator’s report and the overall progression of the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area. Overall, I am extremely disappointed with the lack of leadership from council on this file. We truly have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get this right and create a […]
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Drug audit “exposes serious problems” for Halifax police
[Image-1] Last week The Coast published an investigation into a previously-unreleased drug exhibit audit done by Halifax Police that had found high rates of missing evidence, insecure storage and poor evidence continuity. As a result, HRM’s Board of Police Commissioners called an emergency meeting this week and several defence lawyers in Halifax are now wondering […]
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Reg Rankin lands “sweet gig” as executive director for Otter Lake monitoring committee
[Image-1] Retiring from council after 25 years doesn’t mean Reg Rankin is retiring from the government payroll. The District 12 councillor has accepted a job offer from the Otter Lake landfill’s Community Monitoring Committee (CMC), and will officially start as its new executive director on November 1. Rankin announced earlier this year that he would […]
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Board of Police Commissioners calls special meeting about drug exhibit audit
[Image-1] A special meeting of HRM’s Board of Police Commissioners has been called for this week after an internal police audit found over half of the Criminal Investigation Division’s drug exhibits might be missing. Completed last summer, and revised with a further investigation this past spring, the audit was released to The Coast two weeks […]
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Agricola development could displace axe-throwing Timber Lounge
[Image-1] Just months after opening, the Timber Lounge might be on the hunt for new digs if a seven-storey development is approved for the corner of Agricola and May Street. Halifax’s District 7 and 8 Planning Advisory Committee will meet today, June 27, to discuss an application by WSP Canada (on behalf of “Persimmon Properties”) […]
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City council to look into Halifax’s rat problem
[Image-1] Having solved urban chickens, feral cats and outlaw bees, city council will now turn its animal control expertise to “harbour squirrels.” Halifax South Downtown councillor Waye Mason will be asking for a staff report at Tuesday’s meeting of the Halifax and West Community Council to look at combatting the city’s rat problem. The motion […]
