[Image-1] Over 600 people took to the streets of Halifax on Sunday afternoon in an effort to “stop the violence” that has left three men dead in less than a week. Stop the Violence founder Quentrel Provo organized the day’s event. Walking alongside several young children and a heavy police escort, Provo personally led the […]
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Lil MacPherson to run for mayor against Mike Savage
[Image-1] Thirteen years ago, Hurricane Juan was the catalyst for Lil MacPherson to open a restaurant dedicated to sustainable agriculture. Now a different environmental crisis is inspiring the co-owner of the Wooden Monkey to once again take action, as she announces her candidacy for mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality. “I just see all these […]
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Supreme Court slaps down Dawgfather’s case against HRM
[Image-1] The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has dismissed a case against the municipality, brought forth by the popular hot dog vendor known as Dawgfather PhD in an effort to stop a proposed bike lane along University Avenue. Gerald Anthony Reddick, the longtime Dalhousie campus hot dog kingpin who legally changed his named in 2012 […]
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Flat Fee: A Tale of Two Bureaucracies launches Sommerhalder campaign
[Image-1] The musty scent of an old, soggy mop that permeated The Bus Stop Theatre on Saturday evening didn’t dampen Brenden Sommerhalder’s mood as he anxiously awaited the arrival of guests. Sommerhalder was preparing to make an official announcement about his upcoming run for city council, which was prefaced by the one-off performance of the […]
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Halifax Cycling Coalition wants protected bike lane on South Park
[Image-1] Improvements are coming to the South Park Street bike lane, but what form they’ll take is up for discussion. The municipality is holding an open house next Monday to consider changes to the existing bike lane, which currently runs from Sackville Street to Morris Street and University Avenue. According to HRM, those potential changes […]
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Residents of Cole Harbour-Westphal, how would you spend $60,000?
[Image-1] The residents of Cole Harbour-Westphal are about to go on a $60,000 spending spree. District 4, which includes the communities of Cole Harbour, Westphal, Lake Major, Cherry Brook and Lake Loon will have its first participatory budget meeting on Thursday, April 14. The event allows area residents to decide how best to spend the […]
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Council asks for 23 amendments to new Halifax Transit plan
[Image-1] Regional council has voted to overhaul HRM’s transit network—barring a couple dozen amendments it needs to investigate first. Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan was discussed for several hours at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting. The five-year plan has been in the making since 2013, and will dismantle and rebuild the municipality’s […]
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Brenden Sommerhalder enters the race for city council
[Image-1] There’s still snow on the ground, but the political race for north end Halifax is heating up. Brenden Sommerhalder will officially announce his candidacy next week for District 8, the Halifax Peninsula North seat currently represented by Jennifer Watts. After two terms at city hall, Watts is not re-offering this fall. Her decision is in […]
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Council approves new economic strategy for HRM
[Image-1] Bust out your vision boards, HRM has a new five-year plan for economic growth. On Tuesday city council approved a new strategic framework that will attempt to increase HRM’s population by 50,000 people and boost the gross domestic product by $3.5 billion before 2021. Consultant firm KPMG developed the new strategy, guided by an […]
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Blame Halifax Transit for low bus ridership
[Image-1] I was pleased to read Scott Edgar’s “The route of the problem,” published last week in The Coast. He appeals to mayor Mike Savage and city council to not vote on Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together proposal until more detailed information can be gathered on the impact of the proposed changes. Speaking on behalf […]
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City Council Report Card 2016
[Image-1] The mild winter must be making us soft. During last year’s frozen hellscape we chiseled grades out of sidewalk ice and wrote the councillors’ names in the snow. But in preparing the 2016 City Council Report Card we can’t help but think it hasn’t been that bad of a year for HRM. The municipality’s […]
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The route of the problem
[Image-1] Dear mayor Savage and HRM regional councillors: It’s More Than Buses is asking Regional Council not to vote on Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan without seeing much more information about it. We would like Halifax Transit to provide more information about how many people will be able to use this network to make […]
