[Image-1] According to a survey conducted by the Coalition to Preserve Community Identity in HRM, 65 percent of respondents feel that HRM’s 2014 rebranding was, and is, too expensive. Another 23 percent said they didn’t know enough about the costs to answer. The online survey was conducted over two months last fall by the Coalition—a […]
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A peek inside the Oval’s new pavilion
[Image-1] This morning’s weather notwithstanding, it’s almost winter—and that means it’s almost Oval time. This year HRM’s favourite geometric ice surface ditches the temporary trailers and invites skaters to enjoy this swag new pavilion. Councillor Jennifer Watts tweeted the following pics this morning of the almost-open facility and some of its amenities. Along with the […]
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Halifax Transit needs names for its 2,700 bus stops
[Image-1] Next stop; to be determined. Halifax Transit is currently in the midst of figuring out how best to identity the municipality’s 2,700 bus stops, as the transit authority gets ready to implement an audio stop announcement system in the new year. The upgrade is one of several features Halifax Transit is looking to introduce […]
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Council report gives absolutely zero fucks about donairs as Halifax’s official food
[Image-1] The report into making donairs Halifax’s official food is finally returning to regional council, and it’s some pretty weak sauce. “Staff has no recommendation,” reads the thin report. Maggie MacDonald, managing director of government relations and external affairs, writes that council can direct mayor Mike Savage to make a proclamation declaring donairs our official […]
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Intelivote won HRM e-vote contract months after telling ACOA it was “ceasing operations”
[Image-1] Intelivote Systems communicated to the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency back in May that it would be ceasing operations effective July 1. That’s according to a statement of claim filed last week by ACOA at Nova Scotia Supreme Court. The cessation in service came several weeks before HRM issued an RFP to contract out five […]
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ACOA is threatening to sue Intelivote Systems and HRM’s worried
[Image-1] One of the province’s biggest private business investments is in hot water, just weeks after being awarded a half-a-million dollar standing offer by the Halifax Regional Municipality. At today’s city council meeting, staff recommended deferring decisions on planning telephone and electronic voting in next year’s municipal and school board elections due to new information HRM […]
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Shannon Park stadium fantasies need more study
[Image-1] The Halifax stadium struggle is real. A report headed to Halifax Regional Council next week is again recommending additional study is needed before HRM can commit to a sports stadium at Shannon Park. Prepared by acting supervisor of community planning Carl Purvis, the report recommends HRM continue working with the Canada Lands Company on […]
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Will HRM start offering severance packages for city councillors?
[Image-1] Halifax has some problems. There’s an affordable housing crisis bearing down, executives are fleeing city hall and winter is coming. At least Regional Council will be able to keep warm during the oncoming snowstorms by stoking the fires of public outrage. If there’s one thing people love to hate more than donair debate, it’s […]
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Halifax’s New Year’s Eve concert will once again be televised
[Image-1] Great news if you’re looking to catch the festivities at Grand Parade on December 31 but don’t want to stand out in the cold all night. Halifax’s annual midnight countdown party will once again be rocking the airwaves. Today, Halifax Regional Council accepted a proposal from Eastlink to broadcast the municipality’s New Year’s Eve […]
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Absolutely nobody wants to be Halifax’s town crier
[Image-1] Some HRM councillors didn’t know whether to laugh or cry yesterday at a staff recommendation to stop working on the recruitment of a permanent Halifax town crier. The position has remained largely unfilled since former crier Peter Cox passed away in 2009. Preston-Chezzetcook-Eastern Shore councillor David Hendsbee was especially disappointed in staff’s proposal. “I […]
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Finally, a protected bike lane is coming to Halifax
[Image-1] Today, Halifax Regional Council unanimously approved installing a protected two-way bike lane on Rainnie Drive in the city’s north end. The 300-metre bikeway is a pilot project to assess the functionality and maintenance of protected lanes as HRM tries to boost its cyclist infrastructure. The structural opportunity comes about due to recent street changes […]
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City council to look at making the donair Halifax’s official food
[Image-1] It doesn’t matter if you’ve lived here your whole life or are just visiting for the day; eating a donair is a painfully Haligonian experience. Now, one councillor wants to make the city’s relationship with the heavily-sauced snack official. Tuesday at Regional Council, Halifax West Armdale councillor Linda Mosher will be requesting a staff […]
