Bit of a short meeting of Halifax Regional Council today. Not much on the agenda, and the stuff that was on the agenda largely passed with only minor debate. For a recap of the meeting, as well as notable debates and the latest councillor ratings, please read on. The rest of this space will be […]
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Everything you need to know about Halifax Regional Council’s August 23rd meeting
There will be no notable debates or council ratings this week. This Tuesday, instead of watching council, I was attending the funeral of a friend. Kathleen Jones, you will be missed. There’s always latent anger with funerals. Especially ones for people who were “supposed” to die after the people who attended their funeral. So if […]
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Everything you need to know about Halifax Regional Council’s August 9 meeting
Council is back for a meeting that almost didn’t happen. In this meeting, councillors reviewed a major policy document, allowed rooming houses, talked about parking (natch), and gave some money to community groups. Although the regional plan review is large, it is not yet law, and the issues it will inevitably cause won’t really be […]
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Everything you need to know about Halifax Regional Council’s July 12 meeting
Marathon meeting of council on Tuesday. Councillors have a break coming up—there would normally be another meeting in two weeks, on July 26, but it’s been cancelled—so this week our fearless city leaders had hours of gruelling debate and managed to get most of it done. Not enough to skip the August 8 meeting too, […]