While everyone else was busy enjoying Nocturne, we lucky political nerds at The Coast were watching the election results ever-so-slowly roll in. To no great surprise, Mike Savage won another term as mayor by defeating challenger Lil MacPherson. The Wooden Monkey owner did manage a respectable 31 percent of the votes, though. In HRM’s four […]
District 10: Halifax—Bedford Basin West
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Let’s get ready to rumble: HRM election guide 2016
[Image-1] In the interest of democracy, it’d be easy to puff up our chests and blubber about how voting is important and this is a watershed election for the municipality. Thing is, yeah, it kind of is. In short order after October 15, the Centre Plan will finally be unleashed to (hopefully) guide smart, sensible […]
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15 questions with District 10 candidate Mohammed Ehsan
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Mohammed Ehsan from Halifax—Bedford Basin West sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? One of […]
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15 questions with District 10 candidate Andrew Curran
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Andrew Curran from Halifax—Bedford Basin West sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? It’s time […]
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15 questions with District 10 councillor Russell Walker
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Russell Walker from Bedford Basin West sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? Because of […]
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The fight for Bedford Basin West
Bedford Basin West spans Halifax areas like Fairview, Clayton Park and Rockingham, with a constituency largely populated by families, seniors and folks who commute into the downtown daily. It’s also an extremely diverse community—the most ethnically diverse east of Montreal, according to candidate Mohammad Ehsan. Eligible voters: 18,578 (as of 2014) (Down a few hundred […]
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Everyone running in HRM’s election
[Image-1] At long last, we finally have a definitive list of everyone running for HRM Regional Council. Yesterday was the final deadline to submit an application, and with no names dropping out today the municipality has its finalized ballot the October 15th election. Here’s how the 17 districts break down. ——— Mayor Though cab driver […]
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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 […]