Last month, the provincial Utility and Review Board directed Halifax city council to reduce the number of councillors from 23 to 16, and to draw up boundaries for the new districts. City hall is now in the process of mapping the districts, and has put forward two scenarios for public consideration. See the maps here. […]
District Boundary Review
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Cherry Brook at centre of District Boundary dispute
Is the mostly black neighbourhood of Cherry Brook part of the mostly white community of Cole Harbour? The residents of Cherry Brook think so, but City Hall thinks otherwise. In 2007, that disagreement resulting in a Utilities and Review Board ruling in the residents favour, and a council decision Tuesday threatens a repeat UARB hearing […]