[Image-1] Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services chief Doug Trussler will retire next summer. The municipality posted a request for proposals online Monday to recruit a replacement. The fire chief’s contract was set to end this December, but according to municipal spokesperson Brendan Elliott he’s negotiated a six-month extension to stay on until July, 2017. […]
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Council approves $85,577 to review firefighter response times
[Image-1] It was a familiar site inside City Hall on Tuesday, as council once again questioned the plans of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency chief Doug Trussler. At issue was a proposed external service standards review, which will be undertaken by Pomax Consultants (the only company who bid on the tender), at a cost of […]
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Seven human rights complaints involve HRM or its employees
Last week constable Charles Bruce, who is black, filed a complaint against the Halifax Police Department with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. In the complaint, Bruce alleges that he was passed over for promotion on account of his race. Bruce’s complaint is just the latest to arise in the ranks of HRM. Sergeant Robyn […]
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HFD’s old boy network
A series of human rights complaints and questionable management decisions has plagued the Halifax fire department. Last week we detailed allegations by black firefighters of institutional racism in the city’s Fire and Emergency Services Department (see “Fired up,” April 7, link below). This week, a woman firefighter goes public to say that she too is […]
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Fire chief Bill Mosher summoned to council closed session
At this hour, fire chief Bill Mosher is speaking with the Halifax Regional Council in a closed-door secret meeting. Mosher was summoned to council after councillor Sue Uteck learned that a human rights complaint has been filed against the Halifax department of Fire and Emergency Services. I’ve been working on this story exclusively for a […]
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Black firefighters file human rights complaint
When word leaked out this week that a group of black firefighters had filed a complaint against the Halifax fire department with the Human Rights Commission, fire chief Bill Mosher tried to frame the issue as an overreaction by two unduly sensitive employees. “We had met with [black firefighters] and came up with an action […]