For the past few weeks, sliding and sloshing through what have become claustrophobic tunnels had slowly chipped away at my moxie, the weight of winter pressing down on my shoulders as heavily as the year’s snowfall. It reached a point where I would rather sit at home, blankly watching the fog creep up and down […]
Fred Connors
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Fred Connors: The voice of passion
When friends told Fred Connors he should become mayor, he told them “they were absolutely crazy.” But dealing with impending legal action from the city when he insisted on keeping a flock of hens in the backyard of his Bloomfield Street home—something prohibited by Halifax’s land use bylaws—prompted him to imagine how he’d do things […]
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Fusion’s mayoral candidate forum: Now the race begins in earnest
Thursday evening, Fusion, the networking group for 20-40 years olds, started off the serious stretch of the mayoral campaign with the first of a series of forums. Fusion approached the event in its typically earnest fashion, with the conceit that they were interviewing the candidates for the job. They asked each into the room separately, […]
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Who is running for mayor of Halifax
The district District map: The mayor is the only position that is elected by voters from across the Halifax Regional Municipality, from Hubbards in the southwest to Ecum Secum, three hours to the east, from the outer edges of Upper Sackville to downtown. Even the lighthouse keeper on Sable Island can vote for mayor. Candidates […]
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The inside story: Fred Connors and Joel Flewelling
Owners: Joel Flewelling and Fred Connors, of FRED. beauty food art. and Whet Café What would you do if you walked into a house in such terrible shape that your real estate agent won’t even venture inside? If you’re Fred Connors and Joel Flewelling, you bring it on. When neighbour and community activist Susanna Fuller […]