[Image-1] Halifax Transit’s newest ferry has a name, and it’s Viola Desmond. Mayor Mike Savage made the announcement on Thursday afternoon at the Black Cultural Centre, drawing a standing ovation from those in attendance. According to HRM, “Viola Desmond” received just under a third of the 19,230 votes cast in the two-week naming period for […]
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How you can help Halifax Transit make the buses run on time
If you liked The Force Awakens and are wondering what excellent sequel to watch next, you’re in luck. Today we’re launching “Why are the buses late in Halifax? Part 2,” the follow-up to last summer’s blockbuster municipal services video “Why are the buses late in Halifax? Part 1.” Without giving away any spoilers, we can […]
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Remembering Craig Blake
When Priscilla Blake first met Craig she knew him as “the guy upstairs.” One of a group of them, actually. She was a 19-year-old student sharing an apartment with her girlfriends, and he was a friendly neighbour attempting to offload some Tragically Hip tickets. “You just have to buy me a t-shirt while you’re there,” […]
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Tuesday’s 6 things you need to know
1 Today city council votes on the proposed pilot project for Halifax’s first mobile food market, which was green-lighted for a staff feasibility report back in June. Yes, a market on wheels, aimed at making fresh, healthy food accessible to the city’s driest food deserts. Those wheels would belong to a Halifax Transit bus—which the […]
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Why are Halifax Transit buses always running late?
One late bus can ruin your day, and your relationship with Halifax Transit. That long wait in the rain, the blown appointment, a bus that you missed because it went early—these are more powerful memories than the smooth trips, so it seems like the buses are always late. But are they really all that late, […]
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Become an expert on the new bus plan
Halifax Transit is talking about some big changes to the bus system, and they want to know what you think. But you definitely don’t want to read a thick report about it, so we made this video summary for you. Yeah, you. Because for once you deserve to have something about Metro’s buses be useful […]
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Council Review: A tide in the affairs of men
“Right now, the scenario isn’t good if you’re a lighthouse.” —Councillor Stephen Adams “I was very disappointed this sumer, having family from Toronto, not being able to have an ice cream at the canteen.” —Councillor Bill Karsten, on Point Pleasant Park. “Thank you councillor cranky birthday boy.” —Deputy Mayor Darren Fisher, on councillor Matt Whitman. […]
