[Image-1] For a city that spends much of its year at the receiving end of the elements, there are a lot of skateboarders in Halifax. Skaters, bikers and scooters cling to the warm seasons, aware that the outdoor riding season is short in Nova Scotia. A lifelong skater, Craig McNally is used to the uncertainty […]
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Additional $10 million in tech upgrades needed for Halifax Convention Centre
[Image-1] The province of Nova Scotia has finally finalized its agreement with Argyle Developments for the design, construction and lease of the new downtown convention centre. With that announcement Wednesday comes news that the cost of the $164-million project is once again going up. An additional $10 million will be needed to upgrade technological infrastructure […]
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Salary freeze rejected during snarky council debate
[Image-1] A new compensation system for HRM councillors and the mayor was viciously shot down at City Hall this week, but problems with the current salary formula remain. A report asking to change HRM council’s pay and base it off of the average salary for a full-time HRM resident was debated at a stumbling, confrontational […]
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Cast your vote in our city council report card
[Image-1] This week, HRM Regional Council will gather to review and finalize the 2016/17 budget, marking the end of one fiscal year and the slow march toward this fall’s general election. Come October you’ll be able to let the municipality’s 16 councillors and one mayor know how you really feel about their efforts, but who […]
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Salary freeze proposed for Halifax council
[Image-1] The mayor and city councillors are making too much money, says HRM’s council compensation committee. A newly-released report from the group—specially created by council in 2014 to study this very issue—recommends freezing salaries for elected HRM officials and instituting several changes to how that compensation is tabulated. If approved, the recommendations will have city […]
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Watch: A teaser for the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society Cat Show
Today at The Coast, watch the trailer for Cat Show, which chronicles the competition and heats between Halifax’s north-end cats and their owners, all participants in the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society’s Biennial Spring Classics. The trailer is a pitch for a potential satire (catire?) web-series, based on real life events. In 2013, Kathleen Prinsen‘s tabby Florian […]
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Dartmouth will keep its HΛLIFΛX signs, for now
[Image-1] Dartmouth isn’t in Halifax, but “HΛLIFΛX” will remain in Dartmouth. On Tuesday HRM Regional Council (minus the absent Brad Johns, Barry Dalrymple and Linda Mosher) unanimously voted for a staff report on the use of HRM’s bold logo on community signs. It’s a watered-down version of the original request, which was to look at […]
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Halifax’s crime rate dropped nearly 8 percent last year
[Image-1] Overall crime is once again down in Halifax, but 2015 saw a dramatic increase in homicides, robberies and traffic violations. Year-end statistics released by Halifax Regional Police show a nearly eight percent decrease in total Criminal Code offences in 2015 compared to 2014. That includes double-digit drops in attempted murder (by 35 percent), theft […]
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City council to discuss removing Halifax logo from Dartmouth
[Image-1] Having solved Twitter and given royal assent to donairs, HRM Regional Council will now turn its attention to scrubbing HΛLIFΛX off of Dartmouth. Next week councillors will discuss a recommendation from the Harbour East-Marine Drive community council to look at removing the Halifax logo and brand from “all community signs, landmarks and flagpoles” across […]
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Halifax rockers share thoughts for Kurt Cobain’s birthday
On Saturday, the world will once again mourn the loss of Kurt Cobain: tomorrow, February 20th, would have been his 49th birthday. Without a doubt, the Nirvana frontman is one of the most influential and legendary figures in the history of rock music. In a few short years (roughly five), he made his Seattle garage […]
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Meet Halifax’s newest “lazy pop” band Strongboy
Since last July, Halifax’s Strongboy has been releasing what they call “lazy pop jams” and playing here and there. Last week, the foursome released a new video for the track, “Maybe,” from the two-song EP of the same name. Between Brett Jarrett (vocals, guitar), Seamus O’Neill (drums), Tyler Popwell (guitar) and Alex Sheppard (bass), all Cape […]
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Construction mitigation guidelines coming to Halifax
[Image-1] Help may soon be on the way for businesses and residents plagued by downtown construction. On Tuesday city council asked for staff to develop several new construction mitigation guidelines to ease the downtown development burdens being placed on neighbours. Among other provisions, the new regulations could include improved enforcement provisions and a standardized notification […]
