While differences in policy between mayor Peter Kelly and challenger Shelia Fougere are more nuanced than deep, they do hold distinct views on a handful of issues. Commonwealth Games Kelly takes credit for cancelling Halifax’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, claiming that he “stopped the bleeding” and protected the municipality from a $2.3 […]
Peter Kelly
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The brawl for city hall
INT. MAYOR’S OFFICE — MORNING. Peter Kelly—51, slim, comb-marked brown hair, grey suit, red sparkly tie—flicks on the kettle. Then he walks like a sommelier out of his office kitchen, a box of green tea in each upturned palm, approaching the reporter there to interview him. REPORTER (pointing) Oh, this one, please. Halifax’s two-term mayor […]
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Mayor Peter Kelly
A career politician, Kelly knows the ins and outs of the political process. He’s proven that when he wants something—think fast tracking of the proposed fast ferry to Bedford—he knows how to use the system to get it. Moreover, he really is something of a populist, in that he generally wants his actions to reflect […]
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Commonwealth Games Investigation part one: Halifax 2014 big plans
Seven months after Halifax’s Commonwealth Games bid collapsed, there still hasn’t been full disclosure of the records of the Halifax 2014 Bid Society, the non-governmental organization put together to pursue the Commonwealth Games. Neither has there been public discussion of the decision-making process that led to the demise of Halifax’s bid. So how are we […]
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Hali facts
We shopped. We voted. We fell off of skateboards and shared dirty little secrets. Two thousand six was an eventful year in Halifax, one that would be impossible to condense onto one page of blurbs. But here goes. Khyburned The year began with a cruel blow to Halifax’s artistic community: The Khyber Club, a long-standing […]