Cole Harbour’s Sidney Crosby is backing his team in accepting president Donald Trump’s invitation to the White House. The Pittsburgh Penguins defended their upcoming trip to Washington in a press release Sunday, stating the team respects the office of the president. “Any agreement or disagreement with a president’s politics, policies or agenda can be expressed […]
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Police board to discuss new services for First Nations communities
Halifax’s police oversight board wants to help serve and protect the municipality’s First Nations-owned lands. Councillor Waye Mason will put forward a motion at the next Board of Police Commissioners meeting looking to establish a more formal relationship between Halifax Regional Police and the city’s First Nations. Three Indigenous bands currently own addition-to-reserve lands that fall […]
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Nova Scotia announces big changes in access to abortions
Doctor referrals will no longer be needed for surgical abortions and pharmacies across Nova Scotia will begin offering free access to the abortion pill, Mifegymiso. The announcement was made Friday by Kelly Regan, minister for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women. “We’re supporting more choice for women when it comes to their reproductive […]
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Local Xpress spins-off into HalifaxToday
The Chronicle Herald’s newsroom strike may have laid the groundwork for the paper’s newest competitor. Ontario’s Village Media is looking to hire an online community editor for its new HalifaxToday website. “HalifaxToday.com is coming soon and Village Media is looking for a full-time community editor to help launch our latest online-only news site,” reads an […]
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10 things that happened at city council
ACCESSIBILITY INACCESSIBLE Steve Craig is fed up with the lack of accessible transportation options in HRM. It’s been three years since the Lower Sackville councillor tried to expand the city’s door-to-door paratransit service, and now he’ll have to wait at least a few more months for an outside consultant’s strategic review of Access-a-Bus service. “I’m […]
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Party’s over at the IWK
Nova Scotia’s auditor general will conduct financial and performance audits on the IWK hospital’s books and turn over all the information to police “for their consideration on any possible legal matters.” The announcement from AG Michael Pickup was made Tuesday afternoon. It’s the latest chapter in a growing expense scandal that’s been plaguing the Halifax hospital […]
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Halifax will try to “wow” Amazon
Mike Savage will try and sell Halifax to Amazon and that’s just barely an embellishment. The Seattle-based mega-company announced on Thursday that it’s looking for a location to build a second headquarters, dubbed HQ2. Amazon says it will invest $5 billion US on the project, which it claims will employ up to 50,000 workers over the […]
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Halifax’s overburdened FOIPOP office wants to go digital
The province’s largest municipality is barely keeping up with the hundreds of Freedom of Information requests it receives each year. But that could soon change. The HRM issued a tender request Wednesday for new software to manage, track and redact FOIPOP requests as a potential solution to the bureaucratic strain. “Right now, the team is […]
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Tentative agreement reached for Purcell’s Cove Backlands
Don’t celebrate just yet. The municipality announced Wednesday that a tentative agreement has been reached to purchase the Purcell’s Cove Backlands, but Nature Conservancy of Canada program manager Craig Smith says the sale isn’t a done deal. That’s because Halifax and the NCC will share the $6.6-million cost to buy 380 acres of wilderness property […]
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Hendsbee blames media for ruining his pension proposal
David Hendsbee won’t be getting any taxpayer money to top up his pension Regional council voted against the Preston—Chezzetcook—Eastern Shore representative’s motion asking for a staff report on whether the municipality could split the cost and help him buy back years on his pension. The request was met with public scorn over the weekend, to […]
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David Hendsbee wants HRM to cover his pension regrets
After 20 years of public service, councillor David Hendsbee has just now decided he wants in on the municipality’s pension plan. But he needs some help to pay for it. At the next meeting of Regional Council, Hendsbee will ask for a staff report on pension options for councillors past and present who “did not […]
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Ray Ivany finally gets his name on something of value
Embracing the only real tangible result of the Ivany Report—using the word “Ivany”—the Nova Scotia Community College is honouring Ray Ivany. To that end, NSCC’s waterfront campus will henceforth be known as the Raymond E. Ivany campus. The bold rebrand was announced during a ceremony Tuesday in Dartmouth. “NSCC is a place where youth are […]