I f you’re a Canadian citizen and 18 years old by October 21, you can vote in the federal election. If you received a voter information card in the mail—you’re set. Bring your card and ID with you and cast your vote on October 21 at the polling station noted on the card. If you […]
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Selfie stations planned for next provincial election
Reversing low voter turnout in Nova Scotia could be as simple as a case of FOMO. According to Elections Nova Scotia, selfie stations will likely be set up at polling locations in the next general election to try and encourage more young people to participate in the democratic process. The structures were tested out as […]
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Vote in the Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice Music Awards!
Now’s your time to shine, folks. Let us know your favourites of 2013 in the Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice Music Awards survey (or BOHM, for ease). Click here and vote to your heart’s content! You could win a $1000 shopping spree at Long & McQuade just by voting! Poll is open until Sunday, February […]
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Cam Smith is ready
It’s always gratifying when someone notices hard work. And when the folks noticing are the hip hop experts at XXL and the hard worker is Cam Smith, it’s even better. Smith was hand-picked by XXL Magazine to compete in their Ready or Not Singles Challenge, where tracks from MCs are voted on by the public […]
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“Tax Reform” proposal is dead
It started innocently enough. Concerned that rapidly increasing and uneven property assessments were resulting in big tax increases for homeowners, three years ago HRM councillors established the Tax Reform Committee and charged it with finding a better way to fund government. Along the way, however, the committee went off track. It embraced the concept of […]
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Counting “tax reform” votes…
Having talked with most of the Halifax councillors about “tax reform,” and otherwise listened to their public statements, I can pretty much forecast how each will vote next Tuesday, when “tax reform” finally comes before council. As follows: Streatch: No Dalrymple: ? Hendsbee: Yes Nicoll: No McCluskey: No Fisher: No Karsten:No Barkhouse: No Smith: No […]
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How councillors voted on making appointments in public
Here’s how Halifax councillors voted on Linda Mosher’s motion which would have changed council policy such that appointments would be made in public: Adams: Yes Barkhouse: No Blumenthal: No Dalrymple: No Fisher: Yes Harvey: No Hendsbee: No Hum: Absent johns: No Karsten: No Kelly: Yes Lund: No McCluskey: Yes Mosher: Yes Nicoll: Yes Outhit: No […]
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Council sticks to secret appointments
At Halifax council’s Tuesday meeting, councillor Linda Mosher brought forward a proposal to change existing policy, such that in the future all council appointments to boards and commissions are made in public. Supporters of the status quo maintained that holding council discussion of applicants’ qualifications in public would be an invasion of those applicants’ privacy. […]