[Image-1] This morning’s weather notwithstanding, it’s almost winter—and that means it’s almost Oval time. This year HRM’s favourite geometric ice surface ditches the temporary trailers and invites skaters to enjoy this swag new pavilion. Councillor Jennifer Watts tweeted the following pics this morning of the almost-open facility and some of its amenities. Along with the […]
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Halifax Water finally releases map of hydrants and catch basins
[Image-1] Good new for those civic-minded folks aching to do a little more shoveling this winter—HRM Halifax Water has provided a way to locate the blocked catch basins and fire hydrants in your neighbourhood. During last winter’s snowpocalypse, helpful citizens wanted to dig out buried hydrants and clear obstructed catch basins in an unprecedented show […]
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Be the change this city needs
[Image-1] I am here to initiate change for the city I love, the City of Halifax. I am here as part of a wider group of people, such as Gerry Post and Gus Reed, to help shape the tone and form our beloved city takes in the future. This winter I became “The Asshole With […]
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Looks like winter’s going to suck again this year
Start praying for a warm winter, because not a lot has changed in how Halifax deals with snowstorms. Yesterday’s Committee of the Whole was an eight-hour brawl with HRM’s management over winter operations. Before the city was this review of the past winter’s snow-clearing services. At question was who to blame for Halifax crumbling into […]
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Snow clearing contracts could increase by $6 million
[Image-1] Forget the summer heat, the municipality’s winter operations superintendent is asking council to spend some cold hard cash on four snow clearing tenders. The contracts for snow and ice removal in several HRM communities will be discussed by the Audit and Finance committee on Wednesday, along with an accompanying staff report by winter operations’ […]
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Street snowboarders are riding high in Halifax
[Image-1] Near the old oil refinery on the Dartmouth waterfront, two men in safety vests approach a group of young guys shovelling snow at the base of a concrete wall. The shovellers freeze. “What are you guys doing? Shovelling snow?” one of the men calls out. Relieved, the guys trip over each other to respond. […]
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What does this grungy snowbank look like to you?
[Image-1] It snowed again. Impossibly, Halifax received 40 centimetres from a “15-20 centimetre” snowfall on Saturday night. Airplanes fell from the sky; Instagram photos were whiter than normal; the hope for spring—already a withered husk of a dream—shriveled yet further. It’s over, you guys. It’s always snow from here on out. Winter now surrounds us […]
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Where is Halifax putting all this snow?
[Image-1] Well Halifax, we’ve been hit yet again this week. The moment you think it’s all shifting to clear skies and warmer days, our faithful fiend winter rears her ugly head. Although today is the first day of spring, many have thrown up their hands and given up on seeing that green grass anytime soon. […]
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What’s open in Halifax?
[Image-1] Yesterday’s snow stomping shut down literally and figuratively everything in Halifax, forcing us all indoors like the wintery mole people we’ve accepted ourselves to be. Thankfully, the sun is shining this Thursday and doors are open again around the city. We’ve collected just a small list of the many bold businesses around town happy […]
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Snowboarding the streets of Dartmouth
[Image-1] “I was in Whistler actually in February, and the streets of Dartmouth were ten times better conditions.” When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When the weather gives you 80 centimetres of snow, go snowboarding and “jump off stuff.” That’s the joyful ethos behind Adrian McLean’s adventures yesterday in downtown Dartmouth. While the rest […]
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Snova Scotia keeps on piling on
[Image-1] Don’t shoot me for saying so, but it’s kind of gorgeous outside right now. The sun is shining, it’s not very cold, and neighbours across the municipality are sharing shovels and slipping discs to help dig the city out of this monster lizard. Yesterday brought a hellish amount of snow down on top of […]
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Mayor Mike Savage owes all of us an apology
[Image-1] Oh, Februshitty. Look what you’ve done to our fair city with your piles of snow and sheets of ice. Tensions run high as we mumble about beet juice and quibble over public versus private snow removal services. And so far, March isn’t cutting us much slack either. With crews working around the clock to […]