The municipality is hoping to find out what citizens think of the cops with a new survey, and it’s looking for a polling firm to do the work. Halifax posted a request for proposals (RFP) Tuesday looking for a contractor for a standing offer to “allow HRP and Halifax District RCMP to establish an ongoing […]
Province awards $29 million contract for controversial Halifax hospital parkade
Lindsay Construction will lead the design and construction of the new parkade and pedway on Summer Street as part of the QEII hospital project, the province announced on Thursday. In a joint news release from the health and transportation and infrastructure renewal departments, the province said construction is scheduled to start next month and the […]
Dartmouth development unanimously approved after city’s first virtual public hearing
A Dartmouth developer got approval for three apartment buildings along Portland Street after the municipality’s first virtual public hearing Tuesday night. T.A. Scott Architecture + Design Limited, on behalf of property owner LMNO Properties Limited — owned by Dartmouth real estate agent and developer T. Chandler Haliburton — proposed two six-storey apartment buildings (buildings A...
UARB allows Halifax Water customer’s late appeal over ‘extraordinarily high’ bill
Halifax Water’s regulator has sided with a customer, allowing her to appeal an “extraordinarily high” water bill that said she consumed nearly 10,000 litres of water daily for more than a month. According to a Utility and Review Board (UARB) decision, written by board member Stephen McGrath and released last week, Aline Fineberg has lived...
Halifax’s big climate change action plan is ready, but the COVID-19 budget crunch means it’s already ‘jeopardized’
Halifax’s new climate change action plan aims for carbon neutral city operations in 10 years and carbon neutrality across the municipality by 2050, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put the ever-important short-term success of the plan in jeopardy. “The level of effort and timelines of this plan are ambitious and unprecedented,” reads the final chapter […]
Halifax councillor’s motion to consider rezoning Purcells Cove backlands properties approved
A Halifax councillor’s motion aiming to rezone three Purcells Cove backlands properties has passed. As the Halifax Examiner reported last month, the three parcels for sale sit right next to the wilderness park recently created by the municipality and the Nature Conservancy of Canada — a 153-hectare (or 378-acre) park, twice the size of Point...
Halifax releases police union’s collective agreement
When cops are accused of wrongdoing, the public pays for their legal defence.
Halifax created a new page on its website Wednesday morning, posting all of its contracts with public sector unions — including, for the first time, police. The addition follows two requests from the Halifax Examiner for the contract between the municipality and the Halifax Regional Police Association (HRPA), the union representing Halifax Regional Police officers and […]
Nova Scotia appeals court quashes conviction, grants new trial for William Sandeson
Nova Scotia’s court of appeal has quashed his conviction and granted William Sandeson a new murder trial, determining in a decision released Wednesday that his first trial should’ve been declared a mistrial after the traitorous conduct of a defence investigator came to light. In June 2017, a jury found Sandeson, now 27, guilty of first […]
Developers proposing ‘Aboriginal’ art gallery in new Halifax hotel — but did they talk to any Indigenous people?
A developer from Newfoundland wants to include an “Aboriginal” art gallery in its new downtown Halifax hotel as a public benefit in exchange for permission to construct a bigger building. But it’s unclear whether Steele Hotels even talked to any Indigenous people in Halifax about the plan — never mind the kind of broad and […]
Speed humps coming to some Halifax-area school zones
The city is planning to install speed humps on 10 streets around seven schools in Halifax and Sackville this summer, but a large portion of the municipality is left off the map. Halifax regional councillors wanted to speed up efforts to slow down traffic across the municipality during this year’s original, pre-COVID-19 budget process. They...
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