For voters who don’t have their minds made up with Election Day fast approaching, there’s no shortage of candidate surveys to get up to speed. Election day is Saturday, Oct. 17, but you can vote online or by telephone between Oct. 6 and 14. You can check to see if you’re on the voters’ list […]
Constable who arrested Black man in Halifax park tells police review board he’s ‘not a racist person’
A Halifax Regional Police officer says race was not a factor in his decision to arrest a Black man after he stopped him in a city park after 10pm. Const. Kenneth O’Brien testified on Friday at a Nova Scotia Police Review Board hearing into the arrest of Adam LeRue and his common law partner, Kerry […]
Police review board hears testimony from Black man arrested for being in a Halifax park after 10pm
They could have just asked him to leave the park. Instead, two Halifax Regional Police officers ended up arresting Adam LeRue, ripping his common law partner from his vehicle, and sending him to jail for the night. LeRue, who is Black, and his partner, Kerry Morris, testified at their Nova Scotia Police Review Board appeal […]
Halifax council candidates’ responses to Policing Policy Working Group survey show support for reforms
A majority of council candidates who responded to a survey from a local advocacy group are in favour of some broad reforms of policing in Halifax, and the results indicate widespread dissatisfaction with the municipality’s unique relationship with the RCMP. The Nova Scotia Policing Policy Working Group sent an online survey to all candidates in […]
Nova Scotia moves to speed up COVID-19 test screening, premier says close to signing onto app
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia is hoping to speed up the COVID-19 testing process by removing one layer of screening for people hoping to find out whether they have the disease. The province announced a new online portal — nshealth.ca/coronavirus-assessment — on Thursday to screen people’s symptoms. “As […]
Nova Scotia education minister downplays significance of lead in most schools’ water
Nova Scotia’s education minister is downplaying the importance of thousands of failed tests for lead in water in hundreds of schools across the province, without putting forward any kind of action plan or clear timeline to fix the problem. Education and Early Childhood Education Minister Zach Churchill spoke to reporters following a cabinet meeting on […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 15 — Lower Sackville
Paul Russell didn’t have much time to get used to being a councillor. After winning a special election in District 15 last October, Russell is up for the ultimate annual performance review as voters head back to the polls. Russell is facing four candidates this time around, down from a field of nine others in […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 14 — Middle/Upper Sackville-Beaver Bank-Lucasville
Lisa Blackburn was almost acclaimed for a second term. But on the final day for nominations, the deputy mayor got a challenger with Greg Frampton adding his name to the ballot. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: What should Halifax be doing to create more affordable […]
Halifax council approves living wage requirement for contractors
In one of the last votes of its term, Halifax regional council approved a living wage requirement for most contracted workers. As the Halifax Examiner reported earlier this month, municipal staff proposed the policy to council as part of a new code of conduct for suppliers: It’s a response to council’s lukewarm reception of the social procurement policy passed […]
Nearly 84% of Nova Scotia public schools had elevated levels of lead in water
Nearly 84% of Nova Scotia public schools had elevated levels of lead in water flowing from at least one tap in the past year, according to a Halifax Examiner analysis of testing data released by the provincial government on Wednesday. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development posted the results of tests of drinking […]
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