Concerns about a lack of recent public consultation gave councillors pause, but weren’t enough for them to recommend a stop to the Halifax Common Master Plan. The plan is a proposed redesign of the Halifax Common, removing some baseball diamonds and adding features like trees, seating, and a trellis. It envisions concerts on the Common,...
Halifax councillors to consider smaller $3 million contribution to new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax councillors are now considering a smaller contribution to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Construction is set to begin on the new gallery, located at the bottom of Salter Street on Lower Water Street, this year. After choosing a winning design concept in November 2020, the gallery’s director and CEO, Nancy Noble, went to...
William Sandeson reported ‘homicidal thoughts’ in jail
William Sandeson, awaiting his second trial for the murder of Taylor Samson, told jail staff he was “feeling homicidal” and “having homicidal thoughts” according to a court decision released Friday. Sandeson was charged with first-degree murder in 2015 after Samson, last seen entering Sandeson’s apartment, disappeared. In 2017, a jury convicted Sandeson of first-degree murder,...
Development could destroy Dartmouth wetland, biologist warns as council starts planning process
It’s still in early stages, but a development proposal for the banks of a Dartmouth wetland is moving ahead. Halifax regional council voted on Tuesday to start a process to allow development on what the municipality calls the Southdale Future Growth Node. To people in the area, the site between Highway 111 and the Woodside...
What’s at stake as Halifax heads to Supreme Court of Canada over Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes
When it reaches the Supreme Court of Canada in the new year, Halifax’s battle with a property developer over Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes could set precedent across the country. After granting leave to appeal in June, the highest court in Canada is scheduled to hear Annapolis Group Inc. v. Halifax Regional Municipality in February. Because...
Nova Scotia Power keeps consumers in the dark about costs of delayed Muskrat Falls power
Four years after renewable electricity from Muskrat Falls in Labrador was supposed to supply 10% of Nova Scotia’s needs, Nova Scotia Power continues to keep the public in the dark about how much it is costing the company to buy replacement energy. It’s an important question because whatever Nova Scotia Power (NSP) has paid will...
Health care, health care, health care: Tim Houston’s 2022 to-do list
Tim Houston campaigned on his promise to fix everything that ails our health care system. He won. He has put his own people in charge. Now he has to deliver.
The good news is that 4,369 Nova Scotians found a primary care provider last month. The bad news is that 5,511 other Nova Scotians added their names to the province’s we-need-a-family-doctor list during that same period. Welcome to the dark cloud inside every health care silver lining. The worst news is that, after you do...
Muskrat Falls power: over-promised and under-delivered
Should electricity consumers in Nova Scotia begin paying the full $1.7 billion cost to build the Maritime Link before the full amount of hydroelectricity from Muskrat Falls has been delivered? Evidence given Tuesday by Nova Scotia Power executives in front of the Utility and Review Board (UARB) indicates only 19% of the renewable energy that...
Nova Scotia Power: changing standards to match declining performance
The power company hasn't met regulator-required customer service and reliability standards for the past four years. Instead of improving its performance, NSP wants to change the standards by which it is judged.
Nova Scotia Power has failed to meet regulator mandated customer service and reliability standards for four years in a row. One. After. The. Other. Don’t pretend you’re surprised. At that. Or this. Rather than doubling efforts to improve its customer service and reliability, Nova Scotia Power’s deep thinkers have quadrupled down on a campaign to...
Auditor General: the province shouldn’t have outside agencies run programs without knowing the full costs
Provincial auditor-general Kim Adair released two reports today. One, as reported earlier by Tim Bousquet, examined how the McNeil government contracted Dalhousie University to distribute $100 million in emergency financial assistance to people and businesses during the first wave of COVID in 2020. The second report looks at $193 million the province put in a...
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