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Home » Council recap

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Council recap, October 21, 2014 meeting

by Tim Bousquet October 22, 2014October 20, 2022

Taxes Residential property taxes were a huge issue in the first decade of this century, when the housing market was overheated and assessments were going up 20 percent and more in some neighbourhoods. Through that period, council didn’t raise the tax rate, but because of the soaring assessments, the actual tax bill went up hugely […]

Posted inCity Hall

Garbage policy, sidewalk cafes, bike lane: Council recap, September 23, 2014 meeting

by Tim Bousquet September 24, 2014October 20, 2022
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Khyber is saved, craven politicians, chimineaing while drunk: Council recap, September 9, 2014 meeting

by Tim Bousquet September 10, 2014October 20, 2022
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Hell-bent on development, Canada Post, and E-voting: council recap, August 5, 2014 meeting

by Tim Bousquet August 6, 2014October 20, 2022
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The Forum is saved: City council recap, July 29, 2014 meeting

by Tim Bousquet July 30, 2014October 20, 2022
Photograph of Merlin Nunn, a white man in his eighties with white hair and dark eyes. He is looking into the camera and smiling.
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Developer fees and unwarranted secrecy: Halifax council recap, July 22, 2014 meeting

by Tim Bousquet July 23, 2014October 20, 2022
A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


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All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

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In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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