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Women win big in Halifax election, full unofficial results delayed in some districts

October 17, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Just two years after guys named Steve outnumbered women on regional council, Haligonians have opted for near gender parity. At least seven women were elected to serve as councillors in Halifax Regional Municipality for the next four years, according to unofficial election results tallied Saturday night. Just after 11 p.m., Halifax announced it wouldn’t be […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Becky Kent, Cathy Deagle Gammon, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Russell Walker, councillor Steve Streatch, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Iona Stoddard, Kathryn Morse, Maggie-Jane Spray, Mayor Mike Savage, municipal election, Pamela Lovelace, Patty Cuttell, Trish Purdy, women on Halifax council

This Cole Harbour council candidate shows why we need a municipal lobbyist registry

Morning File, Friday, September 25, 2020

September 25, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. Uber “The provincial government is making it easier to be a taxi or Uber driver, loosening the requirements to obtain the licence needed to be a driver for hire,” reports Zane Woodford: The move comes less than 48 hours after Halifax regional council passed bylaw amendments to legalize and regulate ride-hailing. Those amendments […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) competing designs, Associate Chief Justice Patrick Duncan, Big Moon, Blair Rhodes, Convention centre, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, COVID Alert app, COVID-19, Dan Harrison, EC Petroleum, Events East, Jamie McNeil, jury trial, Justice Patrick Duncan, Liberal Party, living wage, lobbyist registry, m5 consulting, Mike Savage, Mitch McIntyre, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Petroleum Geochemistry Consulting, privacy breach WCAT, Public Health Canada, tidal power, tidal turbine retrieval, Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), Yvonne Colbert

Demolition likely as unregistered Queen Street heritage properties for sale after Halifax council denied registration

September 8, 2020 By Zane Woodford

The colourful commercial buildings of Queen Street are up for sale, and after Halifax regional council voted earlier this year not to add the properties to the city’s heritage registry, they’re likely to be torn down. A listing from commercial real estate brokerage CBRE for 1525 Birmingham St. advertises the “Queen & Birmingham project” as...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Brian Lane, CBRE, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, development Queen Street, heritage destruction, heritage property, heritage registry, I H Mathers, Matthew Halliday, Queen & Birmingham project, Seamus McGreal

Wanna play on Canada’s ocean playground? You’ll need a car

Morning File, Thursday, July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 14 Comments

News 1. Halifax Examiner is not major enough Yesterday, the Halifax Examiner learned it’s not one of the eight major news organizations whose reporters will be permitted at the in-person cabinet scrums, which start today. The eight news organizations whose reporters will be allowed in are Global, CTV, CBC, Radio Canada, allNovaScotia, Herald, Canadian Press, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anmar's Apparel, beaches, Bissett Road, bus routes, cabinet scrum, Charity Crafters, Cole Harbour Basin Open Space Plan, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Crystal Crescent Beach, Darlene Ettinger, free masks, Halifax Transit, It's More Than Buses, Jenny Trites, masks, Masks For Humanity, Michelle Porter, Rainbow haven bus, Scott Edgar, Souls Harbour, Trips by Transit

Five Halifax councillors wouldn’t support letter advocating abolition of nuclear weapons

July 7, 2020 By Zane Woodford 4 Comments

It was meant to be a symbolic gesture — “a wish for peace” — but concerns over jurisdictional meddling kept some of Richard Zurawski’s colleagues from fully supporting his call to abolish nuclear weapons. Zurawski brought the four-part motion to council’s meeting on Tuesday. It read in full: That Halifax Regional Council: Declare August 6, […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: abolish nuclear weapons, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor David Hendsbee, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Paul Russell, councillor Richard Zurawski, Councillor Sam Austin, Councillor Stephen Adams, councillor Steve Streatch, Councillor Tim Outhit, councillor Tony Mancini, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Mayor Mike Savage

Taking a stroll down The Avenue’s history

Morning File, Tuesday, July 7, 2020

July 7, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Onslow fire hall shoot-up This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is currently conducting an investigation to determine if criminal charges should be laid against two police officers who pulled up in front of the Onslow-Belmont fire hall at about 10:30 am on Sunday April 19. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adrienne Lucas, African Nova Scotians, Atlantic bubble, Bill Casey, Black community, Black Nova Scotians, Christ Church Cemetery, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Sam Austin, COVID-19, Craig Ferguson, Danielle Nerman, Dartmouth Lake Road Church, DeeDee's Ice Cream, Elizabeth Cushing, grapenut ice cream, Halifax Transit, Hannah Young, Jennifer Crawford, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Nova Scotia mass shooting, Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade, RCMP Cpl. Lisa Croteau, RCMP shooting Lower Onslow, RCMP Supt Darren Campbell, Rev. Richard Preston, Sackville Terminal, self-isolation, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), The Avenue, travel restrictions, Victoria Road Baptist Church

Halifax regional councillor Lorelei Nicoll announces she won’t run again

July 6, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Lorelei Nicoll isn’t running in this fall’s municipal election, the three-term Cole Harbour – Westphal councillor announced Monday. Nicoll made the announcement in a statement on Twitter, “with a hint of sadness and an overwhelming amount of gratitude.” “In my twelve years in this role, I have worked hard to ensure the communities of Cole […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Elizabeth Cushing, Jerome Lagmay, Mayor Mike Savage

Speed humps coming to some Halifax-area school zones

June 15, 2020 By Zane Woodford

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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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Paul Russell, Councillor Sam Austin, Councillor Steve Craig, Councillor Tim Outhit, Erin DiCarlo, School Zone Speed Humps, speed hump, traffic calming measures

Mostly non-COVID Halifax council round-up: Social policy, boulevard gardens, and more

May 12, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Coun. Lindell Smith’s social policy framework passed unanimously at Halifax regional council on Tuesday after a nearly three-year wait, though the councillor worried it lacked teeth. “Everything we do in the city, we have an impact on people’s lives,” Smith said. “We recognize in HRM that we have a role in social policy.” The social...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: boulevard garden, Const. Heidi Stevenson, coronavirus, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Sam Austin, COVID-19, HRM social policy framework, Jacques Dubé, John Traves, Mary Chisholm, pandemic

Cole Harbour councillor wants to pay tribute to Const. Heidi Stevenson by naming something after her

May 8, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

The Halifax regional councillor for the Cole Harbour area wants to pay tribute to Const. Heidi Stevenson by naming something in the community after the slain RCMP officer who called it home. “She was a hero in life, just from all the things she did for the community,” Cole Harbour-Westphal Coun. Lorelei Nicoll said in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Cole Harbour, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Cst. Heidi Stevenson

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Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

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

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

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