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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

One of Halifax’s longest-serving councillors calls it quits

July 22, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Halifax councillor Russell Walker, first elected in 1994, announced Wednesday he won’t run in this fall’s municipal election after seven terms. “The support from residents has impacted this journey in a positive way and I have thoroughly enjoyed working with everyone in the District for what will be 27 years at the end of this...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Andrew Curran, Cheryl Walker, Councillor Russell Walker, Debbie MacKinnon, District 10, Kyle Morton, Mohammad Ehsan, Sherry Hassanali

Development agreement approved for preschool at Halifax councillor’s house

July 8, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Coun. Shawn Cleary’s colleagues on the Halifax and West community council approved a development agreement for his house Wednesday night following a virtual public hearing. Michelle and Shawn Cleary have been running a preschool — Maple Tree Montessori, one of two campuses in Halifax — out of their home at the corner of Quinpool Road...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Cameron Robertson, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Russell Walker, councillor Shawn Cleary, daycare, Halifax and West Community Council, Maple Tree Montessori, Michelle Cleary

Council approves 12-storey Halifax development after virtual public hearing

July 8, 2020 By Zane Woodford

No one signed up to speak for or against a 12-storey development proposed for Joseph Howe Drive during a public hearing Tuesday night, and council approved bylaw amendments to allow the project. The proposal from Alex and Besim Halef’s BANC Investments Ltd. would see a one-storey commercial building at 3514 Joseph Howe Dr. torn down...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: affordable housing, Alex Halef, Banc Investments, Besim Halef, Councillor Russell Walker, Dutch Village Road development, Joseph Howe Drive development, Keith Tufts, Paul Sampson

Downtown Dartmouth renewal funding restored as council finishes COVID-19 budget adjustment list

May 29, 2020 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Councillors voted to restore $2 million in funding for land purchases in downtown Dartmouth, along with money for three jobs related to the city’s climate change plan and two snow-shovelling programs at their budget committee meeting on Friday. The budget committee has been meeting nearly […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: budget adjustment list, climate change, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Russell Walker, Councillor Sam Austin, Councillor Stephen Adams, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, Downtown Dartmouth plan, HalifACT 2050, Halifax city operating budget 2020/21, Halifax Water, Jane Fraser, Peter Duncan, property taxes, Sawmill River, sidewalk clearing, snow shovelling

Halifax councillors consider saving snow shovelling from COVID-19 cuts

May 15, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Councillors hope to save a program that makes for more comprehensive snow clearing on the Halifax peninsula. During a budget committee meeting on Friday — the continuation of the rebuilding of the city’s recast COVID-19 budget with $85 million in cuts — councillors voted in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: CAO Jacque Dubé, coronavirus, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor David Hendsbee, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Russell Walker, Councillor Sam Austin, Councillor Tim Outhit, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, Denise Schofield., easing restrictions, Halifax city operating budget 2020/21, Mayor Mike Savage, pandemic, reopening beaches, sidewalk snow clearing, snow removal

Halifax councillors look at extra risk to save cuts, scrap weekly green bin pick-up

May 13, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax councillors are looking at taking on more financial risk to offset a third of the cuts proposed to the city’s budget due to COVID-19. Finance staff estimate the permanent impact of the pandemic on the municipality’s finances will be $85.4 million from lost revenue […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: budget, CAO Jacque Dubé, compost bins, coronavirus, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Paul Russell, Councillor Russell Walker, Councillor Stephen Adams, Councillor Tim Outhit, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, green cart, Halifax city operating budget 2020/21, Jane Fraser, Mayor Mike Savage, pandemic

Councillors cold to cooling-off proposal, and other Halifax City Hall updates

January 15, 2020 By Zane Woodford

Halifax councillor Shawn Cleary’s proposal for a cooling-off period for councillors and senior officials was met with a cool reception at council. The request for a staff report looking into the policy, which would temporarily bar politicians and some staff from taking a job dealing with the city after their terms ended, came up during...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Bird Construction, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor David Hendsbee, Councillor Lindell Smith, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Paul Russell, councillor Richard Zurawski, Councillor Russell Walker, councillor Shawn Cleary, Councillor Stephen Adams, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, development Barrington Street, development Bedford Highway, George’s Investments Limited, John Traves, lobbyists, Lyft, Mayor Mike Savage, Old South Suburb Heritage District Plan, Pathos Properties Inc, ride-hailing regulations, Uber in Halifax, Williamswood fire station

Slip slidin’ away at the airport

Morning File, Monday, January 6, 2020

January 6, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. Plane skids off runway A Westjet 737 slid off the runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport yesterday. No one was injured. Eric Wynne, who’s a photographer for the Chronicle Herald, was on the plane and told reporter Ian Fairclough that if the pilot hadn’t told passengers the plane went off the tarmac, […]

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City still ridin’ the stadium train

Morning File, Wednesday, October 23, 2019

October 23, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. Stadium This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Halifax council yesterday rejected Sam Austin’s bid to immediately end a staff review of the Schooners’ stadium proposal. Had Austin been successful, the stadium proposal would have effectively been rejected. In October 2018, council passed a motion outlining how it would deal with the stadium […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

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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.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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