News 1. Pitch your tent here … or else A Halifax staff report proposes sanctioning overnight tenting in some parks, and evicting people from all others in the municipality. The staff report, by parks and recreation special projects manager Max Chauvin and parks and recreation executive director Maggie MacDonald, comes to council today, Zane Woodford […]
Councillor responds to claims that East Preston is underserved by transit system
District 2 councillor David Hendsbee says the Black community of East Preston once had weekend bus service. “There was weekend service in the past when the bus route was operated under the former ‘Halifax County Beaver Bank Transit Service’; a holdover service prior to HRM Amalgamation,” Hendsbee said in an e-mail. “The weekend service was […]
The Last Good Day Of The Year: Morning File, Wednesday, September 21, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The Shaw Group Wilderness™ Yesterday, Halifax council voted to direct staff to continue negotiating a purchase of a part of the Purcells Cove Backlands from The Shaw Group. Gloria McCluskey was the only dissenting vote. Shaw made an offer to the city, and […]