The city’s police board is recommending in favour of a 2.3% increase to the Halifax Regional Police budget. Chief Dan Kinsella asked for that increase, equal to about $2 million on top of last year’s budget of $88.8 million, to pay for 26 new sworn officers and 10 new civilian positions. He said the new […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 15 — Lower Sackville
Paul Russell didn’t have much time to get used to being a councillor. After winning a special election in District 15 last October, Russell is up for the ultimate annual performance review as voters head back to the polls. Russell is facing four candidates this time around, down from a field of nine others in […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 14 — Middle/Upper Sackville-Beaver Bank-Lucasville
Lisa Blackburn was almost acclaimed for a second term. But on the final day for nominations, the deputy mayor got a challenger with Greg Frampton adding his name to the ballot. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: What should Halifax be doing to create more affordable […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 13 — Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets
With Matt Whitman hoping to step up to the mayor’s chair, District 13 is an open race. There are nine candidates hoping to take the controversial councillor’s place in the district, which includes Hammonds Plains, Tantallon, Hubbards and Peggys Cove. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 12 — Timberlea-Beechville-Clayton Park-Wedgewood
After winning District 12 in 2016, Richard Zurawski is facing off against two of the runners up from last time and a newcomer in next month’s election. Candidates John Bignell and Iona Stoddard both ran in the district in 2016, and Eric Jury is adding his name to the ballot for the first time. The […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 11 — Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road
Halifax’s longest-serving councillor gave plenty of notice that he wouldn’t be running for a ninth term. Coun. Stephen Adams, first elected in 1991, made the announcement a full year before this fall’s election, and 12 candidates have stepped up to take his place in District 11. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 10 — Halifax-Bedford Basin West
With Coun. Russell Walker stepping aside after 27 years, the race for District 10 has attracted eight candidates. Walker only scraped by in 2016, winning the district — including Fairview, Rockingham and part of Clayton Park — with 35 votes. The runner-up, Andrew Curran, is on the ballot again, and so is the third-place finisher, […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 9 — Halifax West-Armdale
Confirmed in a recount, Shawn Cleary beat the former councillor for District 9, Linda Mosher, by little more than 100 votes in 2016. Cleary is hoping to win again, and the district, which includes the west end and crosses the rotary into Armdale, has four other candidates vying for the seat in this election. The […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 8 — Halifax Peninsula North
Lindell Smith won his seat in District 8 in a crowded field of seven candidates in 2016. Four years later, he’s looking for a second term from the voters of the north end of Halifax, and facing two challengers: Virginia Hinch and Dylan Kennedy. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 7 — Halifax South Downtown
Incumbents aren’t safe in District 7. In 2012, Waye Mason beat four-term councillor Sue Uteck by 114 votes. Uteck challenged in 2016, and Mason won by more than 1,300 votes. This time around, Mason faces three challengers for the district, which includes downtown Halifax and the south end. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five […]