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Imagine: Halifax’s Bloomfield site up for sale, marketed as ‘north end streetcar district’

June 11, 2020 By Zane Woodford

The former Bloomfield Centre site in North End Halifax is up for sale, but the real estate firm tasked with marketing the property is billing it as something else entirely: the “streetcar district.” A Cushman Wakefield sign went up at the site this week and a website appears to have gone live last week at...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bloomfield, Bloomfield Master Plan, Fred Connors, Gottingen and Bloomfield development, Housing Nova Scotia, Imagine Bloomfield, North End Streetcar District, Susanna Fuller

“Those who are in a shelter or without shelter cannot self-isolate”: Halifax deals with homeless population during COVID crisis

March 26, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 6 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Amid a public health emergency that relies on people keeping six feet apart to halt the spread of COVID-19, a team is putting on a full court press to deal with one group of citizens. Housing Nova Scotia, the Halifax Regional Municipality, the YMCA, and […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, homelessness, Housing Nova Scotia, Krista Higdon, Linda Wilson, Maggie-Jane Spray, Meghan Laing, Metro Turning Point, Out of the Cold emergency shelter, Salvation Army, Shelter NS, YMCA

Halifax’s Come From Away moment

Morning File, Tuesday, January 14, 2020

January 14, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

News 1. Owls Head Provincial Park has been deleted from the province’s map of parks and protected areas Tim writes on the disappearance of Owls Head Provincial Park from the map of main protected areas on the province’s website. CBC’s Michael Gorman reported that the province removed Owls Head from a pending protected status list. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Access-A-Bus, accessible taxis, accessible transit, Barry Schechter, Bassie Feldman, Brian Dezagiacomo, Canadian Domestic Violence Conference, Chabad, Chantal Chassé, Chaskel Bennett, Councillor Sam Austin, Dartmouth post office, domestic violence, El Al Flight LY26, Housing Nova Scotia, income assistance, Jodi Brown, Joel Jacobson, Melissa Prosper, Nancy MacLellan, Not Without Us, Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities, Pam Berman, Rabbi Mendy Feldman, Shabbat, Shaina Luck, Tawaak Housing Association, Tim Rissesco, Varda Avram

Not enough is being done on the affordable housing front, say advocates

January 7, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

Last August, the federal government signed a 10-year-deal with the province of Nova Scotia to cost-share a $400-million-dollar contribution towards affordable housing. The timing couldn’t be better for people trying to find a place to live in Metro Halifax. Not only is the population growing but the vacancy rate is at a historic low —...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: affordable housing, Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS), Chantal Chassé, housing co-ops, Housing Nova Scotia, Jim Graham, Minister Nancy MacLellan, MLA Lisa Roberts, MLA Steve Craig, public housing, Tawaak Housing Association

The Centre Plan, affordable housing, and the Willow Tree

March 27, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Affordable housing, anyone? After nearly two years of promising to do something about it, the City’s draft Centre Plan being discussed at a series of public meetings and online could actually deliver some of the 5,000 units promised by 2021. That is, if — and it’s a big IF — HRM regional council approves and...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: affordable housing, Bill Grace, Carl Purvis, Centre Plan, density bonusing, Downtown Plan, George Armoyan, Housing Nova Scotia, Jennifer Henderson, Susan McCurdy, Willow Tree Tower

Welcome to our new robot overlords: Morning File, Wednesday, January 17, 2018

January 17, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News 1. The VG replacement report is finished, but you can’t see it “On Friday, December 29, the final work day of 2017, the province received a consultant’s report containing some highly anticipated information,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The report included a preliminary cost estimate, timeline, and master plan to replace services delivered out of the crumbling […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: affordable housing, councillor Waye Mason, Energy Minister Geoff MacLellan, Ernst and Young (EY), housing authority, Housing Nova Scotia, Offshore Energy Research Association, robot overlords, Stephen Dempsey, tidal energy will make us all rich

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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