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What’s wrong with the Barrington Street bridge ramp, and can we fix it?

April 26, 2018 By Erica Butler 8 Comments

Last week I wrote about the new street network being proposed for the land currently occupied by the Cogswell interchange, and asked why the city was proposing not to include a transit priority corridor along the full stretch of Barrington Street that’s being re-designed. The current plan does include some transit priority lanes on Barrington […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Barrington Street bridge ramp, Cogswell Interchange demolition, Cogswell redesign, Dave Reage, David McCusker, Erica Butler, Erin Blay, Gottingen bus lane, Halifax Transit, Harrison McGrath, Marcus Garnet, Patricia Hughes, Patty Cuttell-Busby

Is Gottingen the right street for a bus express lane?

Because the ramp from Barrington Street to the Macdonald Bridge is too tight a turn for buses, the north end business district could be turned into a bus expressway.

February 22, 2018 By Erica Butler 4 Comments

This afternoon, city council’s transportation committee will consider whether or not to continue planning for a north-bound bus lane along part of Gottingen Street. The plan would see 51 parking and loading spaces removed from both sides of the street, to make room for two vehicle lanes and one northbound bus lane starting at Cogswell […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Barrington Street ramp to MacDonald Bridge, Ben Wedge, Erica Butler, Gottingen Street bus lane, Halifax Transit, Integrated Mobility Plan, It's More Than Buses, North End Business Association, Patty Cuttell-Busby

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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.

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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