News 1. IMP “The city has dropped its Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP), a hefty 193-page document designed to help Halifax achieve its Regional Plan target of reducing the share of trips we all make in private vehicles,” reports Erica Butler: In 2006, council set a goal to reduce vehicle trips down to 70 per cent […]
The company’s not saying, but Bier Markt seems to have abandoned its Halifax plans: Morning File, Tuesday, October 17, 2017
News 1. “Whose Explosion is it, anyway?” Jennifer Henderson reports on a panel discussion held at Dalhousie University last week, which looked at how Halifax was transformed following the 1917 Explosion, and how our collective memory has shifted over time. For instance, reports Henderson: Retired Dalhousie history professor and author David Sutherland asks a pointed question: […]
Halifax Armageddon: Morning File, Tuesday, June 13, 2017
News 1. Downtown, the waterfront, and Armageddon Canada Day is of course a very big deal this year, so I was wondering what is going on. Unfortunately, the city’s Canada Day website is confusing: on the Events page, it lists the Tattoo as the one and only community event on Canada Day: Thinking that can’t be […]
The stupid, mean violence of North Dartmouth: Morning File, Thursday, June 8, 2017
News 1. Chelsie Probert, North Dartmouth poverty, and violence A police release from last night: The suspicious death that occurred last night in Dartmouth has been ruled a homicide. At approximately 10 p.m. on June 6, Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a female in medical distress on a pathway in the 0-100 […]
Election File, Tuesday, April 25, 2017
I’m Katie. It’s Tuesday and there are lots of things happening today. News 1. Private prosecution “Tomorrow a Harrietsfield woman will become the first citizen in Nova Scotia to lay charges or undertake a ‘private prosecution’ under the Environment Act against two individuals and two numbered companies,” report Jennifer Henderson and Linda Pannozzo for the […]
Perplexed by Wanda’s strange disappearance: Morning File, Wednesday, January 25, 2017
News 1. Teachers “Nova Scotia’s 9,300 public school teachers got their first look at the latest contract offer from the province Tuesday with union leaders telling them it was ‘the best deal that was available,’” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: The four-year deal is worth an extra $60 million, but it was given a lukewarm reception, at […]
Russell Walker needs a new catchphrase: Morning File, Wednesday, November 2, 2016
November Subscription Drive The following is written by Selena Ross. When she was working as a reporter for the Chronicle Herald, Ross was co-author of the award-winning article on the death of Rehteah Parsons. Since leaving the Herald, Ross has worked for the CBC and the Globe & Mail. She now lives in New York City. When I […]
There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! Morning File, Thursday, October 20, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Dartmouth Crossing expansion in dispute The developer of Dartmouth Crossing is appealing the city’s rejection of an application to expand the sprawling complex. The appeal is made to the provincial Utility and Review Board. The conflict revolves around land designated for parks that the developer is required […]
Dalhousie president Tom Traves retired in 2013, but he’s still the highest paid public employee in Nova Scotia: Morning File, Wednesday, August 10, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Public Accounts The province yesterday published the public accounts for the 2015-16 fiscal year, which ended March 31. I’ve been slowly going through the documents, and as I find interesting items I’ll report on them. For now, I’ve just scanned for the big salaries. […]