News 1. Hollis Street bike lane delayed, again Hilary Beaumont’s story on the much-delayed bike lane is behind the Halifax Examiner’s pay wall, so available only to paid subscribers. But buying a subscription is painless, easy, and oh so fun. Just click here. 2. Cops accused of bad behaviour Michael and Jocelyn Hilchey claim that while serving […]
Archives for August 2014
Like clockwork, Hollis Street bike lane delayed again
by Hilary Beaumont Delays to the Hollis Street bike lane are becoming almost as predictable as the Citadel noon gun. After guaranteeing in the spring the bike lane would be painted this summer, the city has again pushed the project back. For a grab bag of reasons the Hollis Street bike lane has been bumped down the city’s list of priorities every construction season since it was approved in 2010. This...
To serve man: Morning File, Thursday, August 7, 2014
News 1. Ward 5 back to cooking Steve Williams donates a commercial dishwasher, allowing the kitchen to re-open, serving meals in the north end. 2. Ship of Theseus Global News has obtained the latest inspection report of the Bluenose Whatever. It lists 57 “minor” deficiencies, including “poorly stepped masts, a vent that interferes with an […]
Hell-bent on development, Canada Post, and E-voting: council recap, August 5, 2014 meeting
Tuesday’s council meeting proceeded more or less as I predicted in the council preview, with the following exceptions and issues of note: Hell-bent on development Boy was I ever wrong. Monday, I predicted that council would concur with a staff recommendation to deny the development of a seven-storey, 75-unit apartment building on the old St. Theresa...
Crapping on the news: Morning File, Wednesday, August 6, 2015
News 1. Ward 5 kitchen closed The Ward 5 Neighbourhood Centre has been providing meals for hungry people in the north end for 36 years, but has never had a food establishment permit. How could that not occur to anyone? Well, the province finally caught up with the lapse and has closed down the kitchen, reports CTV. The result […]
Climate change: the elephant in the room during fracking debate
这是一个专栏Tho写的mas J. Duck. The public has spoken against proposals to frack for oil and gas in Nova Scotia. Will premier Stephen McNeil and energy minister Andrew Younger listen?Over the past two weeks the Nova Scotia Hydraulic Fracturing review panel has hosted eleven public meetings across the province to seek feedback […]
Middle of the road: Morning File, Tuesday, August 5, 2014
News 1. Catie Miller The 29-year-old Dartmouth woman has been missing for three weeks., causing her family unimaginable grief. There’s something odd about this story, but I can’t place my finger on it. Although the police announced her disappearance 10 days after she was last seen, Catie isn’t listed on the department’s missing persons list. […]
New Access-A-Buses, Linden Lea duck pond, giving non-citizens the right to vote: Council preview, August 5, 2014 meeting
Halifax city council meets Tuesday for the third week in a row. The unusual back-to-back meetings allow councillors to take the next four weeks off, so Tuesday’s will be the last council meeting until September 9. The meeting starts at 1pm, and I’ll be live-blogging it via the Examiner’s @hfxExaminer Twitter account. Tenders Council will...
Where Thieves and Pimps Run Free: Morning File, Saturday, August 2, 2014
News 1. David Wheeler chairs firm that trains LNG workers By virtue of his position as president of Cape Breton University, Wheeler, who is chair of the province’s review of fracking, also chairs LearnCorp International, a university-owned company that trains Exxon employees. “A university website adds that it ‘has been meeting the demands of ExxonMobil for […]
Stairway to heaven: Free Lab addresses Citadel Hill erosion problem
by Chris Benjamin The southeast corner of Citadel Hill, at Sackville and Brunswick Streets, is significantly eroded. Climbing onto the pathway leading up the hill poses a challenge, even for the fleet-of-foot and healthy-hearted. But today, a group of nine Dalhousie architect students is solving the problem, led by Devin McCarthy of DSRA Architecture and...