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There’s nothing on earth like a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car monorail: Morning File, Saturday, February 28, 2015
News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Sidewalk protest A hundred accessibility advocates took to the street yesterday to protest the poor state of Halifax’s sidewalks. 2. Part time work, full time misery Moira Donovan examines how universities are increasingly using poorly paid adjunct professors. This article is behind the Examiner’s […]
Accessibility advocates take to the street to protest Halifax’s icy sidewalks
About 100 people — many who use canes, crutches or wheelchairs — protested the poor sidewalk ice clearing in Halifax today. Saying the sidewalks were to icy to walk on, the protesters literally took to the street, walking a two-block stretch of Gottingen Street to express their displeasure with city ice removal efforts. The Gottingen Street sidewalk […]
Or is that an an alpaca? Morning File, Friday, February 27, 2015
areNews Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Sidewalks Yesterday, I gave readers details about which contractors are responsible for clearing the ice and snow off which sidewalks on the peninsula. (This article is behind the Examiner’s pay wall and so available only to paid subscribers. To purchase a subscription, click here.) […]
Africville residents want to reopen 1996 lawsuit against Halifax
by Hilary Beaumont Wednesday morning, more than 80 former residents of Africville and their descendants crammed into a federal courtroom, the largest in the Upper Water courthouse, to ask a judge for an amendment to their lawsuit against the city. Wednesday’s submissions were the first step down what former residents hope will be the road...
See which contractors are responsible for clearing which sidewalks on the peninsula
Background According to a 2013 staff report to city council: In 2006 Council approved the tender to initiate Performance Based Sidewalk Tenders for seven routes located on Peninsula Halifax, Spryfield, Timberlea and North Dartmouth. These tenders were designed for performance management and provided for predictable cost controls regardless of the severity of the winter. In...
The hills are alive with the sound of laughter: Morning File, Thursday, February 26, 2015
News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Byline strike? In yesterday’s Morning File, I cited reader Chris Parson’s Facebook post questioning the Halifax Typographical Union’s lukewarm support for the 13 pressmen the Chronicle Herald locked out Monday. “Parsons goes on to point out that while the reporters and other newsroom employees […]
A mirror into the shattered soul: Morning File, Wednesday, February 25, 2015
News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Snow Ten to 20 centimetres today, says Environment Canada, but Peter Coade is predicting just five to 10 centimetres. 2. Africville Former residents of Africville will appear in court today, trying to convince a judge that their class-action suit against the city has merit. Reports […]
Sidewalks around Dalhousie University are completely free of ice
We’ve heard the excuses: it’s an unprecedented winter, the rapid freeze caught everyone off guard, it would cost too much to clear the sidewalks like you cleared yours…. Well, I’ve heard that the sidewalks around Dalhousie University were in good condition, so after the council meeting this afternoon, I went to check them out. Here’s […]
How to properly clean up the ice: Morning File, Tuesday, February 24, 2015
News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Harley Lawrence Ugly details about the murder of Harley Lawrence were revealed in court yesterday. Lawrence was the man with schizophrenia who lived on the streets of Berwick. Blair Rhodes of the CBC reports: A homeless man who was murdered in Nova Scotia more […]
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