The municipality has removed three of Halifax Mutual Aid’s shelters from parks days before its own stated deadline. The municipality removed the shelters on Friday — one from Crathorne Park on Jamieson Street in Dartmouth, one from Victoria Park on South Park Street, and one from Raymond Taavel Park at the corner of Inglis and […]

Halifax hired a consultant to train its employees on “empathy-based approaches to homeless encampments” before announcing it would evict homeless people from their encampments. As the Halifax Examiner reported earlier this week, Halifax has given people living in shelters on city land, built by Halifax Mutual Aid, one week to get out before it’s going […]

The municipality says it will start removing temporary shelters and people’s belongings next week if they’re still on city property, but the group that built the shelters is defiant, vowing to leave the structures standing in the face of the threat. In a statement released Tuesday morning, Halifax said it’s notifying residents of the shelters […]

A proposal for a safer alternative to the drunk tank is moving ahead. Halifax regional council approved a motion during its Tuesday meeting directing staff to “examine potential changes to existing alcohol policies and regulations at the municipal and provincial levels to reduce harmful patterns of alcohol consumption” and “develop options for Regional Council’s consideration […]

Halifax will reconsider its use of an “outdated and disrespectful term” on its streets and communities. Coun. Pam Lovelace brought a motion to Halifax regional council’s meeting on Tuesday seeking a staff report “regarding the end of use and removal of the word Indian from all municipal street and place names, and recommendations on potential […]