哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Halifax councillors are opting for smaller cuts to police and fire services, meaning fewer police positions will be left vacant and a fire station in Upper Sackville will remain open. Council’s budget committee voted in favour of two motions from Coun. Tony Mancini at its […]
Halifax Transit proposes electric buses in dedicated lanes, fast ferries with new Rapid Transit Strategy
Halifax Transit has surprised advocates by tabling an uncharacteristically bold plan for regional council’s approval this week, proposing to electrify the city’s bus fleet and drastically improve the transit system over the next decade. The Rapid Transit Strategy (large PDF) outlines a plan to introduce a bus rapid transit (BRT) system consisting of four colour-coded...
Halifax police chief lays out options for smaller budget cuts
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Halifax’s chief of police laid out two more options for a trimmed-back budget for the force at a virtual meeting of the city’s board of police commissioners on Monday. Chief Dan Kinsella originally presented the board with a cut of $5.5 million to his […]
Halifax widening 900 metres of sidewalk on Spring Garden, Quinpool roads
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Halifax has announced it’s widening sidewalks for social distancing on Spring Garden and Quinpool roads as part of the first phase of transportation changes due to COVID-19. Mayor Mike Savage and chief administrative officer Jacques Dubé made the announcement in a live-streamed update on […]
Halifax regional councillor Bill Karsten announces he won’t run again
After four terms, Bill Karsten has announced he won’t run again in the municipal election this year. The District 3 – Dartmouth South – Eastern Passage councillor made the announcement in a news release and on the Rick Howe Show on News 95.7 on Monday morning. “It has been an incredible honour and privilege to...
Digging out: Halifax councillors approve list of ‘shovel-ready’ projects seeking provincial and federal cash
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Looking for a hand from the other levels of government, Halifax regional councillors approved a list of $70 million worth of “shovel-ready” projects on Friday hoping to cash in on infrastructure funding. Council’s budget committee is in the middle of rebuilding the city’s 2020-2021 […]
Purcells Cove backlands parcels up for sale, creating development concerns
A Halifax councillor is hoping to protect part of the Purcells Cove backlands from development before it’s sold off. The three parcels for sale sit right next to the wilderness park recently created by the municipality and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). The municipality bought the land from a developer, Shaw Group, for...
What won’t get done in 2020: Halifax councillors look at COVID-19 capital budget cuts
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Halifax councillors tackled cuts to the city’s capital budget on Thursday, adding and subtracting from a list of more than $100 million in projects that won’t be completed in 2020. Along with $85.4 million in cuts to the operating budget, Halifax is looking to slash […]
Why the public is barred from using public lands to access the public Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes wilderness area
A years-long impasse between an aquatic club, a conservation group and the provincial government has come to a head — leading to the blocking of one of the most popular Blue Mountain Birch-Cove Lakes trailheads. Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes is the picturesque area between Bayers Lake and Hammonds Plains — 1,700 hectares, or 4,200 acres,...
Councillors ask for smaller cuts to Halifax police and fire departments
Councillors are looking to dial back cuts to policing and firefighting as they continue the process of rebuilding a new budget due to lost revenue related to COVID-19. Halifax regional council’s budget committee heard from Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella and Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Chief Ken Stuebing at a meeting on Wednesday. […]
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