The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The provincial government has stopped paying for hotel rooms for dozens of people who were moved out of a temporary homeless shelter last month following a confirmed case of COVID-19. And while federal funding is now covering the bill, the local association tasked with doling […]
打开你看看哈利法克斯的拖延p streets to cyclists and pedestrians during COVID-19
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Kourosh Rad picked a hell of a time to get into the restaurant business. On Feb. 1, the city planner turned small business owner took over Garden Food Bar and Lounge at the corner of Clyde and Queen streets, near the Halifax Central Library in […]
Goose removed from Dartmouth park after ‘exhibiting aggressive behaviour’
As Sullivan’s Pond reopened last weekend, Dartmouthians may have noticed one fewer goose hanging around. That’s because one of the (in)famous geese has been removed due to aggressive behaviour, the municipality confirmed Wednesday. Nine geese were dropped off on April 20 — a few weeks later than usual due to COVID-19, as the city didn’t...
Daily COVID-19 update: Three more deaths at Northwood, but Strang defends the facility
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Northwood did everything it could to limit the spread of COVID-19, said Nova Scotia’s chief public health officer, even as the province announced three more deaths at the facility. “It’s tragic,” Dr. Robert Strang said during Tuesday’s COVID-19 update. “It breaks my heart when I […]
Halifax Transit worker who reported testing positive for COVID-19 actually tested negative
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax Transit now says a worker at its Burnside garage does not have COVID-19. On Monday, the Halifax Examiner reported that an email was sent to transit staff Sunday night notifying them that a worker at the garage had tested positive. In another email to […]
Another COVID-19 case at Halifax Transit’s Burnside transit garage
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Update, May 5: the worker who reported that they had tested positive had in fact tested negative. Transit management corrected the record on Tuesday, May 5. There’s been another case of COVID-19 at Halifax Transit’s bus garage in Burnside. Ken Wilson, president of the Amalgamated […]
Surplus cash could help Halifax council avoid tax hike
Larger than expected growth in property assessments and a budget surplus could help Halifax regional councillors avoid a tax rate increase for the year ahead. Chief financial officer Jane Fraser presented updated financial numbers to council’s budget committee on Wednesday. Fraser told councillors her office has now reviewed the final 2020 assessment numbers, and the...
Halifax HR department overstated progress in implementing recommendations from report on anti-Black racism
The city drastically overstated its progress in implementing the recommendations from a 2016 report that found rampant anti-Black racism in the municipal workforce, leaving one councillor wondering whether the city has done anything since to address discrimination. Last year, the department reported that 87.9% (79) of the 90 recommendations from the Employment Systems Review, or...
Parking in the park: Halifax council wants public presentation on controversial Halifax hospital parkade
After the provincial government released a tender for its controversial hospital parkade, regional council wants a presentation on the plan to build on the city’s land. The province wants to build a seven-storey, 900-space parkade next to the Museum of Natural History on Summer St. as part of the QEII Hospital project. The new parkade...
Council’s budget committee opts in favour of menstrual products for municipal facilities
A Halifax councillor’s proposal to stock all municipal facilities with free menstrual products is a step closer to reality, but she’s not happy with the way the program is being budgeted. Council’s budget committee met on Wednesday to consider operating budgets for three municipal business units — Halifax Transit, corporate and customer services, and Halifax...