Councillors have sent the Halifax Regional Police budget back for revision, voting in favour of a smaller than requested increase in spending, 0.5%. Halifax regional council’s budget committee continued its debate on the HRP and RCMP budgets in a virtual meeting on Friday, starting where they left off on Wednesday, in camera. That private session […]
Halifax Water wants to raise rates
哈利法克斯水应用于省级utilities regulator to raise its rates for water, wastewater, and stormwater. The municipally-owned utility submitted an 820-page application to the Utility and Review Board (UARB) on Friday, seeking approval to raise rates in September 2022 and April 2023 “to maintain the current level of service to customers, recognize […]
Unvaccinated Halifax staff back to work on Monday
Municipal employees who refused the COVID-19 vaccine will be back to work on Monday. The move comes after Premier Tim Houston announced on Wednesday that all public health restrictions would be lifted on March 21, starting with the requirement to show proof of vaccine for “non-essential, discretionary events and activities” on Monday. In a news […]
Committee recommends heritage registration for Spryfield Rocking Stone
Council’s heritage committee has made a solid recommendation in favour of heritage registration for a local rock. The Heritage Advisory Committee met virtually on Wednesday to consider adding Spryfield’s Rocking Stone to the municipal registry of heritage sites. The stone is an erratic (“a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to...
Councillors take Halifax police budget debate in camera after residents call for cuts
Twenty Haligonians had a unanimous message for councillors: no more cash for cops. Halifax regional council’s budget committee met on Wednesday to debate the 2022-2023 Halifax Regional Police and RCMP budgets. As the Halifax Examiner reported earlier this month, the Board of Police Commissioners voted to recommend council approve HRP Chief Dan Kinsella’s full budget […]
Lots of jobs available as Nova Scotia Power kicks coal, committee hears
There are plenty of jobs for Nova Scotia Power workers as the province transitions away from coal, officials told MLAs at a committee meeting on Tuesday. The provincial standing committee on natural resources and economic development held a live-streamed hybrid meeting, with MLAs in the legislative chamber at Province House and witnesses appearing by videoconference,...
Halifax councillors to consider increased staffing to speed up development permitting
Halifax’s head of planning and development is hopeful new staff would speed up development permitting processing. Regional councillors voted during a virtual meeting on Friday to add $924,700 to their budget adjustment list for consideration at the end of their budget building process. That money would be an ongoing annual expense used to hire new...
Halifax apartment rental vacancy drops back to 1%, the lowest in Canada
The apartment rental vacancy rate in Halifax is back to 2019’s historic low, according to new numbers from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). CMHC released its national Rental Market Report on Friday, reporting that the vacancy rate in October 2021 was 1%. That’s down from 1.9% the year before, and matches 2019’s figure. […]
Halifax should be better monitoring the dump, says auditor general
Halifax’s auditor general says the municipality should be conducting its own monitoring of the Otter Lake landfill. Evangeline Colman-Sadd presented her office’s audit of HRM’s solid waste operations to council’s Audit and Finance Standing Committee during a virtual meeting on Thursday. The audit found the municipality “effectively manages certain aspects of its solid waste operations...
Doctor wrongly accused of child pornography offences suing Halifax police, seeking millions in damages
A doctor wrongly accused of child pornography offences after a cross-border name mix-up is suing several Halifax Regional Police officers seeking more than $3 million in damages, citing the “highhanded, shocking, contemptuous conduct of the defendants.” Dr. David Barnett, a family physician in Dartmouth, was arrested in December 2020 on suspicion of possession and distribution […]
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