Councillors have voted in favour of a 7.6% increase to the Halifax Public Libraries budget, and they’ll consider adding another $150,000 for e-books and food programs at the end of their budget process. Halifax Public Libraries’ chief librarian and CEO Åsa Kachan presented her proposed spending for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to council’s budget committee […]
IT executives out of work after auditor general’s report into Halifax police IT security
Three people appear to have lost their jobs in the wake of an auditor general’s report in information technology security at Halifax Regional Police. As the Halifax Examiner reported last week, the report found that HRP has not only been slow to fix known gaps in its IT security, it also lied to the Board...
Unionized construction organization presents in favour of Halifax’s living wage policy
Following an anti-living wage presentation last month, a council committee heard the alternative view on Thursday. Halifax regional council’s Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee heard a presentation from Build Right Nova Scotia — a coalition of unionized worker and contractor organizations — on the municipality’s new living wage policy during its virtual meeting. […]
Halifax councillors vote for increased police budgets
哈利法克斯议员赞成增加注册ional Police and RCMP budgets, but the exact amounts are to be determined as the city’s budget process continues. Halifax regional council’s budget committee met on Wednesday to consider proposed 2021-2022 operating budgets for Halifax Regional Police, Halifax-district RCMP, and Halifax Public Libraries. As the Halifax Examiner reported […]
Halifax and West Community Council not ready to follow UARB order to allow gas station development
Councillors on the Halifax side of the harbour don’t like being told how to vote. At a meeting Tuesday evening, the Halifax and West Community Council considered a development agreement for a gas station, convenience store and drive-through at 1656 Prospect Rd. — for the second time. The lot isn’t zoned for a service station,...
Committee recommends in favour of seven-storey Dartmouth development
The municipality’s Design Advisory Committee is recommending in favour of a seven-storey development proposed for Portland Street. Zzap Architect and Planning submitted a pre-application under the municipality’s Centre Plan for 392 Portland St. Architectural drawings in the plans refer to the building as Crown Tower. A company called Crown Tower Apartments is registered to Allan...
Auditor general says IT security is weak at Halifax police — and they lied to their civilian oversight board
In a report tabled Thursday, the city’s auditor general says information technology (IT) security at Halifax Regional Police is lacking, and the department’s management lied to the Board of Police Commissioners about their progress in fixing it. Halifax Auditor General Evangeline Colman-Sadd originally planned to audit HRP’s IT security in 2018, but delayed the work […]
Halifax councillors to consider increasing property tax rebate for affordable housing
As part of their budget process, Halifax regional councillors will consider increasing the rebate on property taxes for non-profit organizations providing affordable housing. Council’s budget committee met on Wednesday to hear presentations from three municipal business units — Fiscal Services, Finance, Asset Management and ICT, and Corporate and Customer Services. Councillors approved, in principle, proposed […]
Halifax mayor to write province about Eastern Shore school plans, and other council news
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage will write a letter to Education Minister Zach Churchill questioning the provincial government’s decision to build a new school for the Eastern Shore in an industrial park. The provincial government, in a news release last Tuesday, Feb. 2, “confirmed a decision by Halifax Regional Centre for Education to consolidate Gaetz Brook...
Halifax council approves Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s affordable housing plan
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre has cleared the final hurdle for its affordable housing development on College Street, receiving council’s approval following a public hearing Tuesday evening. Council unanimously approved bylaw amendments allowing the Friendship Centre’s plan for a three-storey building at the corner of College and Carlton streets. It’s one of three projects councillors […]
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