Municipal planners have told John Risley he can’t connect his two south-end Halifax mansions across property lines, and at a hearing later this month, the billionaire will appeal the decision. The two properties are on Emscote Drive, near Point Pleasant Park. They’re side by side, civic 5956 and 5964, with long lawns down to the...
Nova Scotia Nature Trust secures missing piece of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes puzzle
It was the last piece of the puzzle for the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes area: with a mix of private donations and funding from three levels of government, the Nova Scotia Nature Trust has been able to complete the purchase of the Blue Mountain Wilderness Connector. The Nature Trust announced in a news release on […]
Province to pitch in $1.8 million over 20 years to cover deficits from Halifax’s affordable housing projects
With great fanfare and little detail, the provincial government announced on Monday that it will spend $1.8 million over 20 years, supposedly to cover the municipality’s expected share of operating costs for more than 50 units of federally-funded affordable housing. The federal government announced the $1 billion Rapid Housing Initiative in October. Half the money […]
Developer’s plans approved for historic downtown Halifax block
Halifax’s design advisory committee has unanimously approved plans for the block including the historic Kenny-Dennis and Acadian Recorder buildings. The committee, tasked with approving downtown Halifax developments, met by teleconference Thursday afternoon to consider Dexel Developments’ proposal, designed by Fathom Studio, for the block bounded by Barrington, George and Granville streets. As the Halifax Examiner...
Community council rejects staff recommendation, sends 12-storey Dartmouth development to public hearing
A proposal for two 12-storey towers in Dartmouth will go to a public hearing despite a staff recommendation against the project. The municipality’s Harbour East Marine Drive Community Council met virtually Wednesday night and considered a development application for a site on Prince Albert Road, across the street from the Braemar Superstore. The application is...
Halifax developer appealing community council decisions to deny added apartments
A Halifax developer is asking the provincial utility and review board to overturn two community councils’ decisions to deny its application for more residential units in Bedford. Cresco Holdings Ltd. — the developer behind subdivisions like the Parks of West Bedford and the Ravines of Bedford South — applied to the municipality to add more...
Halifax councillor says developers should have to prove tenants were legally evicted to get a demolition permit
Coun. Shawn Cleary wants to make sure Halifax isn’t giving landlords demolition permits while their tenants are still in the building. Cleary gave notice at council’s meeting on Tuesday that he intends to bring the following motion forward at a meeting in the New Year: That Halifax regional council request a staff report on a […]
Council considers lending Halifax-area cottage owners money for well, septic upgrades
Should the municipality lend people money to upgrade the well or septic system at their cottage? That’s the question Halifax regional council spent an hour debating on Tuesday. Since 2018, as a response to a dry summer and empty wells, Halifax has had a financing program for homeowners who want to upgrade their wells but...
Halifax council votes down proposal to seek federal funding for affordable tiny home project
Halifax won’t be making another request for federal housing funding this year, despite a last-minute attempt by Coun. Tony Mancini. At council’s meeting Tuesday, the last of 2020, Mancini brought forward an added motion hoping to have the municipality apply to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for $4.4 million to support LakeCity Works’ proposal […]
Halifax cops struggle to sell their body-worn camera plan to police board
Citing a lack of research and policy around the technology, the city’s board of police commissioners isn’t ready to green light a plan for body-worn cameras for Halifax Regional Police officers. As the Halifax Examiner reported on Friday, HRP wants to equip all officers with body-worn cameras by 2023. The total cost, over five years, […]
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