The new regional council was sworn in at a socially distanced ceremony at the Halifax Convention Centre Thursday night, ushering in a more diverse era of municipal politics in the city. There were fewer than 100 people at the event in the big ballroom at the convention centre — at a cost of $2,111 plus […]

A judicial recount has been scheduled for this coming Monday to officially declare the winner of the council seat in Halifax’s District 11. Patty Cuttell won the race to represent Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road, beating runner-up Bruce Holland by 28 votes. Given the close result and a delay in reporting the results, Holland called for a […]

Halifax has a month to figure out how to spend $8.7 million from the federal government’s new rapid affordable housing fund, and then a year to spend it. “The challenge with this fund is also the opportunity,” Mayor Mike Savage said in an interview Wednesday. “It’s rapid, which is that the money is going to […]

They had nothing to hide, but they hid it anyway. Following months of requests from the Halifax Examiner, the municipality has made a consultant’s report into police resources public. And while the report is somewhat heavily-redacted, it contains nothing to justify keeping the entire document under wraps. The report by B.C. consultants perivale + taylor […]

A Halifax woman who was pulled over and arrested this summer is frustrated with a lack of urgency and transparency from Halifax Regional Police as they investigate the late-night incident that left her shaken and traumatized. Kayla Borden, a local musician, music promoter, and community advocate, was stopped by police in Burnside early on the […]

For voters who don’t have their minds made up with Election Day fast approaching, there’s no shortage of candidate surveys to get up to speed. Election day is Saturday, Oct. 17, but you can vote online or by telephone between Oct. 6 and 14. You can check to see if you’re on the voters’ list […]

A majority of council candidates who responded to a survey from a local advocacy group are in favour of some broad reforms of policing in Halifax, and the results indicate widespread dissatisfaction with the municipality’s unique relationship with the RCMP. The Nova Scotia Policing Policy Working Group sent an online survey to all candidates in […]