A committee of council voted in favour of a proposed differential tax rate system at its meeting on Monday, recommending that regional council make big box stores pay bigger tax bills. There are currently two commercial tax rates based on location: urban/suburban and rural. The urban and suburban rate is currently $3 per $100 of...
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 9 — Halifax West-Armdale
Confirmed in a recount, Shawn Cleary beat the former councillor for District 9, Linda Mosher, by little more than 100 votes in 2016. Cleary is hoping to win again, and the district, which includes the west end and crosses the rotary into Armdale, has four other candidates vying for the seat in this election. The […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 8 — Halifax Peninsula North
Lindell史密斯在地区8乌鸦赢得了席位ded field of seven candidates in 2016. Four years later, he’s looking for a second term from the voters of the north end of Halifax, and facing two challengers: Virginia Hinch and Dylan Kennedy. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate […]
哈利法克斯理事会候选人问卷：7区 - 哈利法克斯南市市中心
Incumbents aren’t safe in District 7. In 2012, Waye Mason beat four-term councillor Sue Uteck by 114 votes. Uteck challenged in 2016, and Mason won by more than 1,300 votes. This time around, Mason faces three challengers for the district, which includes downtown Halifax and the south end. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five […]
Bike falls off bus, bus runs over bike, Halifax ordered to pay for bike
哈利法克斯过境是为了责备去年春天的一个人的自行车的破坏，一个小索赔法院裁决者在星期五公布的决定中裁决。审判者奥古斯图斯理查森介绍了决定：当自行车落在由哈利法克斯区域市政府（“HRM”）运营的公共汽车上落下时，并且当公共汽车滚动过来时损坏了
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 6 — Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East
在前议员成为该地区的议会成员之后，托尼曼奇尼首先在2016年赢得了座位。几个月后，曼奇尼在一般选举后不得不捍卫该座位，并击败唯一的其他候选人Carlos Beals，现在他的同事在警察局委员会。这次 […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 5 — Dartmouth Centre
在McCluskey时代的Dartmouth政治中的市中心政治变得越来越不竞争。2012年，山姆奥斯汀在七名候选人的领域中失去了Dartmouth区的长期议员和前市长格洛丽亚麦克罗斯基。在2016年，在麦克伦斯退休后，他赢得了八个候选人的领域。这次，它只是奥斯汀和[...]
Nova Scotia可以更轻松地成为优步游说的出租车或乘车驾驶员
省政府正在更容易成为出租车或优步司机，松动要求获得雇用司机所需的许可证的要求。在星期四的新闻发布中，标题为“省份乘坐海营服务负担”，交通部和基础设施续约部宣布“建立现代化的限制性阶级[...]
哈利法克斯理事会候选问卷：4区 - Cole Harbor-Westphal
One of two women on Halifax regional council, the three-term incumbent for District 4, announced this summer that she wouldn’t be running again. Without Lorelei Nicoll in the race, a dozen candidates have stepped up to take her place, representing the district that includes Cole Harbour, Westphal, Cherry Brook and Lake Loon. Of those 12 […]
How a proposal for tiny homes for veterans could shape Halifax’s affordable housing policy
小屋的提案可能导致哈利法克克斯支持非营利组织在市政府的非利润和慈善机构建立经济适用房的情况下进行一些大的变化。英雄基金会的家庭是艾伯塔省的慈善机构，为退伍军人建造了小型家园的集群。这个想法是在一个村庄居15到25名退伍军人