Halifax councillors have sent new rules governing ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to their final stop. Amendments to the city’s taxi bylaw passed first reading at council’s meeting on Tuesday. The amendments will allow ride-hailing companies, or as city staff call them transportation network companies (TNCs) to set up shop in Halifax. The rules...
Halifax council wants bigger Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes park boundary
Councillors want a bigger park boundary for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes, but like novice hikers trying to make their way into the back country, they had a hard time finding a path to getting it done. Coun. Richard Zurawski brought a motion to Tuesday’s meeting hoping to clear up some confusion about what the city...
Council votes for ‘broad review of policing and public safety’ in Halifax
Coun. Waye Mason’s motion aimed at reimagining what police do in Halifax passed unanimously at regional council on Tuesday. Mason’s motion asked for a “broad review of policing and public safety, which shall examine the potential for shifting or creating programs for civilian delivery of non-core police functions.” He wants that review to look at […]
Blaming COVID-19, Newfoundland developer cancels downtown Halifax hotel project
其downtow纽芬兰开发人员取消了n Halifax hotel project following council’s concerns with a plan for an “Aboriginal” art gallery, but it says COVID-19 is to blame. Steele Hotels was proposing a new 12-storey JAG-branded hotel on Brunswick Street at Gottingen Street — a “very high-end brand,” with “VIP suites,” and valet parking. As...
Halifax police board votes to strike committee to define defunding
Halifax’s board of police commissioners will strike a committee to define the concept of defunding the police. The board passed the motion at its meeting on Monday: That the Halifax board of police commissioners appoint a community advisory committee to assist in adopting a definition of defunding the police, and that the committee present this […]
Halifax withholding millions in education funding in fight with provincial government
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The municipality is withholding $14.5 million in education funding in the wake of its COVID-19 budget crunch, arguing it shouldn’t have to pay for a service that wasn’t provided in the last few months of the 2019-2020 school year. Along with its property taxes, Halifax […]
Using ‘unique’ arrangement, community council approves Bedford Highway apartment building with ‘affordable,’ accessible units
The city planner called it “unique,” the developer “unprecedented,” and the councillor for the area said he hoped it would be the first of many. A third of the units in an eight-storey Bedford Highway apartment building, approved Tuesday evening at a virtual meeting of the Halifax and West Community Council, will rent for 30% […]
Dartmouth community council approves Portland Street development, next steps for Waverley Road proposal and Burnside rezoning
The community council representing the Dartmouth side of the harbour approved next steps for two projects and gave its final stamp of approval for another at a virtual meeting this week. The Harbour East Marine Drive Community Council met virtually on Thursday evening. Like many committee meetings during the pandemic, the meeting was not open...
Halifax police want at least $40,000 to release five years of cells data through freedom of information
Halifax Regional Police want at least $40,000 in fees in order to hand over five years worth of data on people placed in their cells. That’s part of the response to a request from the Halifax Examiner through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP). There’s been heightened scrutiny of the cells […]
Halifax’s design review committee approves 16-storey waterfront development from Southwest Properties
The city’s design review committee has rejected advice from planning staff and approved an application from Southwest Properties for a 16-storey building on the waterfront. The site is known as the Cunard lot — located on the waterfront along Lower Water Street between Morris and Bishop streets, next to Southwest’s Bishop’s Landing condo development. It’s...
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