Council’s Heritage Advisory Committee is recommending in favour of an addition to the historic Kenny-Dennis and Acadian Recorder buildings in downtown Halifax. Dexel Developments won the tender process to lease and develop the properties at 1724, 1730, and 1740 Granville St. from the provincial government, and posted the plan for what it calls the Press...
Downtown Dartmouth renewal funding restored as council finishes COVID-19 budget adjustment list
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Councillors voted to restore $2 million in funding for land purchases in downtown Dartmouth, along with money for three jobs related to the city’s climate change plan and two snow-shovelling programs at their budget committee meeting on Friday. The budget committee has been meeting nearly […]
Halifax will hold modified summer day camps
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax will hold some modified day camps for kids this summer after a vote by regional councillors on Thursday, but the details are sparse. As part of the recast COVID-19 budget process, council’s budget committee met on Thursday and voted to restore funding for $7.4 […]
Halifax developer proposes 23-storey tower for Robie Street under baked-in Centre Plan exception
Developer Danny Chedrawe submitted a new proposal for his Robie Street property this week, seeking approval for a 23-storey tower next to the Willow Tree site. The proposal, submitted by WSP Canada Inc. on behalf of Chedrawe’s Westwood Developments and posted on the city’s website on Monday, is for a development agreement on the...
Council approves Halifax Transit’s ‘transformative’ plans. Now it has to convince the province to pay up
After enthusiastically approving plans for rapid transit and electric buses — described as transformative, exciting and even sexy — Halifax councillors recognize their next hurdle is getting the money to meet their ambitious goals from a provincial government that’s been hesitant to pay for public transit. “I’ve always said that the key to getting more...
Halifax councillors vote for smaller cuts to police and fire, saving Upper Sackville station
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax councillors are opting for smaller cuts to police and fire services, meaning fewer police positions will be left vacant and a fire station in Upper Sackville will remain open. Council’s budget committee voted in favour of two motions from Coun. Tony Mancini at its […]
Halifax Transit proposes electric buses in dedicated lanes, fast ferries with new Rapid Transit Strategy
Halifax Transit has surprised advocates by tabling an uncharacteristically bold plan for regional council’s approval this week, proposing to electrify the city’s bus fleet and drastically improve the transit system over the next decade. The Rapid Transit Strategy (large PDF) outlines a plan to introduce a bus rapid transit (BRT) system consisting of four colour-coded...
Halifax police chief lays out options for smaller budget cuts
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax’s chief of police laid out two more options for a trimmed-back budget for the force at a virtual meeting of the city’s board of police commissioners on Monday. Chief Dan Kinsella originally presented the board with a cut of $5.5 million to his […]
Halifax widening 900 metres of sidewalk on Spring Garden, Quinpool roads
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax has announced it’s widening sidewalks for social distancing on Spring Garden and Quinpool roads as part of the first phase of transportation changes due to COVID-19. Mayor Mike Savage and chief administrative officer Jacques Dubé made the announcement in a live-streamed update on […]
Halifax regional councillor Bill Karsten announces he won’t run again
After four terms, Bill Karsten has announced he won’t run again in the municipal election this year. The District 3 – Dartmouth South – Eastern Passage councillor made the announcement in a news release and on the Rick Howe Show on News 95.7 on Monday morning. “It has been an incredible honour and privilege to...
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