There’s a big building coming to the corner of Wyse Road and Nantucket Avenue after a vote by councillors on the Dartmouth side of the harbour. The Harbour East Marine Drive Community Council met virtually on Thursday evening with two public hearings on the agenda. For the first, it considered a proposal from Fathom Studio...
Halifax signs agreement with Ottawa toward national park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes
HRM, Parks Canada to appoint a staffer to oversee the potential park and lead discussions to "explore mutual alignment on park objectives."
Halifax has signed a “statement of collaboration” with Parks Canada, with the two levels of government agreeing to work together toward the creation of a national urban park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes. The federal government announced on Wednesday it plans to spend $130 million to create a network of national urban parks across Canada....
Halifax committee recommends heritage registration for Camp Hill Cemetery
Cemetery got high scores in application categories for age and continuity of use, historical importance, integrity, and context.
With a near perfect score, the city’s Heritage Advisory Committee is recommending regional council designate the Camp Hill Cemetery as a municipal heritage site. The committee met virtually Wednesday evening and considered the request for registration from the Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society for the municipally-owned cemetery between Robie and Summer streets. In a report...
Where do Nova Scotia’s political parties stand on proposed changes to the Otter Lake dump?
The Liberals say they wouldn’t approve proposed changes to the city dump, while the other parties are vowing to implement new environmental assessment processes and consult the community. Last week, Halifax regional council voted to apply to the provincial government to deactivate the Front End Processor (FEP) and Waste Stabilization Facility (WSF) at its Otter […]
Halifax cop who breached code of conduct takes case to supreme court
A Halifax Regional Police officer wants a judge to review a decision that found he breached the code of conduct for cops when he arrested a Black man for being in a park after dark. Constables Kenneth O’Brien and Brent Woodworth arrested Adam LeRue and his partner Kerry Morris at Sir Sandford Fleming Park in […]
Three levels of government announce funding for 60 electric Halifax Transit buses, charging infrastructure
Halifax will start electrifying its bus fleet in the next two years, with 60 electric buses en route, using money from the federal and provincial governments. The three levels of government made the announcement Thursday at the Ragged Lake Transit Centre, which will be renovated to charge the buses and to achieve net-zero emissions. It’s […]
联邦政府承诺1300万美元的哈利法克斯housing as mayor backtracks on shelter removal
Halifax will hand out $13 million in federal funding to create at least 43 units of deeply affordable housing in the next year. Ahmed Hussen, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, made the announcement at Halifax City Hall on Wednesday. The money will come […]
Case against Halifax police officers thrown out after complainant fails to show
The Nova Scotia Police Review Board dismissed an appeal on Monday after the complainant didn’t show up to the hearing. The board was supposed to hear an appeal from Maurice Carvery, who complained about the conduct of Halifax Regional Police constables Brent Woodworth and Andrew Joudrey after a traffic stop in January 2020. Carvery, a […]
Halifax police officer appealing disciplinary decision over Quinpool Road arrest
A Halifax Regional Police officer who arrested a Black man during an altercation on Quinpool Road caught on video in 2019 was docked pay and ordered to take de-escalation training. Disagreeing with that discipline and hoping for a Police Review Board hearing, she’s taking her appeal to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia next week. […]
Halifax taxi driver appeals licence denial after another assault charge
A Halifax taxi driver with a long history of assault convictions is appealing the city’s revocation of his licences for the third time after he was charged again. Douglas James Brine applied to renew his taxi driver’s and owner’s licences in March. According to a staff report to the municipality’s new Licence Appeal Committee, a...
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