Halifax city council may be asking the province to lower speed limits on residential streets. Last week, council’s transportation committee approved a recommendation that would see Halifax request a change in the provincial Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) to reduce “prima facie” speed limits in residential areas down to 40 kph from the current 50 kph....
Who has the ear of the finance minister? Hint: not you
No need to ask what the Halifax Chamber of Commerce wants to see in next month’s provincial budget. They’ve made their wish list plain enough in their own, well-chosen words. Surprise: their list doesn't have much to do with the concerns of ordinary Nova Scotians.
No need to ask what the Halifax Chamber of Commerce wants to see in next month’s provincial budget. They’ve made their wish list plain enough in their own, well-chosen words: “Taxation: Reduce the tax burden by either reducing the corporate income tax rate, increasing the small business rate threshold, or indexing personal income tax brackets....
Court Watch: the Rehtaeh Parsons case reverberates in the Bridgewater intimate image decision
在法庭陪审团不能决定Kobylanski哈利法克斯Supreme Court jury could not reach a decision on most of Michael Kobylanski’s charges on Thursday. The jury found him guilty of assault and not guilty of choking, but could not decide on his charges of sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, uttering threats, and...
Gimme shelter
It's time to experiment with Halifax bus stops
The criminal and heartbreaking destruction of dozens of bus shelters in Halifax this month has got me thinking about bus stops, and not just in terms of their potential (or lack thereof) to withstand future attacks. Along with Halifax Transit’s route network redesign, a new Integrated Mobility Plan setting its sights on bus rapid transit,...
Journalism: banking on public broadcasting
Committing that single act of journalism required one hell of a lot of labour-intensive investigating, reporting, and editing — not to mention, I’m certain, countless hours of lawyering — simply to prove, or disprove, the allegations of three disgruntled, anonymous TD employees. It was worth it.
At this moment — when real journalism is often dismissed as fake news and alternate-reality U.S. president Donald Trump is decimating American public broadcasting in his new budget— there is some comfort living in Canada where our recently refinanced and reinvigorated public broadcaster is not only publishing real news but is also affecting the public...
Court Watch: the Kobylanski trial, Kentville meth lab, and Stewiacke demonstrates why we shouldn’t trust electronic voting
In Court Jury in Kobylanski trial begins deliberation Jury deliberation in the sexual assault trial of Michael Raymond Kobylanski began Monday. Thanks to Blair Rhodes’s live tweeting, I could follow along even when trapped at school. The defence argued that the girl’s allegations “didn’t make sense” — no one heard anything; she could have left at any...
Bringing bus lanes to Bayers Road
Transit corridor options study will analyze impacts on all modes of travel, a first for HRM
The city has set in motion an ambitious timeline to study and come up with functional design options for 2.5 to 6.5km of “transit priority corridors” on Halifax streets. That’s good news for transit riders, and ultimately for anyone who is getting stuck in vehicle traffic on the peninsula. In a request for proposals released […]
Political Manipulation Could Derail Nova Scotia’s Cap and Trade System
Political expediency seems to be motivating the design of Nova Scotia’s carbon pricing system, potentially creating negative consequences for the environment and economy. Last week, the province released a discussion paper on its proposed cap and trade system to comply with the federal government’s plan for a pan-Canadian carbon price. Public comments on this plan […]
Examineradio episode 102 transcript
Examineradio – Episode 102 Bousquet: Hello, this is Examineradio, the weekly radio show and podcast that covers news, politics and all things Halifax. I’m Tim Bousquet, Editor of the Halifax Examiner, which is available online at halifaxexaminer.ca. In the studio is… Tailleur: Hi, I’m Terra Tailleur. Bousquet: And then via the magic of the interwebs […]
The way politics works — and doesn’t — in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is the only province in the country without legislation to set provincial election dates. The province’s chief electoral officer suggested such legislation in a 2015 report. Stephen McNeil even supported the idea before his Saul-like reversion to the status quo on the road to his own re-election. That’s the way these things work in Nova Scotia.
晚上我接到一个电话,其他的from an earnest young telemarketer person, urging me to pony up cash so the New Democratic Party could wage glorious, seat-re-gaining war in the coming provincial election, which he suggested — with even greater earnestness and urgency — the party is expecting to be called “any day now,...
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