The province has released the first phase of their privately contracted feasibility study into the further twinning of highways in Nova Scotia. The gist: twinning is enormously expensive, and way out of our financial reach unless we change the way we fund roads, probably by introducing more tolls. Just have a look at this infographic […]
The fight over the wilderness park is all about money: Morning File, Wednesday, July 20, 2016
校园新闻观点发现政府在哈尔bour Footnotes News 1. Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes wilderness park It’s hard to understand what councillor Reg Rankin is up to. You’ll recall that Justice Heather Robertson was hired as a “facilitator” for the city and four development companies that own property within the boundaries of […]
The Empty Briefcase Blues: Morning File, Tuesday, July 19, 2016
校园新闻观点发现政府在哈尔bour Footnotes News 1. Taxis “The Halifax taxi industry is in crisis after four alleged sexual assaults by drivers in three months have left customers frightened to take a cab, the head of a drivers’ association said Monday,” reports the Canadian Press: “For it to get to the […]
What cruise ship passengers really think of Halifax: Morning File, Monday, July 18, 2016
校园新闻观点发现政府在哈尔bour Footnotes News 1. Sexual assault by taxi drivers “There’s been another allegation of a Halifax taxi driver sexually assaulting a female passenger,” writes Halifax Metro editor Philip Croucher. “This is the second-straight weekend that a taxi driver in Halifax has been accused of sexually assaulting a […]
A Cold Day in Hell: Morning File, Saturday, July 16, 2016
News News Before we start: Discount kitties! 1. Chronicle Herald hires scab writer who believes Lucifer is in our phones Thanks to Chris Parsons for reporting on this on Twitter. Read his blog here. Some people might publish an untrue and inflammatory story about refugee children, get shamed nationally, and resolve to put whatever processes […]
“I’m not running against anybody, I’m running for Dartmouth”: Examineradio, episode #70
This week we speak with journalist and community organizer Kate Watson about her nascent campaign to replace Gloria McCluskey in Dartmouth’s District 5. Also, despite calls in Charlottetown for Peter Kelly’s contract as CAO to be nullified while he’s still in his probationary period, city council chose to ignore the allegations of fiscal malfeasance at his […]
Nova Scotia wants to spend several billion dollars on new highways: Morning File, Friday, July 15, 2016
校园新闻观点发现政府在哈尔bour Footnotes News 1. Highways The provincial government yesterday released “the independent study assessing the feasibility of twinning eight sections of Nova Scotia highways sooner using tolls.” Weirdly, however, CBCL Limited, which produced the study, makes no final recommendations on tolls. A related press release explains that: The study […]
Yet another thing is dying in the ocean: Morning File, Thursday, July 14, 2016
校园新闻观点发现政府在哈尔bour Footnotes News 1. Discrimination in the fire department “Two former Halifax firefighters say they were targeted after they complained about harassment and inappropriate behaviour on the job,” reports Stephanie vanKampen for the CBC: Paul Service served as a volunteer firefighter for five years in Harrietsfield. But shortly after he began […]
(Some of) the missing whales have been found: Morning File, Wednesday, July 13, 2016
校园新闻观点发现政府在哈尔bour Footnotes News 1. Integrated Mobility Plan Despite delays, city hopes Integrated Mobility Plan will be rolling in February,” reports Chris Benjamin: The Integrated Mobility Plan is essentially putting a framework over all the many pre-existing or ongoing transportation and land-use plans it has created over the […]
Despite delays, city hopes Integrated Mobility Plan will be rolling in February
"One of the smartest things Halifax is doing," says advocate
More than four months ago, Erica Butler reported that Halifax was initiating a process to create a $350,000 Integrated Mobility Plan looking at how we get around town, how we move goods around town, where we tend to live and work, and how these things shape one another. The plan will influence street and community...
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