Housing Minister John Lohr has designated nine “special planning areas” in the Halifax Regional Municipality, with the potential for a total of 22,600 residential units. This designation gives Lohr the authority for development approvals in those areas. The special planning areas are: former Penhorn Mall lands, 950 units Southdale/Mount Hope, 1,200 units Bedford West 10, […]
Here are the people who protested outside Dr. Strang’s house
Morning File, Friday, March 25, 2022
News 1. COVID The pandemic is far from over. In the week from March 16 to March 22, 13 people died from COVID in Nova Scotia. While the death count is at near-record levels for Nova Scotia, the provincial reporting of deaths has changed. From the start of the pandemic until the beginning of January […]
Protestors rally outside legislature demanding minimum wage increase, more affordable housing, tenant protections
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature Thursday to demand the provincial government do more to address poverty and housing gaps. Protestors at the rally, which was scheduled for the first day of the Nova Scotia legislature’s spring sitting, called on the province to increase its minimum wage, address the lack of affordable […]
Halifax Transit plans interim bus lane for part of Bayers Road
Halifax is installing an interim outbound bus lane on part of Bayers Road this spring while it continues to buy land for the permanent version. At a meeting of council’s Transportation Standing Committee on Thursday, transportation planning manager Mike Connors presented the plan, scheduled for completion by the end of May. The municipality has already […]
Victim’s mother disappointed as court delays appeal hearing of sentence for man convicted in nail-gun shooting
Family and supporters of a man who was bullied and called the n-word before being shot in the lung with a nail gun will have to wait two months before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal hears arguments in the sentencing of the man convicted in the September 2018 assault. In April 2021, Shawn Wade […]
The lost buildings of Halifax
Morning File, Thursday, March 24, 2022
News 1. Nova Scotia Health leaders considering more private clinics to tackle surgical wait list Jennifer Henderson has this story on how the Health System Leadership Team appointed by Premier Tim Houston wants to “blitz” the backlog of 27,000 people waiting for surgeries, which is the highest number of people on wait lists in the […]
Prosecutors appealing the sentence for man convicted in nail-gun shooting
An appeal hearing is scheduled for this morning where prosecutors will seek a harsher sentence for Shawn Wade Hynes, who was convicted of assault with a weapon and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. On September 19, 2018, Hynes, 43, shot 21-year-old Nhlanhla Dlamini with a nail gun and punctured his lung while they were working […]
Nova Scotia Health leaders considering more private clinics to tackle surgical wait list
The Health System Leadership Team appointed by Premier Tim Houston to replace the CEO and entire Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Health Authority is looking at every possible option — including the increased use of private clinics — to “blitz” the backlog of 27,000 people waiting for surgeries. That’s the highest number of […]
Halifax councillors add Art Gallery of Nova Scotia funding, plus millions more to budget
Halifax councillors have agreed to provide $7 million in municipal funding for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia as they work to finalize their 2022-2023 budget. Council’s budget committee met on Wednesday to debate the budget adjustment list. The meeting is the culmination of the months-long budget process. Over that time, as each municipal department […]
Public paying the price to clean up old gold mines
Anaconda Mining says the province indemnified it from any liabilities associated with the toxic historic tailings in Goldboro, and plans to mine around them, while Nova Scotians pay to clean them up.
The gold rush in Upper Seal Harbour near Goldboro began with the discovery of gold in 1892 by a fellow named Howard Richardson. For the next 65 years, gold miners dug rock out of the earth in what was known as the “Richardson Belt” on the banks of Gold Brook Lake in Guysborough County....
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