Tomorrow’s council meeting will be dominated by a discussion “fiscal direction.” This is a complicated collection of different policies and political priorities, and I can’t do it justice without hearing the discussion first. So I’ll report back on that Wednesday. Other items of interest: Free wifi downtown Ten years too late, the city is looking...
Community groups mull appealing St. Patrick’s–Alexandra ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
Is a botched Halifax police investigation being hidden behind a proposed publication ban?
Note: This article contains descriptions of violence that may upset some readers. There was an all-day hearing at the Law Courts building in Halifax yesterday, as Justice James Chipman heard an application for a publication ban on a report written by a lawyer at the Criminal Convictions Review Board. That CCRB report found that “there may be...
Affidavit: Serial killer Michael McGray knew murder victim Brenda Way and lived just blocks from where her body was found
An affidavit filed with the court in 2006 claimed that serial killer Michael McGray knew murder victim Brenda Way and lived just blocks away from Way’s apartment, where her body was discovered. In 1999, Glen Assoun was convicted of Way’s murder. Assoun has always maintained his innocence, and a justice department lawyer recently wrote that...
社区团体，乔诺（Jono）的发展返回：上诉法院扭转了圣帕特里克（St. Patrick）的亚历山德拉（Alexandra）裁决
By a 2-1 vote, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of Jono Developments’ appeal of the St. Patrick’s Alexandra decision. There’s a long and tortured history to this issue, which can be summed up as follows: September, 2000: HRM council adopts surplus school procedure, requiring that such school sites first be offered to...
In Whose Backyard? A look at environmental racism in Nova Scotia
莎士比亚在海边，灯塔的母屋土地：理事会预览，2014年10月7日会议
哈利法克斯的甲板崩溃：看看房东达林拥有哪些其他财产
A deck collapse last month in Halifax’s south end at 921 Brussels Street sent six people to the hospital. In the aftermath of the horrific incident, Paul Pettipas, the CEO of the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association, told the Chronicle Herald that “in my opinion there was no maintenance done on this deck and the landlord’s responsible.” That comment...
垃圾政策，人行道咖啡馆，自行车道：理事会回顾，2014年9月23日会议
Yesterday’s meeting of Halifax council involved a lot of wide-ranging conversation and debate, which often raises the ire of people who think that the less discussion the better. But I think we all benefit from longer discussion of issues. But unfortunately it’s late in the day, so I’ll make this a quick and short recap...