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You are here:Home / City Hall /New road design guidelines for Halifax pass first reading despite concerns they’re still too wide and too fast

New road design guidelines for Halifax pass first reading despite concerns they’re still too wide and too fast

September 14, 2021ByZane Woodford

Agreeing they were better than the status quo, Halifax regional councillors voted in favour of a set of new road design guidelines despite some concerns about the specifics. Municipal staff presented long-awaited revisions to the Municipal Design Guidelines, generally referred to as the Red Book, to council’s committee of the whole on Tuesday. The guidelines…

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 63 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Josh MacDonald is a veteran of stage and screen, familiar to Halifax audiences through films and shows likeDiggstown, Spinster, Little Grey Bubbles, andSex & Violence. As a screenwriter his works include the horror filmThe Corridorand the coming-of-age storyFaith, Fraud and Minimum Wage, which was based on his playHalo. He’s got his playwright’s hat on when he visits the show this week to discuss#IAmTheCheese, his adaptation of Robert Cormier’s 1977 bestseller. On January 30, he’ll discuss its evolution along with the show’s director, Ann-Marie Kerr, as part of Eastern Front Theatre’s Early Stages Festival.

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In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

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