News 1. Police board recommends 0.4% increase to HRP budget I did not think I would find myself laughing out loud at a story on the Board of Police Commissioners and the budget increase they proposed for the Halifax Regional Police. Of course, policing is not a laughing matter, and neither is the intractability of […]
Living on the streets can kill
Morning File, Tuesday, December 14, 2021
News 1. Omicron is here — and some restrictions are coming back At least 40 Nova Scotians with COVID-19 have tested positive for the Omicron variant, and the StFX super-spreader event has led to positive cases at a seniors’ residence and at Dalhousie University. Yesterday, 114 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Nova Scotia. […]
女性在哈利法克斯赢得大选举,非官方的results delayed in some districts
Just two years after guys named Steve outnumbered women on regional council, Haligonians have opted for near gender parity. At least seven women were elected to serve as councillors in Halifax Regional Municipality for the next four years, according to unofficial election results tallied Saturday night. Just after 11 p.m., Halifax announced it wouldn’t be […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 3 — Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage
With four-term incumbent Coun. Bill Karsten bowing out, District 3 is anyone’s race. The district, covering Russell Lake, Portland Hills and Estates, Eastern Passage, and Cow Bay, is home to 20,927 eligible voters — more than any of the other 15, based on the 2016 numbers. There are five candidates vying for the seat: Vishal […]