People could start moving into a “trailblazing” new housing project in a former Dartmouth hotel in mid-March. The municipal, provincial and federal governments held a joint video conference on Thursday to announce the Overlook, a new supportive housing project by the Affordable Housing Association (AHANS) and the North End Community Health Centre (NECHC). The building […]
Will the new electric car rebate help us stop changing the climate?
This May, the federal government will start issuing a rebate up to $5,000 to people buying a new electric car. The program will cost Transport Canada $300 million, or roughly enough to provide 60,000 people with full $5,000 rebates on new EV (electric vehicle) purchases. When Darren Fisher tweeted to promote the incentive last week...
Outlines of the stadium proposal emerge
Morning File, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
News 1. Stadium details Yesterday, Bedford councillor Tim Outhit posted details of the stadium proposal on his Facebook page: Next Tuesday Regional Council will be asked to give direction to the CAO to officially enter into investigations and preliminary negotiations with the private group looking to bring a regional CFL team to Halifax. They will […]
Put the toucan flag on the stadium: Morning File, Friday, December 29, 2017
News 1. More weather There’s more weather. 2. More stadium Reporter Francis Campbell has the second in his series looking at the prospects for a CFL team in Halifax, this time focusing on the economics of a stadium. As I wrote yesterday, the goal of stadium promoters seems to be to confuse the public: And […]
Halifax has too many fireworks displays: Morning File, Monday, October 23, 2017
News 1. An expert explains why there’s no hotel at the Nova Centre Why hasn’t an operator been named for the hotel being constructed above Halifax’s new convention centre? That’s the question I asked last week of Jan deRoos, a professor of Hotel Finance and Real Estate at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. A […]