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French Immersion info meeting at Bedford South School
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 02.2.12 at 7:59am.
Parents of grade six students who may be interested in entering the Grade Seven French Immersion Program at Bedford South School next year are invited to attend an information meeting on Tuesday, February 7th at 6:30 p.m.
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On uniting, not dividing
Submitted by Frank Magazine blog on 02.2.12 at 7:37am.
February is upon us, and with February, comes Black History Month.
Last week, I attended a Halifax Regional School Board meeting, and during the meeting, a group comprised of students and professors from
University made a presentation to the HRSB about how young black students need extra atten...
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Last date for written submissions to HRSB
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 02.1.12 at 7:35am.
URGENT REMINDER: The Last Date to make written submissions with regards to the boundary review is FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3RD!!
Written concerns generally get action, no one hears you grumbling at the kitchen table except perhaps your spouse! Let the HRSB staff know how you feel about these proposed bou...
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Brigus CEO Wade Dawe's new South End pile burns
Submitted by Frank Magazine blog on 01.30.12 at 7:43am.
The Herald reports this morning that a $2 million-assessed South End home, at 1454 Birchdale Ave., was damaged by fire early Sunday morning.
Staff reporter Davene Jeffrey quotes a neighbour as saying the home was bought in December by a couple named "Wade and Kelly".
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How not to end up up with the mayor we least want
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 01.30.12 at 7:14am.
Perhaps Halifax should adopt a kinder, gentler version of the American cage match, survival-of-the-sleaziest primary system to winnow our choices for mayor. Or maybe we need to consider some variation of the NDP's upcoming advance preferential leadership balloting system to determine who we most—...
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Africville Heritage Trust appoints new director
Submitted by Pay Per Hack Writer on 01.27.12 at 7:52am.
you will doubtless remember the summer controversy when the africville heritage trust appointed an executive director - who turned out to be a white out-of-towner with a checkered past.
that director parted company from AHT and i've just gotten word they have a new ED. a nova scotian, too - in f...
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GUEST BLOG: Now they all want to live here, and she’s supposed to go – by Lisa Roberts
Submitted by Halifax Politics on 01.24.12 at 6:32am.
“For years, no one wanted to live in this community. Now they all want to live here.”
That’s what one older black woman had to say at the end of a community meeting held in Cornwallis Street Baptist Church on Saturday.
The unstated corollary: And so she’s supposed to go.
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Sunday View
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 01.23.12 at 6:30am.
This was last Sunday's view from the market windows as I was packing up to go. That is George's Island with some old fortifications and beyond it Dartmouth. Plans are in the works to make it a historic park. You can see an oil rig in for refit to the left of the island.
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Atlantic Snapshots – Retro Prince and Vintage Market
Submitted by Spacing Atlantic on 01.19.12 at 7:45am.
Lately I have been looking at “snapshots” I took of downtown Halifax about 1967. It made me realize that for most of my life there have been big holes as lots were cleared and remained empty for years and sometimes decades. These not very clear pictures show the corner of Prince and Market Street...
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Responding to Town Square
Submitted by Spacing Atlantic on 01.17.12 at 8:07am.
The process by which Rank Inc.’s new business super-complex, Nova Centre, was approved by HRM Council has lacked significant public input since its early stages of development in 2005. The investment of over $50 million dollars per government has, over the last year, prompted community interest g...
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City council stumbles… again, always
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 01.16.12 at 6:59am.
The lesson from last week’s reversal of council’s decision to sell the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra school to a private developer? Even when our councillors finally, belatedly get it right, they bungle the process so badly everyone walks away more than slightly soiled and embarrassed by the who...
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It’s Africville All Over Again
Submitted by Halifax Politics on 01.10.12 at 10:57am.
“It is Africville all over again,” Reverend Rhonda Britton said at City Hall after council voted to approve the sale of St. Patrick’s-Alexandra school, in the heart of Central Halifax, to a developer.
That’s a hard thing for residents of Halifax Regional Municipality to hear, judging from letter...
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Progress? Who’s whining now?
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 01.9.12 at 7:22am.
On Wednesday, local radio personality Bobby Mac launched a new Facebook group “for those of us who are tired of those whining people who don't want any progress in this great city of Halifax.” Its name? SCREW THE VIEW!!
By Saturday morning, STV had 163 members.
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Boundary review meeting to be held January 12
Submitted by Bedford Beacon on 01.5.12 at 7:34am.
The Halifax Regional School Board is currently completing a boundary review for Bedford South, Basinview Drive Community, Sunnyside Elementary, Kingswood Elementary, Madeline Symonds Middle, and Bedford Junior High schools.
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Bitches be trippin' if you take their parking space
Submitted by Frank Magazine on 01.3.12 at 6:56am.
Over the last few weeks a problem facing expectant mothers in Halifax and the parents of young children has been brought to light.
Parents are outraged over what they feel is a lack of respect from other, childless, citizens who steal those expectant mothers parking spots.
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Not “Africville all over again”… not yet
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 12.19.11 at 7:37am.
Rev. Rhonda Britten may have been guilty of hyperbole when she compared last week’s city council decision to sell the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra School to a local developer to “the rape... of a community… Africville all over again!”
Not “Africville all over again”… not yet
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McChristmas Mcmorning
Submitted by Frank Magazine blog on 12.12.11 at 7:38am.
Good news, Big Mac fans. If you get a hankerin' for some McD's over the holidays, fear not! Beacuase your local McDonald's will be open every day.
Every. Single. Day.
As I was leaving the McDonald's restaurant on Kempt Road last week (yeah, yeah, don't judge me), I noticed a sign on the way out.
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Time for a public inquiry into the Fenwick MacIntosh case
Submitted by Stephen Kimber's blog on 12.12.11 at 7:13am.
One hopes Nova Scotia’s prosecution service will find compelling legal grounds to appeal last week’s Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision overturning Fenwick MacIntosh’s conviction for sexually abusing children.
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OT: The stupidest thing HRM Council has ever talked about
Submitted by Me and My Dogs blog on 12.8.11 at 8:07am.
I have by time talked about dog politics as it relates to HRM Council on this blog - and I felt compelled to say something about the foolishness that's currently going on at Council about the naming of the "Oval" and whether or not the city should take sponsor money from a beer company.
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Council's Approach - Trying to Legislate Morality?
Submitted by Homes in Halifax on 12.6.11 at 9:19am.
On my blog, I only want to make my voice known-- I don’t expect it will make decisions happen or change.. but at least it gives food for thought to some...
Revisiting councils approach does lead one to think that they are trying to legislate morality-- the Mooseheads are a family favorite event ...
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Memorials
Submitted by Richard Levangie's blog on 12.6.11 at 7:45am.
Ninety-four years ago, Halifax was a major shipping port in the British war effort. Ships from Canada and the US would steam into Halifax every week, in advance of an Atlantic convoy. The ships would find the world’s second deepest harbour snug, cozy, and crowded, and their sailors would find a f...
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The bully Barry
Submitted by Frank Magazine blog on 12.6.11 at 7:55am.
I just got off the phone with a caller who describes Halifax councillor Barry Dalrymple thusly:
"He gave up being a police officer, but he didn't give up the
attitude".
In case you haven't heard, Barry, the councillor for Fall River and
member of the board of the LWF Community Hall, is staun...
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HRM Volunteer Awards Nominations & Ceremony
Submitted by Bedford beacon on 01.6.11 at 7:10am.
Are there volunteers who are making a difference in your community, church or non-profit? Then take the time to nominate someone for HRM’s Volunteer Awards Ceremony.
Each year HRM, The Mayor and Regional Councillors recognize exceptional volunteers and community groups who make outstanding contr...
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