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THE CITY
The Liberation of Halifax
Submitted by Silver Donald on Sunday on 09.7.08 at 8:37am.
“The Mayor of Halifax has very little actual power,” explained the Mayor of Halifax. “But he can use his office to bring people together, he can speak out on issues that matter, and he can lead by example.”
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Halifax Municipal Elections and the Citizens For Halifax Society
Submitted by Your World Today on 08.30.08 at 8:27am.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy orated “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country“. His inaugural speech was a trumpet call for battle against tyranny, poverty, disease, and war.
Then in 2008, Kanye, Lupe Fiasco, Pharell and Pusha-T rapped “All the girls standing in...
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The mysterious blue pipe project
Submitted by To Halifax and Gone on 08.16.08 at 10:04am.
About a month ago, the public works project that had cut across and through the Queen Street Sobey’s parking lot seemed to wrap up–only to morph into a smaller, less transparent project:
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Online Petitions...Not Just Spam Anymore
Submitted by Bryan H on 01.15.08 at 1:47pm.
The Halifax City Council is considering allowing the use of Online Petitions for formal submissions. Once standards have been established, it may be possible to use social tools such as Facebook or Email lists to quickly get enough "signatures" for a review.
The petitions would require authent...
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Khyber and its historic role in city's culture threatened by HRM plan
Submitted by Will Roberts on 11.23.07 at 5:23am.
The founder of the Khyber Arts Society launches campaign to keep the Khyber in the community.
Will Roberts has created a Facebook group launched to invite expressions of support for the Khyber and its traditional role in Halifax. This is the first step in a campaign to alert the community and ...
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Celine Dion Feels Unwelcomed In Halifax
Submitted by Bryan H on 11.21.07 at 12:13pm.
Celine Dion was scheduled to play at the Halifax Commons next year. She later backed out because she felt that she was not wanted in Halifax. An article in the Halifax Daily was singled out which was titled "Like her or not, it's good news"
There are some negative comments towards the singer, ...
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Building permits down 32 percent in Halifax in August, September.
Submitted by Mark Bolton on 11.13.07 at 8:15am.
According to information recently released by Statistics Canada the value of building permits issued in Halifax decreased 31.6% from August 2007 to September 2007, dropping from $82.6m to $56.5m.
The decrease was largely attributed to declines in multi-family permits and non-residential permi...
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City Considers Putting People In The Dark
Submitted by Bryan H on 10.2.07 at 10:52pm.
A new type of regulation is being proposed today which would put Halifax residents in the dark. The concern is that some businesses (mainly gas stations), are too bright in the night time. My suggestion to these people is to Lighten Up.
Regulating the brightness of the lights around metro coul...
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Centre for Arts and Technology moving to Barrington St.
Submitted by Mark Bolton on 10.1.07 at 6:42am.
Barrington Street is about to see an influx of new students when the Centre for Arts and Technology opens the doors of its new campus on October 9th.
The Centre is moving from its previous home on Brenton Street to almost three times as much space at 1575 Barrington.
The new campus is 21,0...
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Hotel, condos planned for corner of Spring Garden and Brunswick St.
Submitted by Mark Bolton on 09.25.07 at 6:29pm.
Halifax real estate developer Danny Chedrawe plans to build a hotel, condos and some commercial space at the corner of Spring Garden and Brunswick Streets, a site that housed The Great Canadian Bagel and is the home of Fireside Bar & Restaurant, Mackay Fashions and Fawcett’s Fine Jewellery.
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Spring Garden rental too expensive for coffee shop
Submitted by Mark Bolton on 09.24.07 at 12:05pm.
The space at 5475 Spring Garden Road left vacant by Timothy’s World Coffee back in June is still yet to be filled.
Ross Miller, the franchise owner for Timothy’s World Coffee cafés in the Halifax area, said the cost of being on Spring Garden was too much for a coffee shop to survive. When he h...
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CBC appoints Andrew Cochran new Regional Director of TV
Submitted by topbanana on 07.30.07 at 8:43am.
Cochran starts his new job August 7.
Cochran has been responsible for the business, editorial, and creative aspects of Canada AM, the CTV National News, the long-running international hit children’s series, Theodore Tugboatand dozens of other productions including the family movie and subseque...
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New York Times finds Halifax website that hates crocs
The Times Sunday Magazine cites college students Kate Leth and Vincenzo Ravina for their website www.ihatecrocs.com in its article "Croc On:"
"After a while, all the comfort talk starts to sound a little bit like a guy with a Mohawk saying he simply wants to spend less time washing his hair....
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SPCA seeks help for high number of sick cats
Since the end of March, many stray cats brought to the Metro Shelter have been presenting with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) which has been much more aggressive than the normal URTI that is present from time to time within our shelter and the community at large. Normally, cats sufferi...
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The only big HRM event this summer - political infighting
Submitted by Waye Mason on 07.4.07 at 6:48am.
It is a cruel word where your loyal scribe goes on vacation, and then all hell deliciously breaks loose in the world of massive expensive concert promotion in Halifax. Few things could compel me to put down the Corona and get off the beach in Pugwash to write a few words, but the situation betwee...
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Left and Leaving Halifax
Submitted by Waye Mason on 06.20.07 at 5:14pm.
It has not been a good year for those that sacrifice themselves to lead the energetic arts and culture sector in Halifax. There is a growing feeling, hovering somewhere between ennui and abject despair, and it is expressing itself throughout the province’s creative continuum.
Halifax has never...
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The Coast wins prestigious award from Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
Submitted by topbanana on 06.18.07 at 8:03am.
The Coast newspaper won an award for advertising it created to promote its website classsified from the national association of Alternative Newspapers at its annual convention in Portland, Ore. on Friday.
The AAN was foundd in 1978 to represent 125 alt-weekly news organizations that cover all...
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Fear replaced trust in the Commonwealth Games bid process
Submitted by Waye Mason on 03.8.07 at 6:57pm.
As the dream of a “world class” Commonwealth Games slips from the 2014 Bid Committee’s grasp, it is time to examine the root of many citizens' mistrust and fear of the politics behind the bid.
There was palpable panic and frustration coming from Scott Logan -- the bid’s head honcho -- last wee...
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North End Pub Burns To Rubble
Submitted by Jon Careless on 03.7.07 at 6:17pm.
It's a sad Wednesday afternoon for many North End residents as it appears the North End Pub is no more. According to the cop I spoke with on Gottingen Street, "The place is toast."
The North End Pub will be sorely missed by many around town. Not only was it a venue for many bands, their food, ...
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Sam the Record Man closes; Taz moving downtown
Submitted by Top Banana on 02.20.07 at 4:38pm.
Sam the Record Man closed today putting about a dozen people out of work and leaving the city without a comprehensive full-service retail outlet for new CDs and records.
Sam's has occupied three floors at its Barrington Street location since the early 1970s and was the only other Canadian stor...
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More on the Stones concert
Submitted by Waye Mason on 10.4.06 at 9:31am.
To my wonder and delight, the Herald published my last article in the paper yesterday.
It was rather shocking, in that I was not contacted, or, they tried to contact me while I was on business in Boston and never got a hold of me. It also comes two weeks after I wrote it, so some of the facts ...
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City and province put up almost $500k for Stones concert, promoter says
ALLnovascotia.com is reporting on its paid-access-only website today (Tuesday) that the city and province have committed almost $500,000 for the Rolling Stones concert, not just the $100,000 from the city that had been publicly revealed.
Ken Craig, production manager for Stones promoter Donald...
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