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It was a busy evening at the Findlay Community Centre. 237 residents from Dartmouth Centre showed up to cast ballots and decide how to allocate $50,000 in funding. I managed the ballot box for most […]

The applications are in, and Participatory Budgeting is a go for tomorrow night (Tuesday June 17). Together, we’ll award $50,000 of District 5’s capital fund. Participatory budgeting gives people a direct say in how our […]

On Tuesday, Mayor Andy Fillmore will put forward a motion that could kill or drastically reduce the Regional Centre Bike Network and potentially throw away over $8 million in remaining federal and provincial funding. Rather […]

News 2025 Participatory BudgetingParticipatory budgeting is returning to District 5! The evening of June 17th, at the Findlay Community Centre, you will have the opportunity to have a direct say in how $50,000 of our […]

News Fluoride UpdateOn March 6, HRM’s Environment Standing Committee received a presentation from Halifax Water on fluoride. Halifax Water has been under a great deal of scrutiny ever since the Utility revealed long-standing problems with […]

News Green Power DealIf you read HRM’s regular community updates on the municipal climate change plan, HalifACT, you might have caught the news already that HRM has entered into a deal with Renewall Energy Inc […]

News Lake Major Water RestrictionsDespite some recent rain, it has been a fairly dry year, particularly the fall. We’ve had well below average rainfall through October and November and HRM has actually been below average […]

News Last Day to E-VoteThe municipal election is almost over. Today is the last day to vote online or by phone. E-voting ends at 7:00 pm tonight. In 2020, over 80% of the vote in […]

News Sawmill River Project UnderwayI have written a lot about the Sawmill River project and how transformational it will be for Downtown Dartmouth and District 5. It will enable redevelopment of derelict industrial lands along […]

Yesterday was an unprecedented day in Dartmouth Centre. Atlantic Road Construction and Paving, the company that is seeking to infill their water lot in Dartmouth Cove, attempted to block the Harbour Trail with first a […]