News Student Bus Pass ProgramYou might have caught the news that, as part of Provincial budget cuts, the Province is eliminating funding for HRM’s student bus pass program. This will impact 36,000 junior high and high school students. For the last several years, HRM and the Province have partnered to …
News Dartmouth CoveOn October 7, after a lengthy public hearing, Council approved implementing restrictions on infilling water lots in Dartmouth Cove. The decision affects nine properties, was a long-time coming, and is a major victory for folks who don’t want the Dartmouth Waterfront to be used as a one-off dump …
News Bike Lane UsageBike lanes have been a hot topic over the last several months, first with the Mayor’s motion to pause building cycling infrastructure, then with the debate over Morris Street, and then with the Province’s unprecedented intervention to squash the Morris Street plan. There has been a lot …
News Sometimes in this job, I finish a newsletter just in time for events to crop up to require another! This week is one of those weeks as drought conditions are impacting the Province and HRM services. Here’s an update on park closures and water conservation. Park ShutdownThe big event …
News Morris Street/Strong Mayor PowersI have been on Council for almost nine years and the last few weeks have been pretty unprecedented. The Province’s threatened intervention on Morris Street and the buzz around Strong Mayor Powers, which has become an outright campaign by Mayor Fillmore. It’s been very chaotic and …
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 of the night and as folks cast their ballots, many remarked to me how tough …
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 money is spent. If you haven’t been to participatory budgeting before, the way it works …
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 than a city that, although imperfectly, is working towards a more sustainable future, the Mayor …
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 district’s capital funds are spent. Each Council district in HRM has a $94,000 a year …
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 the fluoride systems at both Pockwock (Halifax’s water supply) and Lake Major (Dartmouth’s supply). Since …
