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BUILT ENVIRONMENT

CHARLOTTETOWN – Charlottetown too busy to fill potholes [CBC]
HALIFAX – N.S. buys most expensive paving equipment [CBC]
MONCTON –
Better way to deal with infrastructure [Times & Transcript]
SAINT JOHN – Plans delayed to remove fuel from sunken barge [CBC]
MONCTON – Moncton’s aging pipes led to water main break [CBC]
HALIFAX – Firefighters douse Gottingen Street blaze for second time [The Chronicle Herald]

TRANSPORTATION

HRM – Overnight parking ban ends early [The Chronicle Herald]
SAINT JOHN =
Saint John snow-clearing budget nearly blown [CBC]

POLITICS

HALIFAX – Halifax council hires Richard Butts as new CAO [The Coast]
ST. JOHN’S –
Are councillors paid enough? [The Telegram]
HALIFAX –
N.S. paving decision riles road builders [CBC]
SAINT JOHN –
Saint John open to talks in Rothesay water dispute [CBC]
SUMMERSIDE –
Summerside to review failed concert decisions [CBC]
HALIFAX – Firms dump on trash plans [The Chronicle Herald]

URBAN GREEN

HALIFAX – Moving targets [The Coast]


DEVELOPMENT

HALIFAX – The Halifax convention centre is dead in the water [The Coast]
SAINT JOHN –
Harbour cleanup takes bite out of arena’s parking lot [The Telegraph Journal]
SUMMERSIDE –
Summerside council mulls recycling site rezoning [CBC]

OTHER

HALIFAX – Discovery Centre gets $700,000 from N.S. to help with move [The Chronicle Herald]
SAINT JOHN –
Energy efficiency for HQ paying off, chairman says [The Telegraph Journal]
HALIFAX –
Halifax fire chases tenants out twice [CBC]
NEW BRUNSWICK –
GPS-stranded driver stuck 3 days in snow [CBC]
SAINT JOHN =
Dredging barge sank in Saint John Harbour [CBC]