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DEVELOPMENT

CHARLOTTETOWN – ‘I think it looks ugly’ [The Guardian]
SAINT JOHN – Grants given to neighbourhood organizations [Telegraph Journal]
HALIFAX –
Waterfront group seeks your feedback on designs [Metro]
MONCTON – Moncton explores options for $100M centre [CBC]
SAINT JOHN – City’s future outlined in municipal plan [Telegraph Journal]
CHARLOTTETOWN –
Council overrules heritage bylaw [CBC]
SAINT JOHN –
Three development projects seek approval [Telegraph Journal]

POLITICS

HALIFAX – Kelly must quit, says province’s former AG [Chronicle Herald]
HALIFAX –
City officials contemplate suing Trade Centre Limited [The Coast]
SAINT JOHN –
Enterprise Saint John keeps city support [CBC]
HALIFAX –
Both Peter Kelly and Scott Ferguson should resign [The Coast]
HALIFAX –
MacKay says he owes nothing [Chronicle Herald]
ST. JOHN’S – St. John’s city council live blog for June 13, 2011 [The Scope]
HALIFAX –
Council votes against concert scandal inquiry [CBC]
HALIFAX –
More of Peter Kelly’s verbal diarrhea [The Coast]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

CHARLOTTETOWN – Sewage closes shellfishery again [CBC]
SAINT JOHN – Unsung Heroes of the Old North End [Telegraph Journal]

CHARLOTTETOWN –
Parking to improve at Holland College [CBC]
HALIFAX – Halifax Walking Tour: A peninsula of parks and trees [The Coast]
CHARLOTTETOWN –
$17.4M announced for schools’ mould repairs [CBC]

URBAN GREEN

SAINT JOHN – Environmental changes could cost cruise ship industry [Telegraph Journal]

TRANSPORTATION

ST. JOHN’S – Metrobus to stay at Village [The Telegram]
HALIFAX –
Halifax changes winter parking rules [CBC]
ST. JOHN’S –
Metrobus to keep stop at St. John’s mall [CBC]
CHARLOTTETOWN –
Cycling P.E.I. president calls for more bike paths in city [The Guardian]
SAINT JOHN – Construction work schedule released [Telegraph Journal]
ST. JOHN’S –
Bicycling girl hit by a car recovering [CBC]
MONCTON –
Bicycle lanes not enough for safety [Times & Transcript]
ST. JOHN’S –
Suspended driver u-turns into St. John’s harbour [CBC]

OTHER

HALIFAX – Pier 21 monument broke days after unveiling [Chronicle Herald]
SAINT JOHN – Waste officials want to curb poor practices [Telegraph Journal]
CHARLOTTETOWN –
Naked runner startles drivers [The Guardian]
FREDERICTON – First Nations celebrate past and present [The Daily Gleaner]
ST. JOHN’S –
Rescue centre closure stupid: St. John’s mayor [CBC]