POLITICS
N.B. – Grits vow no HST hike [Times & Transcript]
N.S. – Surtax wipeout ‘biter deal’ for middle class: Grits [Metro]
HALIFAX – HST hike raises HRM’s deficit by $2M [Metro]
HALIFAX – G8 protesters gathering steam [Chronicle-Herald]
ST. JOHN’S – Fortis frustrations [Telegram]
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
HALIFAX – Surge protection [Coast]
HALIFAX – Ken Reashor: safer to jaywalk than to use a crosswalk [Coast]
CHARLOTTETOWN – Pedway construction scheduled for completion in late September [Guardian]
DEVELOPMENT
MIRAMICHI – City eyeing $1.4M sports dome [Times & Transcript]
HALIFAX – Convention centre deadline delayed [Metro]
HALIFAX – Roy Building redevelopment plan stalled [Chronicle-Herald]
HALIFAX – Downtown development hits brakes [Chronicle-Herald]
COMMUNITY
MONCTON – Declare Dumont a French hospital: report [Times & Transcript]
FREDERICTON – Local arts groups share in $29,000 in funding [Daily Gleaner]
HALIFAX – Ferry frisking [Coast]
SAINT JOHN – Spring cleanup unlikely to return [Telegraph-Journal]