POLITICS
HRM – Committee votes for smaller council [Coast]
HRM – HRM budget deliberations start today [Chronicle-Herald]
P.E.I. – Officials defend $1M price to bring Regis and Kelly to P.E.I. [Globe & Mail]
URBAN GREEN
FREDERICTON – City issues challenge with help of Freddy the Nude Dude [Daily Gleaner]
HRM – Group fears transmission line will ruin Cole Harbour Trail [NewsNet]
N.S. – Provincial Parks events kicks off [NewsNet]
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
FREDERICTON – Officials almost ready for bridge closure [Daily Gleaner]
N.S. – House sellers square off [Chronicle-Herald]
P.E.I. – Cornwall applies for own transit bus [Guardian]
QUISPAMSIS – Q-Plex beginning to take shape [Telegraph-Journal]
COMMUNITY
MONCTON – Metro now sports central [Times & Transcript]
MONCTON – Metro welcomes new citizens [Times & Transcript]
HALIFAX – Blue Nose Marathon sets sail this weekend [Metro]
TRURO – Newcomers celebrated [Truro Daily News]
OTHER NEWS
FREDERICTON – City recruiting people to promote Fredericton [Daily Gleaner]
HALIFAX – MEC bike sales ‘will hurt the little guy’ [Chronicle-Herald]