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POLITICS

CHARLOTTETOWN – Pesticide spraying prompts review [CBC]
ST. JOHN’S –
St. John’s city council live blog for July 12, 2011 [The Scope]
SAINT JOHN – Low survey ranking should concern city, consultant says [Telegraph Journal]

DEVELOPMENT

SAINT JOHN – Saint John air quality report released [CBC]
HALIFAX –
Bayers Road expansion plans target apartment buildings [The Coast]
FREDERICTON – Fredericton pays $500K for city’s only strip club [CBC]
SAINT JOHN –
City scrambles to save jobs [Telegraph Journal]
DARTMOUTH – Wrecking ball will aim at Shannon Park buildings [CBC]
MONCTON –
New Artisan Village livens downtown [Times&Transcript]
HALIFAX – QEH demolition work gets new contractor [CBC]
SAINT JOHN –
Commitment to infill development must be significant [Telegraph Journal]
HALIFAX –
Bayers Road and bust [The Coast]
CHARLOTTETOWN –
City to retool shed [The Guardian]

TRANSIT

HALIFAX – Halifax looks for faster ferry [CBC]
ST. JOHN’S –
St. John’s begins bike path construction [CBC]
FREDERICTON –
City fed up with noisy vehicles, red-light runners [Daily Gleaner]
HALIFAX –
Halifax to buy buses for airport run [CBC]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

DARTMOUTH – Dartmouth beach closed after swimmers get sick [CBC]
CHARLOTTETOWN –
Confederation Bridge hills bothers business owner [CBC]
SAINT JOHN –
Province provides $30,000 for tech-savvy geopark signs [Telegraph Journal]
DARTMOUTH – New Lake Banook test shows safe bacteria levels [CBC]
CHARLOTTETOWN –
Power restored in Charlottetown [The Guardian]
ST. JOHN’S – To mow or not to mow? That is the question in St. John’s [CBC]
MONCTON –
Parking options abound for U2 show [Times&Transcript]
SYDNEY – Vehicles hit with concrete from damaged overpass [CBC]
ST. JOHN’S – City may expand Outer Battery parking lot [The Telegram]
SAINT JOHN –
Nature’s air conditioner blankets city in fog [Telegraph Journal]
FREDERICTON – Bridge debris draws attention [Daily Gleaner]

URBAN GREEN

HALIFAX – Halifax delays solar program for homes [CBC]
ALL CITIES –
Ottawa reintroduces home retrofit subsidy [CBC]

OTHER

HALIFAX – Fans ready for Metallica concert on the hill [CBC]
SAINT JOHN –
5,000 rail ties ablaze at Saint John railway yard [CBC]
HALIFAX – A March, Not A Parade – Halifax Dyke and Trans March [Halifax Media Co-op]
HALIFAX –
Softball game kicks off Halifax Pride Week [CBC]
CAPE BRETON – Water rates to rise in CBRM [CBC]
HALIFAX –
Halifax celebrates with Pride [The Chronicle Herald]
MONCTON – Variety of backgrounds and cultures mesh at Mosaïq Festival [Times&Transcript]
ALL CITIES –
Elton John fans line up early to buy tickets [CBC]
HALIFAX – Unmarked graves shrouded in mystery [Chronicle Herald]
HALIFAX –
Haligonians mourn Neskie Manuel [The Coast]