Civic Engagement
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CEOs for Cities: What is Halifax’s brand?
HALIFAX – On Thursday, March 25, the Chronicle Herald and the Greater Halifax Partnership presented a sold-out luncheon talk by Carol Coletta, CEO...
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Revamping representation in Halifax: HRM’s Governance & District Boundary Review process
HALIFAX – Life in a post-amalgamation world. This seemingly perpetual challenge lingered in the realm of subtext during Wednesday night’s...
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Events Guide: Governance and Boundary Review Meetings
HALIFAX – Leading up to the 2012 election, The Governance & Boundary Review Committee of Council is undertaking a review of the polling...
By Emma Feltes -
Uncovering our ‘Common’ past
HALIFAX – If you look it up on Google Maps, Canada’s oldest urban park, the Halifax Common hugs the western skirt of Citadel Hill. It’s shown as two...
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Government 2.0: Open Source Accountability
CHARLOTTETOWN – When the Charlottetown folks involved with SpacingAtlantic got together late last year, we decided to engage in some good old...
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Tax reform proposal needs to update idea of urban
HALIFAX – Last Thursday, Tim Bousquet wrote a great article on the potentially damaging impact of the ‘tax reforms’ proposed by HRM’s Tax...
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Mo’ money, (fo’) mo’ transit study
HALIFAX - Remember that extensive, expensive transit study that was made public a month or two back? The
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People to the Power!: Civic Reconcilation and Democratic Renewal
Many familiar with Halifax politics are quick to By Jason Pelley
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New uses for the old library
HALIFAX – A group of 15-odd people interested in the future of the Spring Garden Memorial Library building shuffled into a multi-purpose room in the...
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A downtown shuttle named Desire
The plan was simple – a free downtown shuttle service, similar to Metro Transit’s FRED (Free Rides Everywhere Downtown) service, which would run year-long...
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Paying the price for public transit
HALIFAX – The Metro Transit Strategic Plan was discussed in Halifax Regional Council for the first time yesterday, but the controversy has been with...
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From barriers to opportunity in downtown Dartmouth
The Halifax Harbour has become a barrier to part a of the downtown core: geographic, political and psychological. This barrier has become division; and...
By Jason Pelley