Politics
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Events Guide: Imagine
HALIFAX – In 2005, Halifax’s north end collective consciousness came together to sprout Imagine Bloomfield in an effort to renew and preserve...
By Crystal Melville -
Event Guide: Eastern Gateway Waterfront Presentation
CHARLOTTETOWN – The Charlottetown Area Development Corporation is ready to reveal the Eastern Gateway Master Plan that will (we hope) transform the...
By Joshua Biggley -
Events Guide: Lecture by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (and Edward Said Book Launch)
Halifax, NS – Flemming Lecture Series is pleased to announce its upcoming lecture by post-colonial theorist and activist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak...
By Crystal Melville -
Questioning Convention — photo petition highlights your downtown funding priorities
HALIFAX – On Thursday, Dec 2nd, approximately 30 people gathered for a two-hour workshop dedicated to imagining a more environmentally, socially...
By Emma Feltes -
Why i’m voting for a mixed System (and why I changed my mind)
CHARLOTTETOWN – When voters in Charlottetown head to the polls on November 1st they will be casting a vote for not just for a mayor and council to...
By Joshua Biggley -
Show of Hands Halifax launches!
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY – Ever wondered how decisions in this city are really made? Tried to decipher one of City Hall’s official...
By Emma Feltes -
Where Have All the Politicians Gone?
CHARLOTTETOWN – If political participation in Charlottetown, the capital of PEI, is any indicator of the malaise of the general population, then we...
By Joshua Biggley -
The convention centre chronicles: the $100 million question
HALIFAX – It has been close to three weeks since Infrastructure Minister Bill Estabrooks hinted that the Province’s decision on whether to...
By Emma Feltes -
Herring Cove Road hits a speedbump
HALIFAX – Over the past two months, a special road project has been working its way through City Council — a road project that would see our active...
By Steve Bedard -
Have your say, Halifax! …Or don’t. Whatever.
Photo by John McCarthy, member of the Spacing Atlantic flickr pool. HALIFAX – Voter apathy and low turnout are not uniquely Haligonian challenges...
By Emily Richardson -
Tell a Better Downtown Story
HALIFAX – The Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) recently launched a promotional campaign to “tell a better story” about your...
By Rachel Caroline Derrah -
Halifax Jane’s Walk traverses transformation
HALIFAX – About 25 people gathered in front on the Halifax Farmers’ Market last Saturday to take part in Halifax’s Jane’s Walk...
By Spacing