Politics
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How would a National Housing Strategy impact our cities?
HALIFAX – National Housing Day was first marked on the calendar by a team of Toronto housing advocates on Nov 22, 1998. But this year, more than a...
By Emma Feltes -
State of Disrepair: Documenting the demise of the public payphone
HALIFAX – It’s been almost a year since I first started thinking about payphones. Back then I spoke with an urban planner who was working on a...
By Jessica Walker -
Events Guide: Planning for the Future with an ICSP
CHARLOTTETOWN – When the federal government introduced the Intergrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) as a requirement to access the Gas Tax...
By Joshua Biggley -
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...
By Alex Boutilier -
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...
By Alex Boutilier -
Another kind of crosswalk
SAINT JOHN – Besides admiring the beautifully designed bus shelters, while visiting Saint John over thanksgiving weekend I spent a lot of time...
By Jake Schabas -
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