New paper is out today! On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.

The colour version of this is quite pretty, anyone else have good fall pics this hear?

She told @acbzw.bsky.social that it was not the right time and she needed to do more research

good morning fellow hobbyist democracy enjoyers! I'm at council which is apparently going to be in camera first. good for me because I am going to look at studies and whatever is linked to the agenda and hopefully be sooo on the ball today

The Frontier Index by Silver Jews

Idc about press gallery, give us scream room

Yeehaw!

Mmm almost back to pre-pandemic levels cdn.halifax.ca/sites/defaul...

Yayyy

Genuine question from a non-driver here: are cars allowed to be in an intersection like this? I always see traffic lined up like this here

The person you can’t reach on the phone today is the person you didn’t recognize at council on Tuesday

What is up democracy super friends, it is city council day and we are doing community announcements. Fun story while we wait for the meeting to start in earnest a fun story: Today I forgot my phone on my bike. When I came back into city hall the commissionnaires tried to wave me through

Issue 19 of the paper goes out tomorrow. On the front Giancarlos Cininni dives into the city's 1.4 billion debt problems. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how council has given up on Halifax Transit and road safety. Grab it in your inbox or at Atlantic News.

Some things I saw walking through Heidelberg today which enhanced the impact of listening to this episode:

Sometimes municipal politics makes you reapply deodorant in the city hall bathroom to cover your stress sweat But then sometimes you are reminded you’re still in a small city and councillors will shred at the local pump track. Yay

Water water everywhere, And how the budget did shrink, Water water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink

New paper out tomorrow. Halifax votes to fund the Davis Cup; this one is by a new writer for Grand Parade, Giancarlos Cininni. @joshrjhealey.bsky.social keeps gives us an update last week's stadium vote. And @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how John Lohr is delaying housing getting built

Gas leak and preventative power outage for safety in Dartmouth, Albro Lake area. Evacuation in place apparently

#Halifax regional council voted in favour of $50,000 in funding for the Davis Cup. My colleague @mmughees.bsky.social is working on a story for you for tomorrow. I'll have other stories from council as well.

Still in camera! I am clocking out of the news mill for today though

Sorry had to switch to phone Chants: Babys are dying in Palestinine Davis cup needs to be cancelled Cancel the tennis match, save 50k What are your children gonna tell you in the future? Shame From the river to the sea palestine will be free

Hi bluesky, city council has begun my computer fans are making the sound of a plane taking off

New issue will be out tomorrow featuring a story by @acbzw.bsky.social about the Morris Street bike lane debacle. Also this issue: @landofsticks.bsky.social recaps an Environment and Sustainability Ctee meeting and looks at Halifax's new strategic plans. Pick it up on Morris st @ Atlantic News

I’m gonna yarf they are abt to vote on rescinding morris. i fear it will pass

we could build the city in minecraft to save money

This part of Mishima’s Confession’s of a Mask is actually about cities pouring money into car-centric infrastructure

Do you ever reach out to interview someone and they send you the doctoral thesis they wrote on the topic? Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare eat a peach?

What up at council now? Hinch’s motion to de-designate Cogswell park (the encampment spot behind the quinpool superstore) 129 people in Hinch’s district signed a petition to de-designate it, she is giving people the rundown on why they want the tents gone

The gears of your city don’t stop between votes and protests. Get acquainted with the system you have, even if you wish it was different. Come dip your toe into council on July 8! A @grandparade.bsky.social initiative

The upcoming GP podcast episode made me care about organized sports for a few minutes. I’m back to normal now, but what a testament to the power of storytelling. Check it out on Friday

Hey Halifax there's a new issue of the paper out today. In this issue, a community garden is going to be shut down by development. Story by @acbzw.bsky.social Speed humps on Mount Ed make bike riding dangerous, and public works are messing up snow clearing, both by @landofsticks.bsky.social

One of my favorite things about the mayor is how inviting his name is of puns. Failmore, Flopmore, fill more potholes. Anyone got another?

Specifically, residents of districts 1, 3, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16 These are the likely swing votes. If you live in those districts, it is doubly important that you write/call your councillor. They are the likely swing votes. Tell your neighbors, organize, tell more neighbors to write more emails.

Hey Halifax, new paper out today. In this issue: Local economist @denysullivan.bsky.social walks us through council's choice to starve Halifax of resources. Editor @landofsticks.bsky.social covers a meeting that wasn't and ponders Halifax's strategic plans. @ Atlantic news now, Dart Gallery Wed

Pov you are squatting on the 107 to get this shot: Vroom! Zoom! Whooooosh

Apparently “putrid sore throat” is something Atlantic Canadians used to die from

Is Nova Scotia still rockin’ in the free world? Finished this in March, it’s finally out :-) Check out the other stories in this series too. signalhfx.ca/still-rockin...

SPOTTED: Jonathan Pedneault staring daggers through the window of the debate hall

This podcast and episodes of This American Life from the ‘90s with David Sedaris on them is all I’ve been listening to these past two weeks.

Some of Smith's other demands included making a duck covered in oil the new national bird, letting children go back to work in the mines because they miss it so much, and using clean Albertan electricity for when Doug Ford brings back the electric chair.

Teach the police to grow their own tanks

A summary of Friday's council meeting. Over a decade of fiscal magical thinking is coming to a head. open.spotify.com/episode/0Xct...

So long toll booths.

aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt

On the Dartmouth side of Macdonald Bridge today. Does this mean bridge maintenance is getting handed over to Public Works?

Premier Tim Houston backs down from confrontation with legislative reporters www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...

Re-award? caj.ca/saying-the-q...