Nova Scotia’s Auditor General has issued a report on $3B worth of untendered heath contracts. This is worth a listen. oag-ns.ca/audit-report...

MLA Becky Druhan is one to watch in #NovaScotia politics. The info she posts on her Facebook page helps educate.

So Nova Scotia Health have issued $3.7 billion worth of contracts NS Health since 2020. The AG just said they are not tendered an lack justification. Oh wait. The longest running interim CEO just did whatever the hell she wanted with no board oversight? #nspoli

Like to see the people removing the pylons at allan and harvard deal with this kind of setup lol

I’ve been getting some questions from residents about walking around the development at the old St. Pat’s high site. Here’s a little info update on sidewalks, pathway, and marked crosswalk.

Does this sound like you? A lot of people are struggling financially right now. It's important to show others what it's like. DMs are open.

Council (read: budget committee) is in-camera debating something. Who can say what? Hey, did you know that if council wanted to re-debate cutting library funding after protests and public pushback, that would be done in camera? Who can say if that's relevant?

N.S. legislature: PCs amend Financial Measures Act and Druhan targeted by ad By @dartjenhen.bsky.social

I’m so happy to have a new Wintersleep album to listen to

I was excited to finally be done with budget season today, but they’ve started out by going in camera at the request of Councillor Mancini. I wonder if that is about the supplementary education funding

Well our little deep freeze officially died. It flooded the kitchen with the juice from defrosted blueberries, and it looked like a massacre when we came downstairs this morning.

Each year on March 31, the International Day of Transgender Visibility calls us to stand firmly in support of transgender and gender-diverse people and celebrate their leadership and contributions to society. humanrights.novascotia.ca/news-events/...

The Serious Incident Response Team is looking for dashcam footage from anyone driving on Hwy. 103 near Tantallon from 11 p.m.–midnight on March 28. An off-duty Bridgewater cop hit and killed a man who was walking in the area, says a press release from Khalehla Perrault.

Ths would be mine too. I even wrote about it! www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/b... #UrbanTruth

Truth: reallocated road space for bus and bike lanes fixes traffic, and makes all modes of travel faster and safer (yes, including driving). Lie: Bike lanes cause congestion (I hear this way too often...)

Read every word Francesca Albanese is a hero

EVERY CITY COUNCIL HEARING: More* affordable** housing***! *: No more anywhere near anything **: Always rapidly increasing in value ***: Of the kinds I personally like already

A former member of council from the time of amalgamation asks “did amalgamation work?” and a former candidate (multiple times) for council shows he doesn’t understand how cities work

Well, the NSPCs all voted yes on the terrible budget, but at least they voted down one part of the Financial Measures Act that the public spoke out against.

The way he flies off is not an exaggeration. A fast-moving car can throw pedestrians over a hundred feet horizontally and toss them several stories high. A bike helmet won't help. The problem is cars, their speed, their mass, their hood profiles. D- victim blaming PSA B+ physics demo

A physics lesson from Dr Peng. The problem is not whether the pedestrian “made eye contact” at the zebra crossing. The problem is the car driver that drove into them.

avi lewis as ndp leader is worth it even if it’s just for him to talk sense to the media on how they cover canada post. i love this.

It will be framed as an accident, the pedestrian blamed for being somewhere they shouldn't have been, the driver absolved & everyone will move on (except the victim, their loved ones & the killer). Rinse & repeat until we acknowledge the harms of #motonormativity www.bbc.com/future/artic...

More on the letters to Smallwood, and here's your chance to see some of them! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"● Fewer car trips mean fewer opportunities for collisions ● Lower traffic volumes reduce exposure to risk ● More predictable street design reduces conflict between users" (2/2)

"reallocating space to transit is not a loss of capacity - it is a more efficient use of limited capacity. Improving transit reliability is also a direct safety intervention because... ( 1/2)

"When road capacity is increased, traffic increases until the road soon returns to the previous congestion levels (Litman, 2012)" - Choose How You Move - NS Gov energy.novascotia.ca/sites/defaul...

"Updated traffic analysis on the latest design show there would be a 53 per cent improvement to vehicle delays and an additional five per cent capacity for cars in the morning" More capacity for cars - more congestion. There can be no other outcome. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Why do so many political scandals in the Maritimes involve golf courses? (I’m reading about Gilles Arsenault)

lmao the crypto and ai weirdos running this platform are so off side with the user base

DFO denies ARCP’s Dartmouth Cove infill application; company suing fisheries minister, MP Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

And in Nova Scotia the Minister of Health wouldn't commit to lowering the age 🤦

Dartmouth Cove is not a dumping ground. Today, Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson said no to infill for the sake of infill in Dartmouth Cove. darrenfisher.ca/minister-of-...

DFO has rejected Atlantic Roads infill application in Dartmouth Cove! @darrenfisherns.bsky.social

Late Saturday night, an off-duty Bridgewater cop drove into a pedestrian walking along Highway 103 near Tantallon, killing the pedestrian.

Another chapter in the Saga of Dartmouth Cove:

Check your mailbox. You might have an invite to complete Statistics Canada’s Canadian Survey on Everyday Travel. If you’re selected, please take part. Your responses will help us plan and improve transportation across the region. Learn more at: www.statcan.gc.ca/en/survey/ho...

"But to Houston, Barkhouse, et al, those calls from the gallery cut deeper than the cuts they made to arts, culture, heritage, and so much more in recent weeks. Those financial cuts will hurt Nova Scotia far more than any yelling in the Province House gallery will hurt politicians."

Meanwhile in Tim Houston's Nova Scotia, art and artists are of no consequence. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

To put some context on the casual brutality and illegality of the President of the United States threatening to attack the water supply of another country: international-review.icrc.org/articles/the...

Our mayor and a landlord lobby group appear to be coordinating their messaging.

Fact-checking Fillmore: No, the Halifax Forum price tag will not affect the 2026-2027 tax rate Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

On the agenda: Budget vote, dangerous dogs, transit priority, Windsor Street Exchange Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain "The direct lesson for the industry is that we should avoid uniform, regularly shaped clearcuts, which result in low edge density. Instead, we advocate for replicating the complex, irregular patterns found in nature," writes Adam Wei.

Our latest position statement supports the transit priority motion put forward [email protected]. This @hfxgov.bsky.social motion is grounded in what works to reduce congestion & improve safety 👏 #VisionZero drive.google.com/file/d/1cKpg...