This story has been updated with comments from Fillmore's office, Duncan Williams, CEO of the Construction Association of #NovaScotia, and a statement from #Halifax's media relations department.

For context, 26,000 homes is roughly the housing shortage in Halifax, NS alone. Population ~500k. Not to scale

I love this clock even though it periodically it does weird things such as displaying "November 31"

The rush in western media to blame the Hong Kong fire on bamboo scaffolding has been lazy and orientalist, yes. But comparisons to Grenfell amount to misinformation when they suggest that "building cladding" fuelled the Tai Po fire.

The NDP leadership debate just started and is being livestreamed below.

Aside from the obvious car-brained garbage take here, this is a microcosm of the constant disrespect that Lucasville faces. It’s a historic African Nova Scotian community and people treat it as a drive-through with zero thought for the residents who live there.

"People should be forced to drive to the grocery store. Damn why is traffic getting so bad"

A walk around the patio level of Kwong Fuk Estate. Supply and aid stations have been set up to help those affected by the Tai Po fire. Hot food and water, snacks and clothing are plentiful.

A plausible explanation for the diagonal diverter's removal that doesn't involve Premier Houston meddling in municipal affairs again. I hope it's just this. #BikeHfx

For the record, the traffic diverter would have improved safety not only for cycling, but for pedestrians and drivers as well. The area has speeding issues on Harvard which would be prevented with this diverter. Safety, traffic easing, enhancing other forms of transportation. These are the benefits.

Well, Halifax's newest modal filter – an essential part of the Allan/Oak local street bikeway – lasted less than 24h before being torn out. #BikeHfx

GOOD. It's such a relief to hear someone simply say things like that - the kind of things a decent person would say, but which have somehow become shocking to hear spoken by a politiican, because of the climate of unrelenting bigotry the Tories, Reform and Labour have plunged us into

Let this short thread radicalize you.

This is great! I'm sure it will eventually discourage the rat-run drivers that illegally cross Oxford one block away.

"Halifax remains among the areas where Killam's rents have the most opportunity to grow. According to its earnings call slideshow, the company estimates its rents are on average 21 per cent below market rates in Halifax."

Rainy Halifax looks rather nice on the Cogswell webcam tonight

Construction of the Harvard/Allan diagonal diverter (modal filter) is supposed to begin next Monday and be completed by December 8, according to notices delivered to residents today #BikeHfx

And is now doing nothing to mitigate a mass disabling event while mandating presenteeism in schools and workplaces.

It's important for everyone to know that Elon Musk's LLM is engaging in Holocaust denial. I'll also add that all of the arguments here (about architectural plans and gas residue left in materials on site) were refuted decisively in the 1990s. There is *nothing* here but 30 year old falsehoods.

Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.

Handling the homelessness emergency the same way we deal with the COVID emergency: out of sight, out of mind

Resolving emergency response ✅️ Resolving emergency ❌️

I don't normally write to my MP but I just wrote to my MP about this holy moly

For anyone lacking access to generational wealth, Canada is a land of limited opportunity with deeply entrenched systems engineered to funnel wealth from renters, immigrants, and young people to the most established classes – the real Canadians, the "part owners", the ones who matter.

The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations She fought for the people of Gaza She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue

I did a comparable map for the Halifax peninsula out of curiosity

i'm still masking. indoor air is still unclean and people are constantly getting sick all sorts of ways. no thank you! the woke part, of course, is recognizing that each covid infection has the potential to do lasting and even lethal damage, especially to immunocompromised people around me

Metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar, save me save me metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar

I would like to challenge this assertion by an Eastern Passage resident, she said: “It’s not rocket science: you don’t put high-density units in between single-family dwellings. That’s not good city planning.” I would argue that it is, and a mix of densities is good for cities & their residents.

A few more 80s transit ads

Checking out Halifax Transit—same buses as in Boston!

George Munro Professor Dr Julia M Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social and co-authors in Dalhousie News: @dalhousie.bsky.social @dalfaculty.bsky.social

Dutch Village Road progress pics #BikeHfx

"Staff had to turn away one individual who suffered a stroke"

The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

In many places, these covenants banning multi-unit housing served to perpetuate exclusion and class segregation after racially discriminatory clauses became unenforcable. They continue to keep apartment dwellers out of some of Halifax's most walkable, centrally located neighbourhoods.

“a global insurance firm that analyzes mortality risk pegged the # of excess deaths at 2% above the pre-pandemic annual mortality rate…that’s 120K unanticipated dead people per year in North America. That’s roughly 2 fully loaded standard commercial jets crashing & killing everyone aboard each day.”

It’s honestly wild how few townhomes exist that aren’t right near a highway. We force every bit of density right next to noise and pollution, and keep the quiet areas reserved for the rich who can afford detached houses. I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is

Yong people are broke bc they buy Starbucks daily ($42) Became bc they buy avocado toast in a sitdown restaurant weekly ($20) Became bc of a weekly to-go pastry ($6) Will soon be You're broke bc you buy one non-gruel item EVERY month Even the inequality-absolving caricature is shrinkflating

I'm starting to fill out the AI survey. I don't think this is going to go well.

Last day to complete the Canadian government's very bad survey on AI

Anyone who has tried to walk to Africville knows this house. For a mere $3,900/month, enjoy life between Halifax's principal container truck route and a rail yard. Fall asleep to the relaxing sounds of marine industry. Keep abreast of the latest trends in highway-adjacent billboard advertising.

We got to test ride the Brunswick st bike lanes this evening on our Halloween #CriticalMass ride. Very fresh pavement, quite wide! Smooth rolling!

Ummm what in the world

Poilievre's best allies are Liberals who still don't genuinely accept or care that the status quo has been crushing for so many people, and – in merely attacking Poilievre in certain contexts – help make housing affordability and generational inequity seem like mainly Conservative issues of concern

Primaris REIT, which owns Halifax Shopping Centre, has submitted new development plans that encompass Halifax Transit's overcrowded Mumford terminal. The plans call for an expanded, at-grade bus terminal rather than the underground design proposed by the mall's previous owner. (1/5)

"Haifang Huang, a University of Alberta economics professor who co-authored the working paper, ranked countries by the change in life satisfaction among young adults. ... Canada shows up near the very bottom, ahead of just four others – Jordan, Venezuela, Lebanon and Afghanistan."

Clean indoor air should be a basic right guaranteed by legislation. Poor ventilation is common, invisible, and public awareness of the health impact is low. Here's a CO2 reading from a medical clinic (!) in Halifax yesterday:

Brunswick Street, downtown Halifax – the old painted bike lanes are gone, replaced with a wide, bidirectional protected bikeway that looks not far from completion. 🚲 #BikeHfx

Providing clean indoor air is proven to be an uncomplicated net benefit for all of us than using so-called "AI", yet guess which one you'll find being promoted in our schools right now 🫠