Exciting news! The Alderney Ferry will be FREE for March Break between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. beginning Monday, March 16, until Saturday, March 21, 2026, courtesy of @DowntownHalifax Taking a connecting bus? Remember, children 12 & under ride for free, and transfers are valid for 90 minutes.

We all know people who love drama, who create it on purpose for the attention and because they lack real skill, talent, and focus, I guess, and then drag everyone into it. Tim Houston is that person.

This is a great article. As someone living with chronic pain this is exactly it. And, I'd estimate that 75% of my flareups are triggered primarily due to stress. Medical stress is a big one of those.

This is good, but how about arts funding?

If anyone is wondering how it went: I had a clear, plastic water bottle with me in my hand as we went through security. They didn't care at all, didn't even ask about it. So, it's fine! This was for Megadeath/Anthrax/Exodus.

Very cute little build :D

If you have any kind of disability and take the bus (even if just a few times a year!) please fill this out Halifax folks :)

Off to see Stardew Valley: Festival of Seasons tonight! Should be a grand time. Yay for the cross over between classical music and video game nerdery!

*please be satire. Please be satire. Please be satire. PLEASE BE SATIRE*

Looking forward to more light in the evening. Not looking forward to losing an hour of sleep and how my internal clock will be messed up for about a week after. Can't we get rid of time changes?

The overcrowding on the 3 is why I never take it, even though it's a better route for me a lot of the time. It would be grand if this helped!

Sigh. I enjoy SailGP races, but our Canadian team has been doing horribly this season. And that aside, given the dire situation in the province, the funding should be diverted elsewhere. Pretty sure Larry Ellison has a few spare bucks he could use.

When you really dig down into it the two (not monied interest) sides of this debate are: I don't understand my and/or the city's budget, and demand lower taxes. Vs. I do understand my and/or the city's budget and demand better services and understand I have to pay for it.

Has anyone been to a show recently at Scotiabank Centre and taken an empty plastic water bottle with them? I want to bring one and their policy seems to suggest they are permitted, but anyone have recent experience? (This refers to the one in Halifax FYI!)

Trump wasn’t anointed by Jesus to start a war in Iran. If you start a war because you think it was “meant to be,” that’s not divine. That’s you. Anyone this delusional needs to stay far away from politics and if the churches want a say in the matter, they can start paying taxes.

Open letter from a physician to the premier and ministers regarding budget cuts By Aaron Bates

And I am cheering for team BC based 100% on the fact that I like their shoes! Go sports!

*raises hand* me too!

Gardening friends! Does anyone know what the D and the B on the Sutton's seed packages mean? Not all have it (the Tithonia I bought don't!) but most do. I have tried googling it and searching Sutton's website, but still can't figure it out.

Ok, in 2025 I basically said I don't love Houston, but at least he isn't Ford, or god forbid, the orange guy. Houston said: hold my beer.

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Looking at the outlook into mid-March: fine until some light snow/mix later Sunday. Then COLD Monday into Tuesday morning. A period of up and down temps around zero with plenty of passing mixed precip events rest of next week. Following week looks milder with rain more likely. Springlike???

Getting around a province and city is pretty basic stuff! We need bike lanes, transit, safe pedestrian routes, just like we need arts, culture, museums, green spaces. Don't let Houston/Fillmore make you mad about one issue!

i’m tired, boss

Between the province and the Municipality (which let's be clear, is mostly Fillmore and his people) I am wondering what's going to be left of Halifax after all the cuts. Roads and cars sure, but nothing worth actually leaving your house for?

I asked a few weeks back what's happening with the whole mall development as there hadn't been any public updates in about a year. Well, here's an update! www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

"Fillmore has been leading the charge to find cuts, repeatedly saying that everybody needs to “do more with less.” Everyone except him." www.grandparade.news/p/the-auster...

Very sad the Olympics are wrapping up, though. It's been a really nice distraction for the last couple of weeks! I will try to catch some of the Paralympic events, but it is fewer sports and not as 'all consuming' in the media. Which is a point of discussion in and of itself, of course.

Glad to see CBC Gem isn't playing a million ads per minute during the closing ceremonies. We've been able to enjoy the artistry and performance without being interrupted every 1 minute.

Major winter storm on Monday: heavy snow reaches Halifax late morning then covers all southern Maritimes by late aftn with strong winds. Snow mixes with rain along ATL coast then across CB overnight. Gradual improvement west to east Tues. Added snowfall map: very heavy wet snow. Outage threat.

And another in the 'is this about politics or Olympic sports?' category 😂

A messy week at City Hall budget deliberations. My Council blog samaustin.ca/council-upda...

Andy Fillmore and his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad budget committee week Story by me with a huge thanks to @dentremy.bsky.social for editing this and everything I tossed at her this week! She had to manage that, plus everything else. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

Flat tax rate, huh? But didn't he say he never said that?

The hilarious whiplash I am feeling with the same people I follow posting about city hall and then not long after posting about the hockey game. Often out of context. 😂

I find myself wishing there were some sort of 'vote of non confidence' that would make the current municipal government fall so we could vote out Austerity Andy now. (I'll happily keep Sam Austin though)

random people of bluesky … please stop reposting content that is just personal babblings about someone’s life. it’s weird. (you can repost this, though. because it’s a universal statement and not me talking about my dog.)

This took me far longer than I want to admit, and I have a headache now. @seebo429.bsky.social www.stitchfiddle.com/c/sop28k-307...

Cuts for thee but not for me!

I'm mostly agnostic about the mayor having a comms person, but it's a tough sell to be like "We need to cut this $30k art program, it's existential to the city. But also I need an FTE to read my emails."

Halifax's budget committee meets again today starting at 9:30. Wednesday's meeting kicked off with a public hearing with lots of speakers. Here's the agenda: pub-halifax.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...

Nancy Hunter's remarks today at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

Even better (sarcasm): there are TWO weight loss drugs we get ads for during coverage!

#Halifax's budget committee meets at 9:30am. They will meet again tomorrow and Friday as well. On the agenda are budgets for corporate services, legal, HR, the Halifax Public Libraries, fiscal services, auditor general, and Andy Fillmore's office. pub-halifax.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...

HRM Call to Action! ☎️ 💻📨 Phone/email script below ⬇️ Andy Fillmore wants to take away dedicated bus lanes by opening them up to “high occupancy vehicles” (HOV). That’s any vehicle with just 2+ people! 🚗🛻🚚🚙🚗🛻🚚💨 globalnews.ca/news/1166132... Whether you drive, bike, or use transit, this is bad news.

I’ve started a slack to try to organize Halifax Regional Municipality 2026 budget advocacy better. We’re specifically pushing for fiscal sustainability and actual serious consideration of revenue, and against frivolous nickel and diming, and want to organize letter writing and council presentations.

If you care at all about the future of Halifax, about transit or about equity, please read this!!

Oh my god that was stunning! We know they will medal... can it be higher than bronze? 🫶

Sigh, of course the CBC Gem app crashes right before the final flight of ice dancers.

Yep. I am lucky in that I work from home. But when I try to go to my 9:30am yoga class, I have to leave the house around 7:45am to catch a bus around 8-8:15am. Generally the bus gets stuck waiting to get onto the bridge, then again somewhere along Barrington or SGR. Same trip driving? 15-20 min.