OPENFILE: UARB decides for HRM. Again.


On Tuesday the great and powerful Utility and Review Board delivered its verdict on the shape of the municipal districts in the next election in HRM.

The UARB—as its’ friends know it—had already decided on the size of council back in the summer. Downsizing council from 23 to 16 required …


Why a high school in Eastern Passage makes sense.

One of today’s lead news stories is that the provincial government might be willing to entertain funding the construction of an Eastern Passage high school.  Because of this, the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB)  has decided to wait on whether to request construction or not.

It has been awhile since …


More ferry tails.


View of my drive to work today.

Today I would say the Halifax III on the way to Woodside was rocking back and forth, port to starboard, from level to 10% up on the starboard side.

Rock rock. Rock rock. Rockrock.…


Waiting for the Big Reveal…

Tonight, the Imagine Our Schools process will unveil the first draft of the new capital plan for Halifax peninsula. The consultants were hired in September and given until March, all of seven months, to produce a proposed capital plan.

This was mandated by the Department of Education to address the …


HRM gives cultural plan a green light

The ChronicleHerald.ca
Though the cost to the city is unknown, council Tuesday night approved a 10-year cultural plan for Halifax Regional Municipality.

The plan, to be evaluated in 2008, met with little resistance. Only Coun. Harry McInroy (Cole Harbour) voted against it, saying metro has more important things on which …