City

Biologists say road and sidewalk salt is harming life in Halifax’s watershed. It’s also the first resort for many Haligonians after a deep freeze. But does it have to be?

Getting back into the swing of routine business

Commutes through Downtown Dartmouth to be largely unchanged.

While the province claims there are enough indoor spaces available for everyone, some advocates say too many hoops and barriers remain.

A tiny invasive insect called the wooly adelgid deserves some—but not all—of the blame.

While the city starts planning for refugee camps.

Feb. 14 Budget Committee meeting learns that higher wages means fewer complaints for HRM.

Integrating strategic plans into decision making three years early

The planning department’s budget promises a lot of action in Halifax’s future.

So far the all-but-confirmed candidates are Andy Fillmore, Pamela Lovelace and Waye Mason.

Mike Savage will not run in 2024 municipal election.

Conflicting priorities at the Department of Public Works make for a department that doesn’t work very well.

Board of Police Commissioners dropped the ball, again

Halifax is both food insecure and coming to realize that you can’t eat the suburbs.

Halifax’s Budget Committee uses money magic to fight the trend toward using contractors.

The library is right to want more money for audio books, even if that means dealing with the Amazon monopoly.

Plus, why “average tax bill increase” is a useless metric.

Monday's snowstorm closed schools, cancelled garbage collection and clogged sidewalks.