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Happy New Year! All the best for 2021

Dec 31, 2020 |

Hi I send out my newsletters every few weeks (typically a few days before the Council meeting, so that you will see what we will be talking about, and so that you can share your opinion about it with me). I also want to publish a Happy New Year blog post and, rather...

HRM Winter Operations

Dec 30, 2020 | ,

Winter has arrived. As I'm writing this post I'm looking out over a day where it's below freezing. I'm thinking back to the two storms that we've already had this year and the many that we had last year. I've also been thinking about the semi-annual newsletter that I...

Transit – Why buy more diesel buses?

Nov 6, 2020 |

The Chronicle Herald recently had an article "Nowhere near electric: Diesel buses lined up for future Halifax Transit fleet" and CBC recently had an article "Ecology Action Centre 'disheartened' by HRM decision to buy 150 diesel buses". Although both stories are...

Neighbourhood Speeding

Oct 26, 2020 |

Neighbourhood Speeding, and what to do We went through one election in 2019 and another in 2020. In both of these elections the number one issue that you talked about was speeding on neighbourhood streets. This problem has been described as a problem all around Lower...

Election 2020 – Thank You!

Oct 20, 2020 |

The results from the 2020 election are in, and they show that you would like me to continue to represent us at City Hall. Thank you, so very much, for that honour. I would like to thank everyone for their support, their encouragement, for sharing their concerns, and...

Hurricane Teddy Updates from HRM

Sep 22, 2020 |

As of 10:40 a.m. | Sept. 23, 2020NOTE: This will be the final update from the EOC barring any significant changes in status.WeatherHeavy rain and high winds are expected to continue today and dissipate by later this afternoon.Localized flooding has...

First Lake Water Quality

Aug 2, 2020 |

July 2023 Update: Through 2022 CBCL had worked to identify the source of the e.coli in First Lake - waterfowl, pet, or human. The results of that report are now available here:...

Sackville Splash Pad, July 2020

Jul 28, 2020 | ,

The splash pad at Kinsmen Park on First Lake Drive is one of the biggest attractions around. This is understandable because it's fun, cools you off, is easy to get to, and is in the pictureson the shore of the lake. This helps explain why it is the busiest splash pad...

HRM 2020/21 Budget 2.0

May 14, 2020 | ,

Budget 1.0, and the introduction of the virus We had just about completed the 2020/21 budget. Budget 1.0 had expenses of about $1 Billion, or about $100 Million each month, and we had revenue to match this. We had a solid budget where there was a 1.4% increase in the...