Update: Islamophobic tattoo guy is indeed a Canadian Navy sailor
The man photographed at a local Tim Hortons sporting a sizable Islamophobic tattoo is indeed a member of the Canadian Navy, a Navy spokesperson confirmed late this afternoon..
Month: June 2019
News brief: CN announces start of herbicide spraying on its right of ways, but keeps mum on details
CN has announced on its website that it will be applying herbicides on and around its railway tracks in Nova Scotia between June 24 and July 27. That’s all it will say. We tried…
Halifax police stonewalls FOIPOP request about pros and cons of $500,000 armed vehicle
the Nova Scotia Advocate has been informed that a a Freedom of Information request it submitted to the Halifax Regional Police to find out more about its internal reasoning for acquiring that tank-like vehicle was denied in its entirety.
Media release: If APL gets 79 more units how many more affordable housing units for HRM?
APL’s proposed Willow Tree Development at the corner of Robie and Quinpool will be the subject of a public information session on Thursday June 6, 7pm Halifax Forum. RM documents indicate the developer will have 288 units – nearly a 30% increase in the units and in developer’s profits. Will HRM require a re-negotiation of the number of affordable housing units?
News brief: Alleged Halifax Navy sailor with Islamophobic tattoo now being investigated (updated)
A member of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) observed at a local Tim Horton’s sporting a large Islamophobic tattoo on his forearm has been identified and is now being investigated by the RCN chain of command.
News brief: Thursday’s town hall in Halifax will help shape far reaching plan for Green New Deal
Two major events dealing with a Green New Deal are scheduled in Halifax this month. We talk to one of the organizers of this Thursday’s town hall about how the two events relate, and where they differ.
Media release: Blowing up the town: Special Meeting of Heritage Advisory Committee to consider 16- 20- 26- and 30-storey towers Spring Garden, Robie, Carlton and College
Media release: Two proposals by Dexel and Rovualis, for 30, 16, 20, and 26 towers at Spring Garden, Robie, College and Carlton Streets are to be considered at a special meeting of the Heritage Advisory Committee on Wednesday, June 5th, 3pm at City Hall.
Newsbrief: P3 highways cost more and reduce accountability, report suggests
A new CCPA report shows that, based on the Cobequid Pass experience, P3 highways cost more and reduce accountability when you compare it to the traditional way of highway construction and maintenance,
Media release: Public Town Halls June 4-5 in Antigonish and New Glasgow to discuss the twinning of Highway 104
Halifax – Please join us for a town hall about the proposed Pictou-Antigonish stretch of Highway 104. The two events take place in Antigonish on June 4 and in New Glasgow on June 5.
Letter: Think of environmental racism as an act of attempted genocide
Raymond Sheppard looks at environmental racism in Nova Scotia. “It could be concluded that environmental racism is an act of attempted genocide,” he writes.