If this area of land had the density of Barrington or Spring Garden that'd be like an whole extra annual city budget's worth of revenue which would result in a HUGE drop in the tax rate. But, we'd rather pay for parking as long as it's disguised as property taxes

햏@hehheh.bsky.social · 6h ago

Yup. I've been taking drone photo shoots for this purpose exactly. Just to show people how much wasted space there is. Bayer's Lake is the prime example.

Alderney ferry is absolutely packed, but sure we don’t need extra ferries on weekends when the bridge is closed.

There should be bus lanes and protected bike lanes on Quinpool.

People: “can you make genocide denial a crime?” Carney: “best I can do is make criticism of the Israeli government a crime”

New Episode Available! @dartmouthderek.bsky.social and @halifaxdave33.bsky.social look back at our win against Inter Toronto and the loss to Ottawa Check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/d... Pics thanks to the CPL #coyw #hfxwanderers #cpl #canpl

Unexpectedly durable piece of Justin Trudeau's legacy: publicly financed pipeline construction.

If you want a summary of how inconsistent and incoherent the “Friends of the Halifax common” are on almost any issue, this is a good summary.

Terri@terriclarke.bsky.social · 2d ago

I went back to finish the rest of the podcast episode with FOHC’s Howard Epstein and it just keeps getting more and more ridiculous as it goes on.

Today is October 1st, Treaty Day in Mi’kma’ki. October 1st was designated in the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1752-53 as a day on which the Mi’kmaq and British would come together, receive gifts, and renew their friendship.

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 4d ago

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

A disaster class in how not to impeach a witness.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

Evergreen.

Matt Stickland@landofsticks.bsky.social · 4d ago

Council just absolutely refuses to use their power to fix this issue.

Why would bike lanes do this?

Matt Dagley@mattdagley.com · 4d ago

A motorist drove into the Mary Brown’s on Sackville Dr. yesterday.

This is a paid ad for the US government.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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12 years ago, Halifax Council considered a proposal to collaborate with DND to build an arena with 4 ice surfaces in Windsor Park, which would have opened in 2017, as well as a second arena in Shannon Park. Not only is Fillmore’s plan a rehash of a rejected 2014 plan, it has fewer new ice surfaces

Halifax Forum could close under new arena proposal | CBC News

Two major recreation projects are being contemplated for the Halifax region, with municipal staff recommending two new arenas be built to replace a number of aging facilities, including the Halifax Fo...

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Terri@terriclarke.bsky.social · 7d ago

Fillmore has a vision to replace The Forum with a 2-pad arena that’s a partnership between HRM, DND, and an unnamed private sector partner. He claims HRM’s share of the cost would only be $17 million. Where? What partner? What about the non-ice spaces at The Forum? Where’d he get that exact $? 🤷‍♀️

The last few times Halifax was given free money with a deadline (bike lanes, transit, windsor exchange) we blew through the deadline without even starting, got extensions out to around 8 years, still didn't manage to *START* planning before the deadline, and lost the funding.

The Logic@thelogic.co · 5d ago

The prime minister promised key building projects will wait no more than a year for approval. That means figuring out how to cut wait times by as much as two-thirds. thelogic.co/news/major-p...

Former justice minister asks questions about whether the government is interfering in police investigations. Current justice minister files a complaint with the Barristers society to try and get her in trouble. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.S. justice minister complained to barristers' society about former justice minister | CBC News

Becky Druhan, Nova Scotia's former justice minister, says a member of the government filed a code of conduct complaint with the province's barristers' society over questions she asked as an Independen...

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Who could have predicted this! www.yacnews.com/meta-glasses...

Meta glasses used to film women and girls without consent from Seoul to Barcelona as police cases mount worldwide

Police and prosecutors across France, Spain, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. have opened cases against men accused of secretly filming women and girls with Meta glasses. The only warning victims have ...

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Damn bike lanes. They ruined everything. Only mayor Fillmore can fix this.

Matt Brand@mattbcbc.bsky.social · last wk.

Just....you know...absolutely one of the worse traffic mornings I've seen since I started working here There's no way around any of this. Work from home if you can #HFXTraffic

They even made DoorDash apologize.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

Amidst all the turmoil facing Canada, I'm glad the recently returned House of Commons could cut through all the noise at home and abroad to promptly schedule the second reading of a Bill on a matter that brings all Canadians together: Jury Duty Appreciation.

If you’re still supporting Canadaland, you shouldn’t.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 2w ago

Good God 🤦‍♂️

Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.

Judy Trinh@judytrinh.bsky.social · 2w ago

Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.

Halifax: -Growing Clover is a hazard -Nothing we can do here because they don't have a permit (literally what 311 wrote me)

Jean-François@meanderingemu.bsky.social · last mo.

I know this is by MVA an unmarked crossing, but how many pedestrians would feel safe crossing Agricola here? How many drivers know it is? Not helped by SUV parked to edge blocking visibility. @hfxgov.bsky.social Agricola at Sarah.

Some more coverage of the proposal for the wanderers grounds and the fields at Maybank. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Excitement, and concerns, too, over Halifax Wanderers' $30-million proposal to transform Maybank Field

The Wanderers pitched spending $30 million to transform Maybank Field into a community sports hub.

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We don’t want to become the 51st state, so let’s jettison everything that makes Canada worth living in, like higher environmental and labour standards.

Toronto Star@thestar.com · 2w ago

The federal government tabled new legislation Monday to make sweeping changes to environmental and labour rules, in Mark Carney’s latest effort to remove what he sees as barriers to development in pursuit of his pro-growth agenda.

Not surprising that this is coming on the heels of evidence of US war crimes in Iran, and warrants issued against Putin and Netanyahu.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2w ago

Trump administration readies sweeping sanctions against ICC, reports say https://aje.news/n0m96c

For the mayor's $90,000 staffing report the HRM paid $45,000 per page.

Enjoyed ranting about the importance of this proposal to youth sport and community clubs.

Down the Pub Podcast@downthepubpod.bsky.social · 2w ago

Twas an epic rant. @dartmouthderek.bsky.social had a pretty good one too!! Really appreciate you coming on pal!