Jen Taplin
@jentaplin.bsky.social
Halifax-based City Hall reporter for the Chronicle Herald. Reporting since I was 12. Mom of 3.
One developer wants to build 11 towers ranging from 12 to 52 storeys, and another is proposing a 33-storey tower with 415 units. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
52-storey tower, 11 others proposed for Halifax peninsula neighbourhood
Two developers of the Young Street Lands Future Growth Node share their plans
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An HRM-ordered deadline to remove infill on the Northwest Arm has come and gone, yet the rocks still remain. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Northwest Arm infill still there as deadline expires on Halifax’s order to remove it
Halifax developer has applied for new permit to cover the infill construction
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“I don’t do anything. It just feels like my body just moves without me thinking about it.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
World champion and a newly discovered acting talent, North Preston’s Elayce Clayton knows no limits
Fresh from an international gold-medal victory, this 10-year-old has never lost a competition in her life
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"I think we do need it to make the existing fleet work." www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax’s mayor wants to buy a new diesel ferry — do we need it?
Youngest ferry in the fleet is now eight years old and cost about $6 million
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“I’m really disappointed that we’re restricting the ability of democracy, especially in rural areas." www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Why Halifax is doing away with paper ballots for the 2028 election
It would save the municipality about $800,000 to drop paper ballots and vote only by internet or phone
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"When people are stuck in traffic, everyone sits there and thinks what would happen in an emergency right now? We lived it. We went through it.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Most-vulnerable Halifax neighbourhoods ranked for emergency exits, connectivity
Lasting effects continue for Hammonds Plains residents from the 2023 wildfire: 'The PTSD is real'
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“We have such a great city, but here we are with transit; we’re trying to encourage people to take transit, but yet we cause these obstacles. December? You’ve got to be kidding me.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
'Embarrassing': Another delay hits Halifax Transit tap-to-pay rollout
‘December? You’ve got to be kidding me,’ Dartmouth councillor censures transit managers, delay will cost over $200k
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They’re only allowed up to eight storeys in this neighbourhood but, with a heritage registration, they can go higher. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
South-end Halifax church hopes to survive with 14-storey residential development
First Baptist Church on Oxford Street can go higher than eight-storey limit because of heritage status
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“We’re looking at probably two-and-a-half years before we know what the option will be…” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Nova Scotia looking at crossing options for MacKay bridge
A request for proposals is going out for a contractor to evaluate long-term options across the Halifax Harbour Narrows
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Rank, owned by brothers Joseph and Anthony Ramia, purchased the Dartmouth mall from Ivanhoe Cambridge II Inc. in 2021 through a numbered company. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax tried to get new owner of Mic Mac Mall to pay deed transfer tax — and failed
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia sides with Rank Inc., developer of major housing project M-District, in a decision against Halifax
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The Halifax Regional Municipality held a news conference to kick off the second, and major, phase of construction at this crucial choke point that’s already often a nightmare to get through. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Construction about to let loose on Windsor Street Exchange
Light disruptions this year, but major closures and detours coming early 2027
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Two things need to happen before the properties can go up for sale: HRM has to install the land-use strategy for the area and the lands must be declared surplus. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax’s Cogswell construction is done, but when will they sell the land?
Developers, non-profits and a major hotel chain are interested in snapping up properties in downtown Halifax
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“Marnie joins our organization at a consequential moment.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax hires another Ontario import, this time as CAO
Marnie Cluckie from Hamilton is HRM’s new chief administrative officer
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“It makes me mad,” said Adele. “We never sit on the deck anymore and we’re paying extra for a corner unit, and we can’t even sit on our deck.” Tilley calls it “inhumane” for the older folks who live in that building. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Bedford neighbours push back against ‘unbearable’ and ‘inhumane’ car wash noise
'We want to do the right thing' says Jack's Car Spa owner Mickey MacDonald
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“It’s easy to miss that point. ‘So what are those wealthy people bitching about?’ And what we’re bitching about is first we’re stopping something that’s very bad from an ecology point of view.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax developer ordered to remove infill on Northwest Arm
Infilling investigation is the first test of Halifax's two-year-old infilling restriction bylaw
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Victims of dog attacks — canine, human and “other” — are piling up in Halifax. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Serious dog attacks are on the rise in Halifax — what’s being done about it?
In the past six months, there have been 66 attacks, most victims are humans
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“It’s going to stand out like a jagged tooth on the Bedford Highway..." www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Nine-storey addition to heritage property in Bedford shot down because it’s too tall
Neighbours speak out, and Halifax councillors reject development proposal
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“The people of Dartmouth deserve better than to see yet another piece of their heritage removed.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Dartmouth family urges Halifax council not to erase their legacy ball field with cricket pitch
‘The people of Dartmouth deserve better than to see yet another piece of their heritage removed’
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HRM AG said there were elements to these infractions that “moved past the line of clearly not just compliant and started to make me ask whether they were a little worse than not compliant.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax mayor’s office is being investigated by RCMP for financial irregularities
Municipal auditor general flagged four transactions and sent report to police
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“Nothing might come in or something really spectacular might come in." www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Time to test if Halifax wants to save this heritage building
Demolition plans for Memorial Library building paused for expressions of interest
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He flew around the moon, and then a bit around downtown Halifax looking for parking. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Milestone-making Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen touches down in Halifax and at the Canso Spaceport
Nova Scotia should be proud to ‘put Canada in a position to become a launcher’
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“I mean, it was a time of tremendous unknown, tremendous tragedy, tremendous sadness, and we feel very blessed that we were able to maybe help in a little way.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
25 years after 9/11: Bedford woman recounts the 'tremendous unknown' as she spent days with a group of six strangers stuck in Nova Scotia
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, airport call out for 9/11 memories to honour East Coast hospitality ahead of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
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An Ontario import will be the next chief of Canada’s oldest fire department. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax Regional Municipality hires their first female fire chief away from Toronto Pearson airport
She is the first female fire chief in 30 years since amalgamation and likely in all of Halifax’s history
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In her victim impact statement, Deveau told Hatfield, “You chose the wrong girl.” Incredible story by the amazing @tinacomeaunews.bsky.social www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
'Evil walks among us': Sexual assault survivor shares her story of being raped as a teenager
Kayla Deveau of Yarmouth, N.S. is sharing her story of being raped when she was 14 years old by someone she trusted. She says she needs to share awareness about sexual violence.
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I came across this graffiti image I found on a random wall in Rome: The Angel by street artist Harry Greb, dedicated to journalists killed in Gaza.
“While this is good news that we have a full water supply now, something important is that this doesn’t eliminate potentially being in the same situation that we were in summer.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Enough rain? What is needed to avoid another dry summer of water conservation orders in Halifax
Halifax lakes are full, but we’re not out of the woods yet
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“I actually had this moment of my heart, I just was, like, I can’t believe I’m here, and my heart, I just, I started to tear up.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Virginia? No it's Halifax: On set with Lillian, Next Door shooting now in Nova Scotia
Dramedy about an ex-CIA agent stars Oscar-nominated and Emmy winner Jane Alexander
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"People are just people, aren’t they? They’re all different, and they all tell us their stories.” www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Colin and Justin’s new HGTV show dives into small-town Nova Scotia: ‘It's about living a big life in a small town’
City dwellers from Canada, the United States and Europe find their Small Town Escapes in Nova Scotia
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