Want responsible government? You need to take action On April 25, 2024, Halifax’s Transportation Standing Committee will debate one of the worst strategic plans presented to councillors in rec...
Adding density and drinking in parks Happy belated Earth Day to those who celebrate. In honour of Earth Day let’s take a look at how passing the HRM’s budget was likely not sustainable and i...
Researchers, biologists and Indigenous communities are working to bring the plant species—and its benefits to healthy shorelines and carbon storage—back to Nova Scotia’s coastlines. When T...
What Philadelphia’s basketball team can teach Haligonians Being a sports fan of any team is often an unrequited love affair. For most sports fans, the odds of your favourite team winning are v...
https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/halifax-poised-to-pass-budget-focused-on-the-future-32735276
New CAO is fixing her department The Audit and Finance Standing Committee met on Wednesday April, 17, and Halifax’s new Auditor General Andrew Atherton told councillors what his team’s prior...
https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/halifaxs-auditor-general-drops-2024-audit-plan-32714321
The Canadian Premier League club fell 1-0 in last weekend’s season opener against Pacific FC. It wasn’t the start Patrice Gheisar had been hoping for—though it sure felt familiar enough. O...
As many as 375,000 cruise tourists will visit Halifax in 2024. But environmental groups say federal regulations still aren’t protecting Canada’s waters. As cruise ships go, the Viking Octant...
All-inclusive travel packages have everything taken care of for a fun, stress-free trip. White, sandy beaches, crystal blue waters and clear sunny skies shouldn’t just be dreams that follow yo...
https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/ready-for-a-vacation-to-cuba-transat-is-ready-for-you-32595454
Analyzing the good, bad and otherwise in what is likely HRM council’s final one-year budget before it introduces a four-year cycle. Halifax council is one week away from approving its 2024/25 ...
Bargaining with the province isn’t working as is, says union On Apr. 11, a record-breaking 98% of teachers in the Nova Scotia Teachers Union–NSTU–voted in favour of a strike mandate. …
For years, members of Glooscap First Nation identified clean energy as one of the community’s top priorities; this summer, the community is taking a major step toward renewable, self-sufficien...
The still-unnamed women’s soccer team—possibly titled Halifax Tides FC—has officially joined Project 8, set to kick off in 2025. Courtney Sherlock has an eye for opportunities. A veterinar...
Why can't we build complete communities anymore? This was supposed to be a short council meeting with only five things on the public agenda. But today, like most days, council got derailed by a ...
The union of 292 members says university is in a 10-year financial downturn and needs new leadership The union of 292 full-time faculty members and librarians at Saint Mary’s University, SMUF...
Do head to Saint Mary’s University where you can watch it with cool glasses On Tuesday, Apr. 2, Robert Thacker was doing his weekly "Science Files" call-in segment on City News' The Todd Veino...
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? As Halifax heaves a...
“In a class on comparative perspectives on genocide, we could not pretend this was not happening.” “I’m trying to choose my words cautiously,” says Dorota Glowacka, a professor at the ...
What even is a Budget Adjustment List? After months of meetings—what I’ve been calling the regular season of Halifax’s 2024-25 budget talks—we are finally down to the Budget Season playo...
https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/demystifying-halifaxs-budget-process-32620098
Thoughts from the press box on HRM’s 2024 Budget Season. The city has done a lot of good work this Budget Season, and councillors have set themselves up well for the Budget Adjustment List deb...
It’s time for Dalhousie University to divest from oil and gas, says student group. On Wednesday, Mar. 27, roughly 45 students marched through Dalhousie’s campus raising signs reading “Foss...
https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/we-dont-want-any-more-money-being-slicked-with-oil-32594700
At this week’s regular Tuesday meeting of city council, multiple councillors wore purple shirts to bring attention to epilepsy. Purple Shirt Day was started in 2009 by a Nova Scotian named Cas...
“People don't know how to talk about it. Everyone's scared. Everyone's scared of alienating and being alienated.” On Thursday evening, Mar. 21, three University of King’s College students ...
Why can’t city staffer Dave Reage get people on his buses? We’re still in the Budget Season doldrums, the weeks between the end of city council’s regular season of budget debates and the s...
https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/halifax-transit-planning-for-a-ridership-decrease-32582978
There are roughly 10,000 teachers in Nova Scotia taking a vote on April 11 on whether or not to strike. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is negotiating a new collective agreement with their employ...
The Wanderers’ 2024 roster is arguably the deepest, most experienced in franchise history. But with rivals forming super teams, will it be enough? Pre-season in sports is a strange and wonderf...