Agenda, September 15 Wanderers ProposalThe major item before Council that grabbed all the headlines was a proposal from Derek Martin, owner of the Halifax Wanderers, to build a permanent stadium on th...

Forum:On Wednesday, Council resumed budget deliberations with a look at the capital budget and I’m fairly alarmed at where Mayor Fillmore wants to take us regarding the Halifax Forum project. The Foru...

Transportation ImprovementsLink Nova Scotia has released its list of road upgrades that will be installed over the coming months. This is work coming from the Regional Transportation Plan. HRM staff h...

Agenda August 25 Pickle Ball in DartmouthI don’t think it’s news to anyone that pickleball has been exploding in popularity. A survey by Pickleball Canada from early 2025 suggests a 57% increase in pl...

The Nova Scotia government has made changes to its income assistance regulations to exclude homeless residents living in tents from getting access to enhanced financial support.

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Big Albro NaturalizationThere have been some big changes at Big Albro Beach! The naturalization project that HRM has been planning since last year has launched! HRM staff and volunteers, including som...

Agenda, June 23 Dartmouth Common CricketIt was a relatively light Council meeting (for the public portion anyway), but there were two District 5 items on the agenda. Up first was the potential convers...

I don’t normally write a Council Blog about proceedings at HRM’s standing committees since most of what happens at Committee eventually rolls up to Regional Council, but today wasn’t an ordinary Audit...

Agenda, June 16 Memorial LibraryThe fate of the Memorial Library was back before Council. Before us was a motion to discontinue the park plan and go out with a request for proposals to reuse the build...

The participatory budgeting process for District 5’s capital fund has concluded! Seven non-profit groups from District 5 applied for funding this year. The overall requested amount was $42,000, which ...

Agenda, May 26 Ferry Fare ForgivenessThe major item for District 5 was a motion I put forward to waive fares on the Alderney Ferry on weekdays for the month of June. My reason for the motion is becaus...