Wicked weather has struck across the U.S. leaving behind mountains of snow and freezing temperatures. Areas saw tornadoes, thunderstorms, high winds, heavy rain and hail. The storm continues all week.
Staff to work on affordable housing, new parks, accessible taxis and more. This week, after months of presentations and debate, Halifax Regional Council unanimously passed its budget for the 2021/22 fiscal year. The grand gesture of the budget process exists to increase transparency around how Halifax spends its money. All told, HRM is gonna spend $833 million on services and programs; $178 million on building new stuff or restoring old stuff; and pay for it all with a combination of residential and commercial taxes, debt, revenue, COVID-relief money from the federal government, and a juicy chunk of money that came through Halifax’s hot-housing market and the deed transfer tax.
LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. Some of the lakes that have been frozen enough for fishing shacks and skating might not be for much longer with a spell of warmer weather this week. Doug Marlow has been ice fishing at Albro Lake in Dartmouth for more than 35 years and he never gets started without checking the ice first. Not far from shore, the ice is 19 centimetres or seven and a half inches – thick, which is considered safe for walking. Further out, not so much. It s been going down to about three, four, and then re-growing again, so it s been more sporadic with the weather right, Marlow said. You never know where there may be a hole on the ice, you gotta be really cautious of it.