Dave Lane leaves St. John s city council, pleads patience with bike plan
In an nine-minute address, the councillor-at-large bid farewell to his colleagues and thanked those who helped him along the way.
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Coun. Dave Lane, pictured here in 2019, addressed St. John s city council for a final time on Monday. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
Dec 15, 2020 5:45 AM
There could be some hope on the horizon for the preservation of the Railway Coastal Museum.
Mayor Danny Breen provided an update at last night’s city council meeting.
Another protest was held outside the heritage structure over the weekend, with dozens gathering to express their disappointment that a significant part of the province’s history might be lost.
Mayor Breen says former City Manager and a former Chair of the Railway Coastal Museum, Ron Penney has approached the council with a plan to have a community board take over the museum within the building.
Breen says Penney is working on a plan to keep operating the museum at its current location and says what Penney is proposing meets their needs. The repurposing will go ahead, the budget objective would be met and they would continue to tell the story of the railway and the people who worked on it.
Dec 14, 2020 1:41 PM
The province is considering a request from the City of St. John’s for a break on the gas tax as it applies to Metrobus.
St. John’s Centre MHA Jim Dinn says the tax costs Metrobus about $400,000 a year, almost the same amount the city is looking to cut from the Metrobus budget next year.
Dinn says the tax structure is unfair.
He says part of the problem is the fact that the province collects the tax from Metrobus for driving on roads that are maintained by the city, not the province.
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady confirmed she received a letter from Mayor Danny Breen last week on the issue, adding the government will consider the request as part of the spring budget process.
Dozens protest planned closure of Railway Coastal Museum in St. John s
Wayne Greenland sees parallels between the closing of the railway museum, and the closure of the railway more than 30 years ago it was made too expensive and inaccessible.
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Wayne Greenland national director for the provincial branch of the CN Pensioners Association, is saddened to see the museum closing. He says the city hasn t done enough to promote it in recent years.(Ryan Cooke/CBC)
Museum association blindsided by impending closure of Railway Coastal Museum
News that the City of St. John s would be closing the Railway Coastal Museum came as a shock to the Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, which says there was zero consultation with them and they have a lot of questions.
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The Railway Coastal Museum in St. John s was opened in 2003. The building was constructed in 1903. (Railway Coastal Museum/Facebook)