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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.
QEII hospital put into lockdown after Halifax shooting
Halifax Regional Police were on scene at the Queen Elizabeth II hospital on Sunday evening, after a shooting near Barrington Street and Richmond Street.
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Posted: Apr 11, 2021 9:03 PM AT | Last Updated: April 12
Halifax Regional Police were on scene at the Queen Elizabeth II hospital Sunday evening, after a shooting near Barrington Street and Richmond Street.
In a news release, police say they were called around 5:55 p.m. to a report of possible gun shots.
A dark-coloured sedan was seen leaving the area at a high speed toward the MacDonald Bridge, according to police.
Brandon Sun By: The Canadian Press
HALIFAX - Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
Members of Extinction Rebellion, protesting issues related to climate change, march to the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Three people, including a climate protest organizer arrested for blocking traffic on the MacDonald Bridge in Halifax in October 2019, have each been fined a total of $237. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX - Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
Trio of protesters fined for blocking Halifax bridge over inaction on climate change
They were among a group of 18 people arrested four hours after the protest began at the MacDonald Bridge in October 2019
Feb 16, 2021 12:38 PM By: Canadian Press
HALIFAX Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
The Nova Scotia Crown Prosecution Service confirms the fines for refusing to leave private property when instructed to do so were issued during an appearance in Halifax provincial court on Feb. 9.
Patrick Yancey of Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia was one of those fined and says the trio argued that their actions were justified to avert the emergency posed by the climate crisis.