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submitted Halifax’s supply of heritage protected houses is one home bigger. The house, at 6215 Coburg Road, across the street from Dalhousie University’s Howe Hall residence, received Registered Heritage Status from Halifax Regional Council last Tuesday. The status puts guidelines on what can be changed about the property, and also incentivizes restoration with HRM’s renovation matching p...

The Tare Shop was dubbed Halifax’s first fully zero-waste store when it opened in October 2018. Everything at its 5539 Cornwallis Street location–from rice to shampoo to spices–is available in bulk, with the option to purchase an upcycled container or bring your own.  The shop recently did a calculation of just how much waste it has kept out of the waste stream, and found that its Halifax location has diverted 16,798 cups and bottles, and 127,322 plastic bags from the waste stream si...

The Hutchinson City Council learned Tuesday that the city manager has targeted April 1 as the date to reopen city hall, and that patrols of city parks are stepping up. The council also appeared to support the city remaining a member of the Regional Economic Area Partnership for about $10,000 per year but it rejected an idea to use idle economic development funds to create a low-interest revolving loan program to support moving small businesses into vacant buildings around town. The issues were ...

Nova Scotia's official COVID-19 numbers.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Looking at a city’s skyline can offer a look backward in time. But every city has to find the right balance between progress and protecting the past.

by KATYA KOROL AND DR. SARAH FRASER, Dec 4/20

RBJ’s Power 100 List 2021 When we decided to launch our Power List series, we knew it would be a difficult task to select just 100 power players in the Rochester community for our inaugural Power 100 list. Ben Jacobs It definitely was. But we are pleased with the makeup of this list of leaders. Health care is heavily represented, as it should be. The health care industry is vitally important to the Rochester economy even in normal times, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only increased our relian...

How did Nova Scotia’s millennial-in-chief do at his first COVID-19 briefing?

More Than 300 Michigan Small Businesses Awarded Grants - Farmington-Farmington Hills, MI - To winterize operations, add capacity

During election szn, some councillors said they supported it. Come budget time, they backtracked. This week Halfiax’s budget committee voted on the police budget, but talks about how HRM spends its money on policing have been buzzing for more than a year–since El Jones’s presentation on defunding the police to the Board of Police Commissioners in January 2020, to a global movement demanding the police and prison industrial complexes are dismantled.  Back in October, when citizens of ...