The committee is leading a variety of public engagement activities to fulfil its mandate, the first of which is an online survey you can fill out now. So far over 1,000 people have filled out the survey. An impressive number by Halifax survey standards. The form asks respondents to explain if or when they’ve interacted with police, what kinds of programs in HRM contribute to public safety, what role police should play in Halifax whether or not they support defunding the police and what defunding would look like in HRM. The results of this survey will join a collection of research and community and focus group engagement to inform a definition and recommendations for action that the committee will present to the board of police commissioners.
Tenants in Nova Scotia can now refuse in-person property showings
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Gyasi Symonds won his human rights complaint against Halifax Regional Police and the Halifax Regional Municipality after two police officers followed him to his downtown office building in 2017 and issued a ticket for jaywalking. (Submitted by Gyasi Symonds )
The Halifax Regional Municipality is set to provide a written apology and damages to a man who won a human rights case against two city police officers who racially discriminated against him.
Gyasi Symonds filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission after two white officers followed him into his place of work to issue a jaywalking ticket.
A view of the MacKay Bridge from the Canada 150 Trail at Shannon Park (Meghan Groff/HalifaxToday.ca)
A dutiful dog walker in Dartmouth this week made sure they were far from other pandemic pedestrians out for a little fresh air and exercise.
The walker was seen May 10 strolling alone around the trail and harbour lookout at Shannon Park – a site that doesn’t open for the season until June 1.
Although the Canada Lands Company path is currently blocked by a locked gate, the trail user and two dogs were spotted (from the MacKay Bridge roadway) at the lookout.
“While some of the property boundaries are not fenced due to the topography of the site, Canada Lands maintains access control to a large portion” of the area, Chris Millier, a spokesperson with the federal Crown corporation told HalifaxToday.ca recently.