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Plans for new MacKay Bridge spark renewed calls for Africville reparations Irvine Carvery, a former resident of Africville, says any plan to build a new bridge must include reparations for the destruction of the historic Black community in the 1960s. Social Sharing I just hope that the lessons of Africville have been learnt, says Irvine Carvery, former Africville resident CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2021 4:52 PM AT | Last Updated: February 5 Africville was demolished and its residents were relocated when the MacKay Bridge was built in the 1960s. This replica church is now a national historic site.(Carolyn Ray/CBC) As Halifax Harbour Bridges looks at replacing the MacKay Bridge, a former resident of Africville says any plan going forward must include reparations for the destruction of the historic Black community. ....
HALIFAX It may cost more to cross the bridges from Halifax to Dartmouth in 2022. Halifax Harbour Bridges is asking the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to increase tolls, beginning in 2022. It would be the first toll increase in 10 years. The proposed increase would see: An increase of 20 cents per crossing for regular passenger cars using MACPASS, from 80 cents to one dollar. An increase of 25 cents per crossing for cash customers from one dollar to $1.25. An increase of 25% per axle for commercial vehicles using MACPASS or cash. No changes are proposed for buses. In a release, Halifax Harbour Bridges wrote the increase is required to fund the 10-year plan to rehabilitate and maintain the two bridges, which are expected to cost more than $280 million. ....
And then there were none. It s hard to believe but just last year more than 16 million people - 4 million of them from overseas - visited pre-pandemic Sydney. It prompted a thought: surely that lot was onto something. It also prompted pangs of what I may have been missing during these long, torturous months of the pandemic after having done my damnedest to escape the city and explore the rest of the state. See Also It was high time to give Sydney s hotels that have been struggling to attract guests a break, in every sense of the word, (aside from those housing returning international travellers for compulsory fortnight stays) ....
Much has been made of China’s shunning of Australian exports. But what about iron ore? It’s hitherto been assumed that the Middle Kingdom is too reliant on Australia’s high quality iron ore for its steel-making needs and therefore would be reluctant to stop purchasing it. Australia is the top iron ore exporter and China relies on it for 60 per cent of its supply. With that in mind, Morningstar’s Peter Warnes offered a compelling counterargument this week and suggests investors in Australia’s iron ore producers may wish to trim their holdings. China’s steel production has soared in the past five years, which leads Warnes to believe it may be stockpiling. ....