The Downtown Scoop – haligonia.ca

Bravo Min. Jennex! HRM, smarten up and save our Neighbourhoods!

Haligonia Editors — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:02:20 +0000

By Dawn Sloane The problem with the school review is that in HRM’s case it is killing established communities by forcing children to go to schools outside of their neighbourhoods which then cause the deterioration of walkable sustainable communities/ neighbourhoods. As the typical amenities are closed down or relocated, neighbourhoods lose their uniqueness, […] More

Valentines…..Shhhmalentines

Haligonia Editors — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:02:50 +0000

As a 45 year old single woman, I really can’t stand all this hype over Valentine’s Day. Frankly I just don’t understand why one day out of 365 is so important to those that have found a mate. Notice I didn’t say soul mate, lover, or better half. I will embellish on this soon enough.
Personally, I think it you have a partner, male or female; you

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Blue Jays, Cranes and the rise of the Phoenix

Haligonia Editors — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:03:10 +0000

While feeding the 5 bluejays that frequent my backyard every morning, I could hear the rattling of cranes and thought to myself progress has come to Downtown Halifax. Several people have asked me but why did it take so long and what is the fate of those that have hung on awaiting this to occur?

New Central Library

During my tenure on Regional

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Public Trust – Must Not a Bust

Haligonia Editors — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:11:45 +0000

I have procrastinated enough. It’s time to write a blog on public trust. I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and what is there to say about public trust?

I think the polls say it all when it comes to public trust. 37% of the electorate voted in the last municipal election. This is the same number as the last election of 2008. So why wasn’t th

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Boxes Aside… Benefits of Community Councils and How to Save Small Municipalities

Haligonia Editors — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:02:51 +0000

I was going to write a quip about the things I uncovered while sorting through the 12 years of reports, thank you letters, requests, and material brought back from conferences, but I have decided to change gears due to two opinions that were made regarding how our municipality should be governed and the issues towns […] More