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Antonia Z.
@acbzw.bsky.social
Typewriter monkey in Kjipuktuk
Writes for Grand Parade now and again
Pinned
This part of Mishima’s Confession’s of a Mask is actually about cities pouring money into car-centric infrastructure
Yeah im an “amateur local cartographer” (couldn’t make it to Eisner Cove Wetland before part two of this piece)
An earlier version of the Board of Police Commissioners story incorrectly said that the Board’s motions still need to be approved by the council. They do not. We regret the error. Police reform in Halifax is officially underway.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Thinking about silt tn wby
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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New paper is out today!

On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.

On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The colour version of this is quite pretty, anyone else have good fall pics this hear?
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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She told @acbzw.bsky.social that it was not the right time and she needed to do more research
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
good morning fellow hobbyist democracy enjoyers! I'm at council which is apparently going to be in camera first. good for me because I am going to look at studies and whatever is linked to the agenda and hopefully be sooo on the ball today
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Frontier Index by Silver Jews
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Idc about press gallery, give us scream room
Sorry I went AFK to go yell in the bathroom because I looked up Ottawa's road safety strategy which has an engineering section that has engineering countermeasures that can be used by staff in the road network to make roads safer. Ours does not.
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yeehaw!
it’s true, pick it up in store or add one to your book orders online!

kingsbookstore.ca/grandparade
October 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Mmm almost back to pre-pandemic levels

cdn.halifax.ca/sites/defaul...
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Yayyy
Just kidding, the digital and paper issue will both be available tomorrow morning.

In it, @acbzw.bsky.social writes about the provincial overreach in city planning.

On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social digs into overtime and some good news crime prevention and the new CARE team.
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Genuine question from a non-driver here: are cars allowed to be in an intersection like this? I always see traffic lined up like this here
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The person you can’t reach on the phone today is the person you didn’t recognize at council on Tuesday
October 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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What is up democracy super friends, it is city council day and we are doing community announcements. Fun story while we wait for the meeting to start in earnest a fun story: Today I forgot my phone on my bike. When I came back into city hall the commissionnaires tried to wave me through
October 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Issue 19 of the paper goes out tomorrow.

On the front Giancarlos Cininni dives into the city's 1.4 billion debt problems.

On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how council has given up on Halifax Transit and road safety.

Grab it in your inbox or at Atlantic News.
September 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Some things I saw walking through Heidelberg today which enhanced the impact of listening to this episode:
If you listened to today's podcast early, you may want to go back and listen again. There are two additions in the latter half of the show and a new, mildly traumatizing homework assignment in the intro.
The worst version of water world, a Sept 8-12 council recap
open.spotify.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Sometimes municipal politics makes you reapply deodorant in the city hall bathroom to cover your stress sweat
But then sometimes you are reminded you’re still in a small city and councillors will shred at the local pump track. Yay
Cuttell shredding
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Water water everywhere,
And how the budget did shrink,
Water water everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink
New issue out tomorrow over at Atlantic News or online at grandparade.news
September 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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New paper out tomorrow.

Halifax votes to fund the Davis Cup; this one is by a new writer for Grand Parade, Giancarlos Cininni.

@joshrjhealey.bsky.social keeps gives us an update last week's stadium vote.

And @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how John Lohr is delaying housing getting built
August 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Gas leak and preventative power outage for safety in Dartmouth, Albro Lake area. Evacuation in place apparently
August 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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#Halifax regional council voted in favour of $50,000 in funding for the Davis Cup. My colleague @mmughees.bsky.social is working on a story for you for tomorrow.

I'll have other stories from council as well.
August 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Still in camera! I am clocking out of the news mill for today though
August 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sorry had to switch to phone
Chants:
Babys are dying in Palestinine
Davis cup needs to be cancelled
Cancel the tennis match, save 50k
What are your children gonna tell you in the future?
Shame
From the river to the sea palestine will be free
August 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hi bluesky, city council has begun
my computer fans are making the sound of a plane taking off
August 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM