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'Do not obey in advance'
Hear hear
Hear hear
![Dear Councillor Clearly, Mayor Fillmore, and the rest of Council,
At the beginning of June I reached out with the letter below to tell you how important it is for Halifax to forge ahead with our AAA bike network. I spoke about how crucial this is for me as a parent of two small children, who ride on my bike and alongside it on their own bikes, how necessary it is for me as a person with mobility issues, for whom the bike is a lifeline and a mobility aid, and how supportive I am of bike lanes as a driver, since every time someone can choose an alternative to driving the streets are less congested for those who are driving.
I am beyond grateful to those of you who heard Halifax speak, and responded with support for continuing to build our bike network. I have listened to the debates as you’ve taken concerns seriously and handled these things in good faith. Thank [you].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eptga7jbh5a2wcghhor2dvfm/bafkreibddb7ssp7amnlmjfokt3wtpbtcv4hz24jxuevihis4b7pgowb6rm@jpeg)
August 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
'Do not obey in advance'
Hear hear
Hear hear
Andy Fillmore, elected mayor with the weakest mandate in the history of HRM, is frustrated that the democracy of municipal council is working as intended and is asking the province if he can have more power
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Halifax mayor says 'change is needed' at city hall, would welcome strong mayor powers | CBC News
The mayor of Halifax says strong mayor powers could improve the current system that is slowing progress on issues he was elected to tackle, but one political expert says he has yet to see a good argum...
www.cbc.ca
July 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Andy Fillmore, elected mayor with the weakest mandate in the history of HRM, is frustrated that the democracy of municipal council is working as intended and is asking the province if he can have more power
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The trouble with uranium in Nova Scotia
By Elisabeth Kosters
By Elisabeth Kosters
The trouble with uranium in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner
Whatever one’s opinion of uranium as a power generating resource, Canada doesn’t have a shortage of uranium for domestic use any time soon.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The trouble with uranium in Nova Scotia
By Elisabeth Kosters
By Elisabeth Kosters
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Forever wishing Halifax transit would run the woodside ferry on weekends and holidays. Making everyone bottleneck through dt Dartmouth is exhausting, idc.
July 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Forever wishing Halifax transit would run the woodside ferry on weekends and holidays. Making everyone bottleneck through dt Dartmouth is exhausting, idc.
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2024: Filmore, 42%
2020: Savage, 80%
2016: Savage, 68%
2012: Savage, 57%
2008: Kelly, 56%
2004: Kelly, 82%
2000: Kelly, 55%
1995: Fitzgerald, 51%
The mayor is acting like he represents some kind of majority, when he’s the least popular mayor (by vote share) Halifax has had since amalgamation.
2020: Savage, 80%
2016: Savage, 68%
2012: Savage, 57%
2008: Kelly, 56%
2004: Kelly, 82%
2000: Kelly, 55%
1995: Fitzgerald, 51%
The mayor is acting like he represents some kind of majority, when he’s the least popular mayor (by vote share) Halifax has had since amalgamation.
This is big talk for a mayor who won with only 42.5% of the vote.
A robust and detailed piece, with most councillors weighing in.
Here’s a snippet of Fillmore’s response to @suzannerent.bsky.social’s query about strong mayor powers:
“I am very concerned that the Council may not be fairly representing the richness of views that HRM residents hold.”
Here’s a snippet of Fillmore’s response to @suzannerent.bsky.social’s query about strong mayor powers:
“I am very concerned that the Council may not be fairly representing the richness of views that HRM residents hold.”
June 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
2024: Filmore, 42%
2020: Savage, 80%
2016: Savage, 68%
2012: Savage, 57%
2008: Kelly, 56%
2004: Kelly, 82%
2000: Kelly, 55%
1995: Fitzgerald, 51%
The mayor is acting like he represents some kind of majority, when he’s the least popular mayor (by vote share) Halifax has had since amalgamation.
2020: Savage, 80%
2016: Savage, 68%
2012: Savage, 57%
2008: Kelly, 56%
2004: Kelly, 82%
2000: Kelly, 55%
1995: Fitzgerald, 51%
The mayor is acting like he represents some kind of majority, when he’s the least popular mayor (by vote share) Halifax has had since amalgamation.
Aww yeah! I'm on the 84 right now and found one #ExaminerBus
June 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Aww yeah! I'm on the 84 right now and found one #ExaminerBus
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What's currently happening in Nova Scotia with uranium mining and bike lanes is exactly why our democratic structures no longer work properly. When one person thinks they have the authority to do whatever they want, well, that's authoritarianism not democracy.
June 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What's currently happening in Nova Scotia with uranium mining and bike lanes is exactly why our democratic structures no longer work properly. When one person thinks they have the authority to do whatever they want, well, that's authoritarianism not democracy.
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If you ever said “wow libraries are great” then guess what? You support Canada Post, because they have a library shipping rate (reduced cost) and libraries use it a lot, to move books around and also spend more money on things like the collection you claim to love.
I see once again I’m going to have to beg pundits who haven’t lived outside of Toronto in decades to stop opining on how useful Canada Post is.
I don’t care how little you personally get or send mail. A public postal service with a mandate to get mail to every address in Canada is a public good.
I don’t care how little you personally get or send mail. A public postal service with a mandate to get mail to every address in Canada is a public good.
May 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
If you ever said “wow libraries are great” then guess what? You support Canada Post, because they have a library shipping rate (reduced cost) and libraries use it a lot, to move books around and also spend more money on things like the collection you claim to love.
Hearing reports that there's a goddamn Nazi bar in my neighbourhood 😡
The Oasis in Halifax has booked a white nationalist comedy group for a show this month.
Known for making antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Indigenous, and misogynistic jokes, the group has associations with Diagolon, and numerous white nationalist groups.
Known for making antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Indigenous, and misogynistic jokes, the group has associations with Diagolon, and numerous white nationalist groups.
May 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hearing reports that there's a goddamn Nazi bar in my neighbourhood 😡
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Here's a reason for us to get out and VOTE locally here in Halifax, because the guy running for the Halifax MP seat for the Conservatives is a former Loblaws Corporate Executive of 11 years, Mark Boudreau.
Please Vote y'all, we don't need a corporate executive managing us.
#Halifax #HaliSky
Please Vote y'all, we don't need a corporate executive managing us.
#Halifax #HaliSky
March 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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I don’t want to see a nice polite campaign from Lisa Robert’s. I want to to see the @ndp.ca go hard against this Loblaws exec they are trotting out to hide the hateful transphobia of the CPC. I want attack ads.
March 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I don’t want to see a nice polite campaign from Lisa Robert’s. I want to to see the @ndp.ca go hard against this Loblaws exec they are trotting out to hide the hateful transphobia of the CPC. I want attack ads.
I've got to get out a couple more times this week!
@hfxgov: The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that they have a few more days to take advantage of ice skating at the Emera Oval, which is closing for the winter season on Sunday, March 16. Details: t.co/cppLz5bCDE
t.co
March 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've got to get out a couple more times this week!
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reminder for local friends, the chronicle herald is an american company now and will be pushing an american view. The Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca and The Coast @thecoast.ca are both Canadian and are both worth a sub
March 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
reminder for local friends, the chronicle herald is an american company now and will be pushing an american view. The Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca and The Coast @thecoast.ca are both Canadian and are both worth a sub
Cars are the most important people in Halifax
March 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Cars are the most important people in Halifax
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Halifax has a significant problem with pedestrian safety. How many more people will be killed crossing the street before we take this seriously?
globalnews.ca/news/1098110...
globalnews.ca/news/1098110...
Woman, 21, dies in hospital after being hit by car in Halifax, driver charged - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
A 21-year-old woman has died after being struck in downtown Halifax by a vehicle that had allegedly just been in another collision up the road.
globalnews.ca
January 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Halifax has a significant problem with pedestrian safety. How many more people will be killed crossing the street before we take this seriously?
globalnews.ca/news/1098110...
globalnews.ca/news/1098110...
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
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Good morning #booksky
Just a friendly reminder that Audible, owned by Amazon/Bezos, supports the tech giant. Libro.fm offers an alternative, letting you buy audiobooks while supporting independent bookstores. Choose where your dollars go and align your listening with your values.
Just a friendly reminder that Audible, owned by Amazon/Bezos, supports the tech giant. Libro.fm offers an alternative, letting you buy audiobooks while supporting independent bookstores. Choose where your dollars go and align your listening with your values.
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
Libro.fm
January 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Delighted to see this show up so many times in my feed today. I love the Halifax Public Libraries! My friend takes little sewing projects to the Central Library, and I love being in the space itself
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Delighted to see this show up so many times in my feed today. I love the Halifax Public Libraries! My friend takes little sewing projects to the Central Library, and I love being in the space itself
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If you are able and interested, now would be a good time to shovel some leaves away from a storm drain in your neighbourhood before it gets dark. This one was hard to find!
November 23, 2024 at 8:15 PM
If you are able and interested, now would be a good time to shovel some leaves away from a storm drain in your neighbourhood before it gets dark. This one was hard to find!
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Hey #halisky.
I’ll be sharing some resources and questions to ask provincial candidates now that we are in an election no one wanted.
First is a series of questions on NDA legislation courtesy of Can’t Buy My Silence. 🤫
I’ll be sharing some resources and questions to ask provincial candidates now that we are in an election no one wanted.
First is a series of questions on NDA legislation courtesy of Can’t Buy My Silence. 🤫
October 28, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Hey #halisky.
I’ll be sharing some resources and questions to ask provincial candidates now that we are in an election no one wanted.
First is a series of questions on NDA legislation courtesy of Can’t Buy My Silence. 🤫
I’ll be sharing some resources and questions to ask provincial candidates now that we are in an election no one wanted.
First is a series of questions on NDA legislation courtesy of Can’t Buy My Silence. 🤫
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- Bring Back Rent Control
- Ban Fixed Term Leases (Close the Loophole)
- Buy & Build Affordable Housing
If you care about housing in Nova Scotia, these are your demands this election.
#capebreton #HaliSky #southshore #truro #hrm #nspoli #NSACORN #NovaScotia
- Ban Fixed Term Leases (Close the Loophole)
- Buy & Build Affordable Housing
If you care about housing in Nova Scotia, these are your demands this election.
#capebreton #HaliSky #southshore #truro #hrm #nspoli #NSACORN #NovaScotia
Looks like an election announcement tomorrow at 1:30
October 26, 2024 at 10:35 PM
- Bring Back Rent Control
- Ban Fixed Term Leases (Close the Loophole)
- Buy & Build Affordable Housing
If you care about housing in Nova Scotia, these are your demands this election.
#capebreton #HaliSky #southshore #truro #hrm #nspoli #NSACORN #NovaScotia
- Ban Fixed Term Leases (Close the Loophole)
- Buy & Build Affordable Housing
If you care about housing in Nova Scotia, these are your demands this election.
#capebreton #HaliSky #southshore #truro #hrm #nspoli #NSACORN #NovaScotia
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,879,088!
September 17, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,879,088!
The Butter Babes finished in second place tonight at trivia with 26 points!
September 17, 2024 at 1:06 AM
The Butter Babes finished in second place tonight at trivia with 26 points!
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