Matt Stickland
@landofsticks.bsky.social
Founding editor of GrandParade.news a Halifax newspaper, host of Grand Parade and co-host of Wanderer Grounds. Previously: Writer for The Coast, Founding editor of Committee Trawler, an NDP Candidate, Submariner, and Theater tech. DMs open, he/him.
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Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
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A crossing guard dies in Hamilton, Ontario, due to regulatory failure and bad design
Meanwhile, in London, the government says, "safe vehicles save lives."
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November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
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Following three pedestrian fatalities in only seven days, Hamilton City Council has launched a review of road safety.
Audio of Mayor Andrea Horwath's post-Council answers on the subject, recorded on November 19, 2025, is now on my Instagram account. #yhmcc www.instagram.com/joeycoleman....
Audio of Mayor Andrea Horwath's post-Council answers on the subject, recorded on November 19, 2025, is now on my Instagram account. #yhmcc www.instagram.com/joeycoleman....
Joey Coleman on Instagram: "Following three pedestrian fatalities in only seven days, Hamilton City Council has launched a review of road safety.
Here are Mayor Andrea Horwath's post-Council answers ...
Hamilton City Council has initiated a review of road safety measures after three pedestrians lost their lives in recent incidents. Mayor Andrea Horwath shares her thoughts on the review and the steps ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Following three pedestrian fatalities in only seven days, Hamilton City Council has launched a review of road safety.
Audio of Mayor Andrea Horwath's post-Council answers on the subject, recorded on November 19, 2025, is now on my Instagram account. #yhmcc www.instagram.com/joeycoleman....
Audio of Mayor Andrea Horwath's post-Council answers on the subject, recorded on November 19, 2025, is now on my Instagram account. #yhmcc www.instagram.com/joeycoleman....
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
Wanna know why taxes are going up? Read all about it in the latest issue of Grand Parade
Halifax facing $60 million budget shortfall
Bad decisions and unsustainability haunt council
www.grandparade.news
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Wanna know why taxes are going up? Read all about it in the latest issue of Grand Parade
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Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
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This "driving concern" is actually a very rarely acknowledged major pedestrian safety concern. Drivers whipping around from behind you as you start crossing turning right on green is lethal
www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
Is it illegal to stop before turning right at a green light?
When you’re turning right at a green light, it’s right to slow down or even stop to make sure it’s safe, expert says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This "driving concern" is actually a very rarely acknowledged major pedestrian safety concern. Drivers whipping around from behind you as you start crossing turning right on green is lethal
www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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(Traffic) Police Investigate Pedestrian Collision - Halifax
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** Release
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November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
Newspaper? In bed.
Podcast? Scheduled.
Goalies? Coached.
Video games? Booted.
Podcast? Scheduled.
Goalies? Coached.
Video games? Booted.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Newspaper? In bed.
Podcast? Scheduled.
Goalies? Coached.
Video games? Booted.
Podcast? Scheduled.
Goalies? Coached.
Video games? Booted.
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“When the bridge closed, about 25,000 vehicles crossed it daily… Six years later, 9,000 of those journeys have vanished - not diverted to other crossings, but simply evaporated. Yet the local economy has adapted, air quality has improved, and overall traffic congestion has lessened.”
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
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November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“When the bridge closed, about 25,000 vehicles crossed it daily… Six years later, 9,000 of those journeys have vanished - not diverted to other crossings, but simply evaporated. Yet the local economy has adapted, air quality has improved, and overall traffic congestion has lessened.”
The new issue (no. 27) of Grand Parade newspaper is out on Monday.
A new episode of the Grand Parade podcast is also out on Monday.
A new episode of the Grand Parade podcast is also out on Monday.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The new issue (no. 27) of Grand Parade newspaper is out on Monday.
A new episode of the Grand Parade podcast is also out on Monday.
A new episode of the Grand Parade podcast is also out on Monday.
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This line stood out to me in the article "Mayor Andy Filllmore said there were already “tools in the toolbox,” including the IMP, which the municipality can use for road safety". So that's the IMP passed 8 years ago but still not adequately implemented? It can be used but isn't in #ZeroVisionHFX 🙄
Halifax council passes motions on road safety engineering and communications
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Halifax council passes motions on road safety engineering and communications - Halifax Examiner
Councillors Laura White and Sam Austin introduced motions same day council heard presentation on 2025 Road Safety Annual Report.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This line stood out to me in the article "Mayor Andy Filllmore said there were already “tools in the toolbox,” including the IMP, which the municipality can use for road safety". So that's the IMP passed 8 years ago but still not adequately implemented? It can be used but isn't in #ZeroVisionHFX 🙄
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Any sane, competent government would immediately revoke this company’s corporate charter and end their existence within a week’s time.
“Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.”
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Any sane, competent government would immediately revoke this company’s corporate charter and end their existence within a week’s time.
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And only one fucking bus north of Duffus. I love the 7, don't get me wrong, but this densely populated area needs more than a quaint little downtown loop.
District 8 has had a rough go. Halifax explosion, "urban renewal" highways, Africville, and now suffering dilapidated community centers so suburbanites can have free parking.
According to the city's model, D8 generates something like a $45m surplus annually.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
And only one fucking bus north of Duffus. I love the 7, don't get me wrong, but this densely populated area needs more than a quaint little downtown loop.
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You will be surprised to learn that pretending this municipal financing model is sustainable to make voters happy has led us to a Bad Place.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You will be surprised to learn that pretending this municipal financing model is sustainable to make voters happy has led us to a Bad Place.
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I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
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"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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A coast to coast Zamboni highway and skate track
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 AM
A coast to coast Zamboni highway and skate track
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@suzanneleb.bsky.social @stillots1.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social @hfxgov.bsky.social @unitedwayhalifax.bsky.social The start of December is still a week away. I am sharing this today as it never early to prepare. worthmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Feelings of Coming Into the Month of December 2025
worthmatters.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@suzanneleb.bsky.social @stillots1.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social @hfxgov.bsky.social @unitedwayhalifax.bsky.social The start of December is still a week away. I am sharing this today as it never early to prepare. worthmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
District 8 has had a rough go. Halifax explosion, "urban renewal" highways, Africville, and now suffering dilapidated community centers so suburbanites can have free parking.
According to the city's model, D8 generates something like a $45m surplus annually.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
"The project was included in the 2024/25 Capital Budget and is proposed for design work in 2026/27 and completion in 2029/30 at an estimated cost of $46.8M."
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November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
District 8 has had a rough go. Halifax explosion, "urban renewal" highways, Africville, and now suffering dilapidated community centers so suburbanites can have free parking.
Reposted by Matt Stickland
According to the city's model, D8 generates something like a $45m surplus annually.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
"The project was included in the 2024/25 Capital Budget and is proposed for design work in 2026/27 and completion in 2029/30 at an estimated cost of $46.8M."
Per
Per
cdn.halifax.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
According to the city's model, D8 generates something like a $45m surplus annually.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
On a 30 year annualization, the long-waited Needham Centre would be ~$1.6M per year.
Or: North End Halifax is completely capable of just buying itself nice things without anyone else being involved.
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That whole "cars are freedom" bullshit is really coming apart at the seams, huh?
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That whole "cars are freedom" bullshit is really coming apart at the seams, huh?
I have... Free time?
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I have... Free time?
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It’s budget season. Councillor Rashovich asked admin what would need to be cut to make the city’s mill rate reduced by 5 per cent. Regina’s floral conservatory is ONE of those proposed cuts.
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It’s budget season. Councillor Rashovich asked admin what would need to be cut to make the city’s mill rate reduced by 5 per cent. Regina’s floral conservatory is ONE of those proposed cuts.
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WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI