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train good, ride bikes, have fun, he/him
thank you for approximately 70 years of service, crank arm
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
thank you for approximately 70 years of service, crank arm
thankfully, there are councillors who seem to understand that land use is a very powerful fiscal tool.
adding to that:
land use that is affordable for the city is also going to be more affordable for its citizens.
adding to that:
land use that is affordable for the city is also going to be more affordable for its citizens.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
thankfully, there are councillors who seem to understand that land use is a very powerful fiscal tool.
adding to that:
land use that is affordable for the city is also going to be more affordable for its citizens.
adding to that:
land use that is affordable for the city is also going to be more affordable for its citizens.
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Cuttell is also saying that the average tax bill number is not at all helpful. Because renters in non-capped apartment buildings are getting absolutely fucking ruined. Recent home buys with a freshly reset cap are being dragged over the coals. Capped properties will pay the same taxes as last year.
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Cuttell is also saying that the average tax bill number is not at all helpful. Because renters in non-capped apartment buildings are getting absolutely fucking ruined. Recent home buys with a freshly reset cap are being dragged over the coals. Capped properties will pay the same taxes as last year.
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Morse is up asking how badly council fucked itself by spending it's reserves to keep taxes low
Staff (paraphrased) we're pretty fucked, we need to charge taxes to start saving again, but also pay interest to on the money we borrowed to cover the cost of not having reserves.
Staff (paraphrased) we're pretty fucked, we need to charge taxes to start saving again, but also pay interest to on the money we borrowed to cover the cost of not having reserves.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Morse is up asking how badly council fucked itself by spending it's reserves to keep taxes low
Staff (paraphrased) we're pretty fucked, we need to charge taxes to start saving again, but also pay interest to on the money we borrowed to cover the cost of not having reserves.
Staff (paraphrased) we're pretty fucked, we need to charge taxes to start saving again, but also pay interest to on the money we borrowed to cover the cost of not having reserves.
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Staff are now explaining how some social investments lead to greater overall affordability (eg transit, education and rec funding)
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Staff are now explaining how some social investments lead to greater overall affordability (eg transit, education and rec funding)
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This average is skewed by renters and new home buyers who are paying a shit tonne more than a 10% increase and folks like me who are capped and have been for over a decade will see a much, much, much, much, much lower than 10% increase.
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This average is skewed by renters and new home buyers who are paying a shit tonne more than a 10% increase and folks like me who are capped and have been for over a decade will see a much, much, much, much, much lower than 10% increase.
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Taxes are expected to go up by ~10% or $276 on average
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Taxes are expected to go up by ~10% or $276 on average
affordability only matters if you own property, I guess?
A statement from the office of Mayor Andy Fillmore regarding the 2026-2027 #budget.
“Affordability is the top concern for everyone right now. Our job at City Hall must be to reduce the property tax burden on residents as much as possible." /1
“Affordability is the top concern for everyone right now. Our job at City Hall must be to reduce the property tax burden on residents as much as possible." /1
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
affordability only matters if you own property, I guess?
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Three posts today looking for information on hit & runs on the Halifax peninsula, one of them was a person hit in a crosswalk.
This is what happens when you have a police department that does NO traffic enforcement.
Annoying b/c we pay these motherfuckers and they don’t give a fuck our city.
This is what happens when you have a police department that does NO traffic enforcement.
Annoying b/c we pay these motherfuckers and they don’t give a fuck our city.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Three posts today looking for information on hit & runs on the Halifax peninsula, one of them was a person hit in a crosswalk.
This is what happens when you have a police department that does NO traffic enforcement.
Annoying b/c we pay these motherfuckers and they don’t give a fuck our city.
This is what happens when you have a police department that does NO traffic enforcement.
Annoying b/c we pay these motherfuckers and they don’t give a fuck our city.
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#bikeHFX, at the end of a recent What on Earth podcast, they said they are working on a show about people living without owning a car or truck. They want your stories, interested in more rural places, people with young kids, or with mobility challenges. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#bikeHFX, at the end of a recent What on Earth podcast, they said they are working on a show about people living without owning a car or truck. They want your stories, interested in more rural places, people with young kids, or with mobility challenges. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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for the record, i don’t believe that all men want is to assault teenagers without suffering consequences for it. i do however believe that if you’re a man who does NOT want that, this would be a GREAT time to get VERY FUCKING LOUD about it
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
for the record, i don’t believe that all men want is to assault teenagers without suffering consequences for it. i do however believe that if you’re a man who does NOT want that, this would be a GREAT time to get VERY FUCKING LOUD about it
a transit ad espousing the environmental benefits of taking the bus, and a bold public health ad. I cant imagine this today.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
a transit ad espousing the environmental benefits of taking the bus, and a bold public health ad. I cant imagine this today.
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Metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar, save me
save me metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar
save me metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar, save me
save me metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar
save me metro Transit bus with sunglasses and bass guitar
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We make changes to #KidicalMassHfx every year based on the feedback we receive. Please let us know how we did in the 2025 season and maybe win a cool prize!
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We make changes to #KidicalMassHfx every year based on the feedback we receive. Please let us know how we did in the 2025 season and maybe win a cool prize!
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"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
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Some pics from what’s under the surface at Dartmouth Cove from today’s bioblitz
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Some pics from what’s under the surface at Dartmouth Cove from today’s bioblitz
screw the white house, we need to take back the nationals and restore the Expos
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
screw the white house, we need to take back the nationals and restore the Expos
it’s craaaaazy a guy with the same grasp on reality as any old crank is president of the united states
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
it’s craaaaazy a guy with the same grasp on reality as any old crank is president of the united states
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
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Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France
Alex Colville
1944
Alex Colville
1944
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Landing Craft Assault Off Southern France
Alex Colville
1944
Alex Colville
1944
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If you go to a ceremony today, please remember why you're there.
Remembering to forget
Editor’s Note: Matt Stickland has been in the military for 10 years and deployed to Libya in 2011 on HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN. On November 11, as a country we will gather and remember…
dalgazette.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If you go to a ceremony today, please remember why you're there.
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That drivers are out here running stop signs and red lights while looking at the phones they’re holding in front of their faces and this isn’t treated like a crisis, but Halifax council spent the summer debating the cost of bike lanes as though that is… it’s fucking bananas.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
That drivers are out here running stop signs and red lights while looking at the phones they’re holding in front of their faces and this isn’t treated like a crisis, but Halifax council spent the summer debating the cost of bike lanes as though that is… it’s fucking bananas.
back at it again baybeeeee
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
back at it again baybeeeee