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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 1m

I get 5 councillors e-newsletters in my inbox. I didn’t have to email their coordinators for that, just click a link. I didn’t even realize Virginia Hinch had one since she had so little online presence.

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 25m

People do not want to admit how dangerous driving is because it undermines their entire reality. So they pretend speed limits are about money.

Brigid Howe @bnhowe.bsky.social · 39m

And when we try to make changes, neighbors organize with rhetoric like this. Kemp Mill Civic Association is riling up fear of having to pay tickets (avoidable by not speeding) while people are killed on these roads. It’s disgusting.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 5m

Attention City Hall reporters:

Rory White @rorywh.bsky.social · 1h

Today we launch Civic Searchlight, a tool for searching local government meeting transcripts across 550 municipalities in Canada.

Access is open for researchers and journalists:

civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com

CivicSearchlight - by Canada's National Observer

Search transcripts of municipal meetings across Canada. Find discussions about topics that matter to your community with Canada's National Observer's search tool.

civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 1h

Today, @nationalobserver.com is launching a tool to search municipal meeting transcripts across Canada. The tool has already helped us unearth a climate denial network targeting towns and cities, report on AI data centers, measure our impact and more.

Journalists and researchers, sign up for free!

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 17m

The little things make a difference. #BikeHFX folks sharing their routes, advice for dealing with tricky intersections, bike parking spots, it all makes cycling in HRM a safer, more accessible option.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 22m

I appreciate both of you for doing this!

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 27m

It was. But if they have a better understanding now, and this is setting up a campaign for the next provincial election, then I’m cautiously optimistic.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 44m

Interesting that it says to register in advance

DISTRICT 8 TOWN HALL
On Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m., I will be hosting a town hall with Mayor Andy Filmore. The town hall will take place in the Multipurpose Room at the Needham Community Centre (3372 Devonshire Ave).
This is an opportunity for me and the Mayor to get feedback from you, the residents of District 8! I hope to see many of you there!
You're Invited:
District 8 Town Hall with Councillor Virginia Hinch and Mayor Andy Filmore
Needham Community Centre
Wednesday, Oct. 8
• 6 - 7 PM
Please register in advance by emailing Kate Richardson at richark@halifax.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 46m

www.halifax.ca/city-hall/di...

Communications

Newsletters and communications for District 8 Councillor Virginia Hinch

www.halifax.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 47m

I found one of her newsletters and it says to contact her coordinator Kate Richardson to be added to the email list.

[email protected]

www.halifax.ca/system/files...

www.halifax.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 54m

So true. The rising cost of living is most likely contributing to deferred upkeep for a lot of people.

Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 59m

So true. That would have stuck with me too. Your examples track with what I see as well. Shiny new thing they can cut the ribbon on plays better with voters than basic maintenance on the old thing I suppose.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 1h

Does Virginia Hinch do an e-newsletter for her district? Is it listed there?

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 1h

They have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to upkeep and maintenance. I live near a public housing community and the condition some of those units are in is so unacceptable.

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 1h

Andy Fillmore and District 8 Coun. Virginia Hinch are hosting a town hall at the Needham Community Centre at 6pm tonight.

Fillmore has hosted a few town halls: in Lower Sackville, Lucasville, and one in Cole Harbour, which he shut down early. We will see what people have to say at tonight's event.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 1h

I’m impressed with Chender here for plainly stating that we need more housing in general, not just more public housing. And she’s right we need investment in Halifax Water and the power grid so that we can build in the right places, instead of just enabling more greenfield development.

NDP zeroes in on Houston government's failure on housing - Halifax Examiner

Houston is creating housing policies mostly for the benefit of large development companies.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 1h

NDP zeroes in on Houston government’s failure on housing

Morning File by me

NDP zeroes in on Houston government's failure on housing - Halifax Examiner

Houston is creating housing policies mostly for the benefit of large development companies.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 1h

The no straight except bicycles sign on Allan at Oxford might be up there in the uselessness ranks. I’d say on average during am traffic 8 out of 10 drivers ignore the signs and go straight.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2h

You can provide feedback to NS health here. Note: NS health still gives 1 free box of 5 rapid tests to people who request them. Jealous of that. This AI situation not so much. research-study.nshealth.ca/surveys/?s=3... #NSPoli

research-study.nshealth.ca

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2h

Holy F. NS health is using an AI chat bot called Nova and their recent Facebook post encourages people to ASK THE AI CHAT BOT about their SYMPTOMS. This is absolutely wild. www.yourhealthns.ca #nspoli

YourHealthNS

www.yourhealthns.ca

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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 2h

I was thinking about this.
Also the fact that it was a minivan with a relatively low hood height rather than an suv or truck

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 2h

“since any councillor who's good at their job will be voraciously consuming every piece of information that people write or record about them, that means one or two of them will eventually also hear this.

And if you are one of those two people, hi, hello, welcome to a show for you, Councillor.”

Amalgamate all hope ye who live here, a Sept 29 - Oct 3 council update

Podcast Episode · The Grand Parade · 2025-10-06 · 57m

podcasts.apple.com

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Pam Sword 🇨🇦 @pamsword.bsky.social · 2h

These 3 young women from N.L. are among the Canadians abducted by Israel as they tried to break the blockade of Gaza while delivering food and medical supplies.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 2h

Good point! And good on Airdrie! I had no idea they had a city wide 30km/h limit. That’s something to celebrate.

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 2h

This is not to excuse the driver, but the reason why we are even watching this video and why it’s not a fatality is because Airdrie has a city wide 30km/h speed limit.

30km/h has an significantly lower fatality risk in driver vs walker collisions.
#Calgary #Airdrie

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 21h

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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