Jeremy Lundholm
urbanecoloutsider.bsky.social
Jeremy Lundholm
@urbanecoloutsider.bsky.social
Ecologist, botanist, hiker, home cook, and low-key birder. Washed-up former academic with cats.
Also writing as Urbanecologyoutsider: https://urbanecologyoutsider.ca/
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💧 Halifax Water rates finalized. Residential bills to rise 12.1% in Jan 2026 and 6% in Apr 2026. Average +$9.28/month in January and +$5.11 in April. Increases driven by inflation, aging infrastructure and system growth.

www.halifaxwater.ca/news/halifax...

#Halifax #NovaScotia #HalifaxWater
January 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
This is why we need to support independent journalism: they do the gross, dirty work so that we don’t have to!
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Hung the feeder low so that my wife can also reach it. These ones cleaned it out in 5 minutes...learning is fun!
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Canada won't because a) Carney is all in on digital asbestos, and b) his former firm Brookfield was a major investor in helping Musk buy Twitter.

financialpost.com/fp-finance/b...
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Halifax sunrise, kicking at the darkness by walking with friends #NovaScotia
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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#NovaScotia
Nova Scotia Power top brass sit out rate hike hearing #Cowards

Energy board says utility execs have testified in rate hearings for at least 20 years, but not this year

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nova Scotia Power top brass sit out rate hike hearing | CBC News
For the first time in 20 years, Nova Scotia Power’s most senior officials are not participating in the public hearing that will determine whether many of their customers see rates jump this year and n...
www.cbc.ca
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This volunteer common juniper in my front yard is bringing joy on this dreary Halifax morning. It's ~18 years old!
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
So many ducks at Black Rock beach this morning (mallards, black ducks, a couple of pintails and red-breasted mergansers at the very least)
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM