Halifax updating accessibility standards at transit islands that connect with bike lanes - Halifax Examiner A 2023 CNIB report found that intersections of bike lanes and transit islands have barriers for people who are blind or partially sighted.

Halifax updating accessibility standards at transit islands that connect with bike lanes www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

Halifax updating accessibility standards at transit islands that connect with bike lanes - Halifax Examiner A 2023 CNIB report found that intersections of bike lanes and transit islands have barriers for people who are blind or partially sighted.

Halifax updating accessibility standards at transit islands that connect with bike lanes

Story by me

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

This is a rendering of a new building that is approved for Sackville Dr @ Hillcrest *currently Sackville Professional Centre

very creative in the surrounding neighbourhood

Someone on Facebook complained that the effort we spent holding a funeral for a raccoon-shaped traffic cone would have been put to better use picking up litter. We can do that too – meet at the diverter this Saturday. #BikeHfx

Picture of street filled with people when cars are prohibited, with a prominent sign saying “road closed.” Via Urban Truth Collecrive (Also, it’s a street, not a road)

How come they keep spelling “open” wrong?

Does that street look closed to you? Only if you’re a car… and presumably that’s the real problem. #UrbanTruth

Road rage incident leaves Halifax councillor shaken ‘He’s screaming at me, he’s giving me the finger’: Community members identify alleged repeat aggressive offender on social media

"She said this experience has changed how she thinks of road safety as a councillor" - an awful thing to happen to @beckykent.bsky.social. Sadly, this is the everyday reality for people walking, rolling or wheeling in HRM. We need tangible action on #RoadSafety www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/... 1/2

It really says something about @hfxgov.bsky.social priorities when residents have to implement their own #RoadSafety strategies. How quickly they acted to remove this art. Meanwhile, at least 37 people have been killed or injured since this council was elected docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Adults and kids with and without bike helmets milling about in the sunshine in front of Halifax’s Oval building.

A couple of people fixing bikes in the sunshine next to Halifax’s Oval. A sign attached to the front of a cargo bike says “free bike tune ups”.

Many people on bikes and scooters on Halifax’s Oval with more people socializing in the background.

I think we had about 200 folks show up for the #KidicalMassHfx Spring Social! So lovely to see everyone come out of hibernation.
Thanks to Halifax Cycles for bringing bikes to test ride, @ecologyaction.bsky.social for tune ups, and to everyone who came out. What a great start to the season!

Katy Jean addresses a crowd of people, many wearing bicycle helmets, at the intersection of Harvard and Allan streets in Halifax.

A large crowd of people gathered at the intersection of Harvard and Allan streets in Halifax. Many have bicycles while a few are using scooters. They are listening to Katy speak.

Two homemade signs stuck in a planter. One says "We miss Scritchy" and has a drawing of a raccoon's face. Another says "Justice 4 Scritchy!"

Several flowers and bouquets of flowers laid against a traffic cone at the intersection of Harvard and Allan streets.

Big turnout for Scritchy the Raccone's memorial service at the Harvard/Allan diverter this afternoon. @katynotie.bsky.social delivered a moving eulogy before mourners observed a moment of silence. #BikeHfx

LNG Canada exceeds estimated 2024 global record for burned gas | The Narwhal LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned more gas in 2025 than any other liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on record in 2024

This is a shocking story. Congrats to @thenarwhal.ca on exposing this.

LNG Canada in Kitimat – 🇨🇦's first major LNG facility – is now one of the highest sources of GLOBAL emissions for flaring, undermining claims that we produce the cleanest natural gas in the world: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...

2026 Q1 Edmonton building permit report – Jacob Dawang A first look at 2026 building permits through Q1, tracking whether Edmonton will continue the record-breaking momentum of 2025.

NEW BLOG POST

Edmonton's housing momentum didn't stop at the end of 2025.

Q1 2026 data is in and Edmonton is on track for another strong year of homebuilding in the places people want to live. The rowhome revolution continues. 🧵

#yeg #yegcc #yimby

jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/q1-building-permits/

‘This Is Just a Plan to Cheat, Pure and Simple’ | The Tyee The UCP is spiking an independent Electoral Boundaries Commission report and rigging the next vote.

Alberta’s #UCP government served notice in the legislature Thursday it intends to toss out the entire report of the 2025-26 Electoral Boundaries Commission.

This is unprecedented as far as electoral boundary commissions go, but not a complete surprise, writes @djclimenhaga.bsky.social. #abpoli

I’ll make this VERY clear — if you don’t understand very well critical truths like #InducedDemand (aka the Irrefutable Law of Congestion) and its twin truth #JevonsParadox, you are not qualified to make transportation-related decisions affecting cities.

And your profession will make cities worse.

A small correction. It reduced emergency response times. The response times of emergency vehicles improved with these changes in Wales. We can do the same. Please follow @visionzerokh.bsky.social

Fully adopting #VisionZero is one of the most cost-effective road safety measures a municipality can implement. Given the fiscal headwinds that @hfxgov.bsky.social is facing, it is not only the fiscally responsible thing to do, it is the most morally responsible approach too #RoadSafety 4/4

Small correction. Reduced emergency response times.

Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea! Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong

Perhaps more comparable to HRM, speed limits implemented in Wales led to fewer crashes, reduced emergency response, and lower healthcare costs which also saved the country money (h/t @willhaycardiff.bsky.social) willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/turns-out-... 3/4

As someone who stayed in Old Montreal in an AirBnB, I can confirm that they are in "old builds" as well. And I know you know this as well, but it must be stated that we need far more supply. We need all manner of housing built. If any jurisdiction is below 5% vacancy, they need to build like crazy.

Prague just opened the new Dvorecký Bridge. It's exclusively for trams, buses, bikes, and pedestrians. Private cars are completely banned.

There is a mountain of evidence now that lower speeds save lives & the strongest results come from limits across the board not just on residential streets. We could save money & lives if @hfxgov.bsky.social truly implemented a #VisionZero approach, instead of just talking about it 1/4

UK article where free parking for visitors is unthinkable, but staff park for free: " Free staff parking is not caring. It creates poverty through forced car ownership"
Here we need support for not driving - safe active travel, BRT, Park & Ride routes serving central hospitals also using bus lanes

“Gas prices? What gas prices?” better cities create choices. Via the Urban Truth Collecrive Image of people riding bikes in a protected bike-lane in Paris

“We could never do THAT in OUR city!” Leadership doesn’t make excuses. Via the Urban Truth Collective Image of people walking on a wonderful pedestrianized street in central Montreal

NEW: “Our ultimate goal is better decision-making about cities, so we want to influence decision-makers. But to do that, we have to reach & influence everyone.” READ & SHARE our new @urbantruth.bsky.social initiative profiled in @momentummag.bsky.social! #UrbanTruth momentummag.com/urban-truth-...

Seattle’s Sound Transit “could save at least $15 billion by adopting international best practices and building automated light rail from Ballard to West Seattle. This reform would allow rail to get to Ballard by 2039, rather than decades later.” [showing Vancouver’s skytrain]

AUTOMATED light rail.

And then join the Kidical Mass spring social at the Oval!

hfx.bike/kidical-mass...

Correct link here www.halifax.ca/roadsafety. Also, the information in the link is misleading. Vision Zero means NO deaths, not a downward trend in deaths. No loss of life is acceptable on our roads if @hfxgov.bsky.social was actually committing to Vision Zero. See visionzero.ca

All are welcome to join to honour the memory of Scritchy Raccone, our fallen hero of the #PylonWars.

A small service will be held at the intersection of Harvard and Allan Streets in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday, April twenty second 18th at 2:00 PM.

My fiance and I drove through here yesterday and she loved seeing Scritchy and the little ones with them. I'm so tired of the hostility towards this diverter. We've been installing diverters at other parts of the city as well. I can confirm driving is also improved in the area. It's safer.

Image from google maps that shows the marked crosswalk where a 16-year-old male was struck by the driver of a taxi yesterday. This stretch of Wyse Road is a protected bike lane & the green "elephant's feet" markings are designed to alert drivers that cyclists may be crossing.

A 16-year old male on an ebike was sent to ER yesterday. Struck by a taxi driver in a marked crossing. One of many people experiencing road violence that @hfxgov.bsky.social deems acceptable to keep traffic flowing. We want to know about your experiences too - more on Monday April 13 #VisionZero

Building on Halifax Examiner investigation, analyst compiles list of anti-competitive restrictive grocery covenants across Canada - Halifax Examiner Jacob Filipp published list in March detailing how big grocers are preventing competition.

Building on Halifax Examiner investigation, analyst compiles list of anti-competitive restrictive grocery covenants across Canada

reported by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social