Demolition, a move and an eight-storey build planned for Bedford’s Honeycote heritage home Addition includes 30 residential units and underground parking on the Bedford Highway

Honeycote has seen a lot through the centuries from its perch on the Bedford Highway — after all, it was home to a scandalous Halifax politician who contributed to the iconic Premier Joseph Howe losing an election.

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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

“It was very intense. I had never had that happen. Other people talk to me about road rage things, but I had never had that happen to me.”

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Mooseheads closer to building private training centre at Dartmouth rink QMJHL hockey team would be exclusive tenant in public facility

“A single bathroom is not enough of a public benefit for me to support this motion. I would be looking for more of a public benefit."

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An alarming downstairs neighbour: Halifax may mix housing with fire stations Following Vancouver’s lead, Halifax is looking for creative ways to build new fire houses

Vancouver does it. Could it work in Halifax?

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How bad are Halifax construction sites for pedestrian access and blowing garbage? Blocked sidewalks, blowing garbage a daily irritant for many Halifax residents

This is the dirty, inconvenient side of living in a growing city, but there’s something HRM can do about it.

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Expanded transit connecting rural communities to Halifax? Province looking for interest Inter-municipal bus service could set the stage for rail transit

“Inter-municipal transit service can also build ridership for potential future rail service within these key regional corridors."

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Why Halifax decided it's not time to force developers to include affordable housing in their builds 'Right now, unfortunately, the economics just don’t work'

"The reason this is important is a lot of the new developments don’t include affordable housing on the site, so we’re missing that opportunity for, you know, mixing of demographics in those neighbourhoods."
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Halifax housing construction is ‘levelling off’ so far in 2026: What’s changed? HRM sees 20% drop in permits, construction timelines ‘extended noticeably’

“What has changed is affordability and feasibility ... The market is struggling to absorb new units at today’s construction costs."

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Budget passes, but Halifax councillors go on the offensive after mayor refuses to vote for it $1.45-billion budget passes with an average increase of $247 to the average property tax bill

“Not voting for the budget is a bit of an entitlement."
(Ha! Wrong link in previous post).

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Tolls on Windsor Street Exchange considered, then tossed as Halifax stares down $180-million price tag Halifax regional council approves construction phase and extra $30 million for redevelopment of bottlenecked interchange

“We’re going to need to pay for this, and I think now is the time that if we’re going to go ahead with these massive projects, to think about how we recoup the revenue for this.”

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Halifax’s last chance to exit: How Windsor Street Exchange redevelopment costs surged to $180 million Second phase of construction needs approval and an extra $30 million

“Not voting for the budget is a bit of an entitlement."

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Infilling company launches lawsuit against DFO, MP over Dartmouth Cove property ARCP says DFO inappropriately handled infill application and MP Darren Fisher pressured, interfered

UPDATE: DFO minister says the destruction to the marine habitat is not justified and has denied authorization for the infilling request at Dartmouth Cove.

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Infilling company launches lawsuit against DFO, MP over Dartmouth Cove property ARCP says DFO inappropriately handled infill application and MP Darren Fisher pressured, interfered

“It has been over two years. We are holding the minister and MP accountable for their misfeasance in obstructing our application..."
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Halifax’s last chance to exit: How Windsor Street Exchange redevelopment costs surged to $180 million Second phase of construction needs approval and an extra $30 million

While Mayor Andy Fillmore pushed to cancel the $126-million Forum because of escalating costs, this is a different story.
“This is a shared investment between municipal, provincial, and federal partners ..."

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Halifax’s first Asian grocery renewed after fire: 'It’s a rebirth' Carelessly thrown cigarette butt likely caused the fire that shut down the shop for over five months

“I never feel negative about whatever happened, because for me, I don’t like to deal with negative, so positive thinking will make me feel better and more energized.”

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Making it harder to drive? Halifax’s updated transportation strategy hits the gas on alternate modes of getting around Integrated Mobility Plan gets an upgrade thanks to population growth, pandemic impact

“I have been told that, yeah, this is supposed to increase congestion so that people get so frustrated they get out of their cars.”

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Reversing one-way streets, axing right turns — how these solutions will be tested on downtown Halifax streets Province awards $473,000 contract to study and recommend fixes for downtown traffic congestion

The $473,000 contract to study and recommend solutions for downtown Halifax traffic congestion was awarded to Canadian firm CIMA Canada Inc.

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Towers and towers: Regency Links development to bring over 8,000 more people to Clayton Park Proposed Halifax development would add 18 residential towers from 16 to 28 storeys

It will be on 19 hectares off Washmill Lake Drive near the Mainland Common and will have 3,830 units along with commercial spaces.

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I hear ya. I freed myself from submitting years ago.

Company building tall towers around Mic Mac Mall gets needed bylaw changes from Halifax council despite opposition Mega housing project will be home to over 8,600 people at the MicMac Mall

“The scale of this project is just straight-up greedy,” said one neighbor.

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Rip them off: Halifax council orders developer to remove two illegal floors in Dartmouth It will cost the developer over $1 million to take out the already-built two floors of housing

“This is just an absolute pile of fun that we’ve landed on here."

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Escaping ICE and gun violence, an American nurse and her family plan a move to Nova Scotia Bluenosers roll out the welcome mat for RN with a Latino immigrant husband: ‘Nova Scotia is one of the nicest places in the world’

One of the best welcome to N.S. posts: “Light the beacons, a nurse this way comes!!! ... You will not be abducted by ICE thugs and any racism is mostly veiled."

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How Halifax’s $1-billion-plus budget may affect your life in the next year Halifax regional council makes last changes to epic budget with a tax bill increase landing at 9.5 per cent

It’s the big show of HRM’s budget season. This is where Halifax regional councillors make the last-minute additions and subtractions they debated in earlier sessions.

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Halifax spending $960k to expedite road safety projects ‘We are hurting and maiming and killing more people on our roads than we should be,’ says Dartmouth councillor

From BAL today: “We are going in the wrong direction. We are hurting and maiming and killing more people on our roads than we should be,” argued Coun. Sam Austin.

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Scaffolding, metal rod plummeted from Dartmouth development during construction Developer who built two illegal storeys had stop order issued for crashing construction debris into neighbour’s yard

“There’s a bunch of us who build who work within the rules the province and the city have set forth, and it’s really not that hard," says one builder who has no sympathy for Dartmouth developer who built two extra floors without HRM permission.

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Scaffolding, metal rod plummeted from Dartmouth development during construction Developer who built two illegal storeys had stop orders issued for crashing construction debris into neighbour’s yard

The last time this happened was in the 1990s on Brunswick Street. "The council of the day ended up approving a staff-recommended development agreement to solve that.”
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Nova Scotia pulls funding for Halifax’s student transit pass pilot program Halifax council received a letter from the province saying funding for their transit pass pilot program was being discontinued.

New: @thechronicleherald.bsky.social was able to confirm that funding for Halifax's student transit pass pilot program has been "discontinued."

It's unknown if the program can continue without the provincial funds. More details later this morning.

Agreed! My kid has to take transit because there's no school bus and now she has to pay for a bus pass to get to school?

Different developers I think. Stay tuned for a good follow to this story coming hopefully this afternoon.

Oops, we built two extra storeys: Dartmouth developer says extra floors were 'a misunderstanding' Halifax may order developers to tear down extra floors at a cost of over $1 million

So it looks like this kinda thing happened in Halifax in the '90s. Halifax caved to the developer, making an exception to planning rules.

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