He is welcome to join us!

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

legend has it he's still out there diverting traffic to this very day....

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

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.

"Housing unaffordability is an indictment of this country."

I experience housing-related depression and today has been one of those days. This is not a terribly hopeful piece, but it really helps to hear any homeowner acknowledge, in a realistic way, that change is needed.

It only takes a minute to use the online tool to send a message to your provincial Minister of Health!

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Three raccoon characters sitting on a concrete curb at the intersection of Allan and Harvard in Halifax. They are holding signs.

Scritchy has returned, with helpers! #BikeHfx #PylonWars

BLT Trail in limbo as volunteer board dissolves - Halifax Examiner Local councillor and MLA holding public meeting Wednesday about the Beechvile-Lakeside-Timberlea (BLT) Trail's future.

BLT Trail in limbo as volunteer board dissolves
By @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Long Lake on a nice spring day

I'm in your neck of the woods rn. It's windy but it's so pretty

I haven't seen anything

I opened my first bank account there too!

A one-storey, ornate brick commercial building on a street corner being demolished. There is a new apartment building under construction in the background.

The old Royal Bank on Quinpool is coming down.

Two people, one on a bike and another on an electric scooter, using a bike lane on Almon Street in Halifax.

A Halifax Transit bus, route 7B, departing Scotia Square terminal in downtown Halifax. A woman dressed for pleasant spring weather is crossing the street in the foreground.

Spring Garden Road, a commercial street in Halifax, late in the day. Many people are walking along the street and a Halifax Transit (route 10B) bus is making its way to a bus stop where a couple of riders are waiting.

After so many grey days this weather is really cheering me up

Before you assume: no, this isn’t in America. This is in Halifax. HALIFAX.

I personally would not call the system broken, because it is operating as designed: to channel wealth to property owners at the expense of anyone else in need of housing, with especially dire consequences for those living at the margins.

"Nytasha added she’s one of many homeless people who get up and go to work but still can’t make ends meet. It is, she said, a sign that our system is broken."

We went to check out Scritchy the Raccone and it looks like someone fixed them up with some screws!
#PylonWars #BikeHFX

"All the while, baby boomers remain relatively happy. The latest international data available for those aged 60 and over, from 2024, show Canadians in this group rank eighth out of 143 countries – 50 places higher than those under 30."

"This past month, the World Happiness Report released new data for people under age 25. Canada now ranks 72st globally – below the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom."

Young Canadians are increasingly miserable. Government priorities show why Governments have not matched the rise in spending on boomers with new revenue from that generation

"This is what systemic ageism against younger Canadians looks like in practice: a pattern of decisions at the cabinet table that no grandparent would make around their family table."

Even my Mom (a diverter skeptic) laments what has befallen Scritchy the Raccone

Local authorities who abdicate responsibility for safety infrastructure for people travelling without cars are making a policy announcement about their commitment to inequality.

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N.S. launching 5-person team to incorporate AI into government operations | CBC News The province invested $4.4 million to establish artificial intelligence capabilities this year.

NS Tories: we can’t afford to publish books but we can spend $4.4M dollars to steal from them. #nspoli

Austerity is a vicious cycle. You cut taxes. You cut services to pay for the tax cuts. Declining services make people more resentful of government and paying taxes. You cut taxes some more. You cut services more. Resentment grows…

The new enforcement officer at the Harvard–Allan diagonal diverter seems to be effective 🦝 #BikeHfx

And eliminating printed maps and schedules is expected to save $75,000, just $0.27 of the average property tax bill.

With Halifax Transit also discontinuing printed maps and riders' guides (schedules), it will be harder than ever to use transit without a smartphone and data plan.