Robie Street Transportation Corridor
The image above is the transportation reserve that comes from the HRM website here: RC-CPB-attB-SCH06.pdf As indicated in my last council post (Item 10.1), writing about Robie has been on my mind for some time: 10 March 2026 HRM Council Meeting: Complete Streets, Wanderers Grounds Expenditures, Sacred Heart Substantial Alteration Widening Robie Street […]
District 7 Participatory Budgeting 2026
Participatory Budgeting 2026 is Here! I am excited to invite District 7 residents once again to provide their input on how to spend $70,000 in the community, using the Participatory Budgeting (PB) model. This tradition was started in 2013 by Waye Mason. The benefits of this process are that it encourages great ideas to come forward […]
10 March 2026 HRM Council Meeting: Complete Streets, Wanderers Grounds Expenditures, Sacred Heart Substantial Alteration
(Image: Wedding photoshoot outside City Hall yesterday.) Our fifth council meeting of 2026 was held on Tuesday, 10 March 2026. The full meeting agenda, reports and video recording are linked below. Halifax Regional Council – March 10, 2026 This meeting was somewhat abbreviated, as we started the day by finishing our budget deliberations and […]
24 February 2026 HRM Council Meeting: Transit Core Service Plan, Development Fees & Councillor Support Office
Our fourth council meeting of 2026 was held on Tuesday, 24 February. The full meeting agenda, reports and video recording are linked below, as well as the draft Minutes. Halifax Regional Council – February 24, 2026 February 24, 2026 Regional Council Draft Minutes | Halifax.ca 13.1.1 Fly-past Request – Battle of the Atlantic Ceremony […]
10 February 2026 HRM Council Meeting: Personal Vehicles in Bus Lanes, AAA Bicycle Network Alternatives, MDFs
Our third council meeting of 2026 was held on Tuesday, 10 February. The full meeting agenda, reports and video recording are linked below, as well as the draft Minutes. Halifax Regional Council – February 10, 2026 February 10, 2026 Regional Council Draft Minutes This was a relatively short agenda but could be potentially very impactful […]
27 January 2026 HRM Council Meeting: TNCs, $avings on AAA cycling network, Sno-Fest
Our second council meeting of 2026 was held on Tuesday, 27 January. The full meeting agenda, reports and video recording are linked below, as are the draft Minutes. Halifax Regional Council – January 27, 2026 January 27, 2026 Regional Council Draft Minutes Items most relevant to District 7 are highlighted below: 10.2 First Reading […]
13 January 2026 HRM Council Meeting: Missing Middle Housing, Heavy Vehicles, Parking Enforcement
Our first council meeting of the year was held on Tuesday, 13 January 2026. The full meeting agenda, reports and video recording are linked below, as are the draft Minutes. Halifax Regional Council – January 13, 2026 January 13, 2026 Regional Council Draft Minutes | Halifax.ca 10.1 Councillor Austin – Missing Middle Housing […]
09 & 11 December 2025 HRM Council Meetings: Regional Plan Fix, Heritage Buildings, 2026/27 Advanced Tenders
Thursday, 11 December’s Special Meeting was a Regional Plan Public Hearing: Our twenty-fourth (and final!) council meeting of the year was held on Thursday, 11 December 2025. The special meeting agenda, report and video recording are linked below. Halifax Regional Council – Special Meeting – December 11, 2025 4.1 MINORREV-2025-02922 – Updated Approach to […]
02 December 2025 HRM Council Meeting: 2014 Regional Plan (again), Spencer House Lease, Capped Assessments
Our twenty-second council meeting of the year was held on Tuesday, 02 December 2025. The full meeting agenda, reports and video recording are linked below, as are the draft Minutes. Halifax Regional Council – December 02, 2025 December 2, 2025 Regional Council Draft Minutes | Halifax.ca Next week we have Budget Committee, “Capital Program Update […]
18 November 2025 HRM Council Meeting: Missing Middle Housing, Road Safety, Budget Preview & Turret
Our twenty-first council meeting of the year was held on Tuesday, 18 November 2025. The full meeting agenda, reports and video recording are linked below, as are the draft Minutes. Halifax Regional Council – November 18, 2025 November 18, 2025 Regional Council Draft Minutes | Halifax.ca This meeting was quite budget focused, as was our […]