October 30th, 2009
Friday’s Headlines
By Rachel Caroline Derrah // 1 Comment
Every Monday (well, except for today .. today is Friday) and Thursday morning, Spacing will scan the local newspapers and media for articles to Atlantic cities. Put on the coffee, fix yourself a bowl of cereal and settle down to an already-gathered collection of current news stories from around the east coast.
CITY HALL
HALIFAX - Council sticks to secret appointments [the Coast]
SUMMERSIDE - Summerside ditch policy 'unfair', 'illegal', residents claim [The Guardian]
URBAN GREEN
HALIFAX - Halifax group off to transit seminar [Chronicle Herald]
KENTVILLE - Environmentalists want tighter biosolids rules [Chronicle Herald]
CHARLOTTETOWN - Survey finds Islanders willing to pay more for local, sustainable food [The Guardian]
SAINT JOHN - Garbage dump discovered in park [Telegraph Journal]
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
HALIFAX - Save the site [Halifax News Net]
HALIFAX - Evictions, closings and demolitions sweep through downtown [the Coast]
DARTMOUTH - Thriller in the streets [Halifax News Net]
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Nice selection of articles.. Bousquet's piece in the Coast --on Halifax Council's still-secret selection of committee members-- is a good one. The current process is undemocratic and the opposite of transparent government.
Comment by Lawrence Plug
October 30, 2009 | 10:24 am