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High-rise confusion on Barrington

HALIFAX - Last week HRM Council appeared to approve...

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HRM by Re-Design: Meta Library, Part Two: Social Superstructure

A series that examines urban and architectural issues...

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Atlantic Snapshots: Phantoms at the Fountain

Halifax, Nova Scotia photo by Dean Bouchard, member...

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Spacing Saturday

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s...

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World Wide Wednesday: Where in the world?

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around...

Archives /// Peter Richard

Wednesday’s Headlines

POLITICS MONCTON - Health rules not so hard on ice cream shops [Times & Transcript] FREDERICTON - Planning advisory committee overstepped bounds [Daily Gleaner] HALIFAX - Despite OK, roundabouts tentative [Metro] HALIFAX - Councillors keen on roundabouts [Chronicle-Herald] HALIFAX - City staff touting balanced budgets [Chronicle-Herald] NFLD - Province hires consultant to review offshore oil spill practices [Telegram] BUILT ENVIRONMENT FREDERICTON - School can't get OK to rebuild development [Daily Gleaner] CHARLOTTETOWN - Belvedere roundabout work begins soon [Guardian] CHARLOTTETOWN - City identifies bicycle lanes [Guardian] SAINT JOHN - Hands off Harbour Passage [Telegraph-Journal] DEVELOPMENT HALIFAX - Downtown business group prioritizes convention ...

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Friday’s Headlines

POLITICS MONCTON - Ice cream shop owners scream at new health rules [Times & Transcript] N.S. - Public on board with cell-phone ban [Metro] HRM - HRM's draft budget set for release on May 18 [Chronicle-Herald] N.S. - URB: Couple, group can't fight rezoning for wind farm [Chronicle-Herald] N.S. - Province pays for green business study [Chronicle-Herald] DEVELOPMENT HALIFAX - Dalhousie plans $33M student residence [Chronicle-Herald] COMMUNITY FREDERICTON - The waiting game [Daily Gleaner] FREDERICTON - Home delivery cut upsets postal union [Daily Gleaner] P.E.I. - Businessman plans walk across province to benefit hospitals [Guardian] HALIFAX - Green thumbs get to work ...

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Thursday’s Headlines

POLITICS FREDERICTON - Public relations 101 [Daily Gleaner] FREDERICTON - Councillor wants to get moving on library reno [Daily Gleaner] HALIFAX - Conventional tactics [Coast] SAINT JOHN - New business chairman wants good municipal plan [Telegraph-Journal] URBAN GREEN MONCTON - City halls plans out a green, clean, Moncton [Times & Transcript] N.S. - Cosmetic pesticide ban: Lawn-term prudence [Chronicle-Herald] CAPE BRETON - Parks Canada holding open houses to talk coyotes [Cape Breton Post] HAMPTON - Deer-busting community garden coming [Telegraph-Journal] BUILT ENVIRONMENT N.B. - Senators study fate of lighthouses [Times & Transcript] DEVELOPMENT HALIFAX - Too tall for HRM by design [Coast] DARTMOUTH - ...

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Friday’s Headlines

POLITICS N.B. - N.B. probes whether boot is illegal [Times & Transcript] FREDERICTON - City buys downtown frontage from province [Daily Gleaner] HALIFAX - Trade centre studies to be released Friday [Metro] BUILT ENVIRONMENT DIEPPE - Dieppe downtown arts centre nearly complete [Times & Transcript] FREDERICTON - City 'is doing alot of things right' [Daily Gleaner] LUNENBURG - Opera house for sale again [Chronicle-Herald] SAINT JOHN - 'It's time to clean up the trash', councillor says [Telegraph-Journal] DEVELOPMENT FREDERICTON - Riverfront revitalization in works [Daily Gleaner] N.S. - The prince of Fundy tides [Chronicle-Herald] SAINT JOHN - Agency wants help mapping three-year ...

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Thursday’s Headlines

POLITICS FREDERICTON - Boot could be illegal [Times & Transcript] HALIFAX - Blumenthal calms Needham furor [Chronicle-Herald] URBAN GREEN N.B. - No bottled water ban in N.B. [Times & Transcript] N.S. - A mighty wind [Coast] N.S. - Highway connections [Coast] N.S. - Tidal project delayed again [Chronicle-Herald] BUILT ENVIRONMENT MONCTON  - Education more important than heritage: parents [Times & Transcript] FREDERICTON - Downtown eyesore may get facelift [Daily Gleaner] SAINT JOHN - Woman wants to furnish Saint John with IKEA [Here] SAINT JOHN - Old theatre's facade could soon fade (to black) [Telegraph-Journal] COMMUNITY FREDERICTON - Big year, big festival [Daily Gleaner] HALIFAX ...

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Wednesday’s Headlines

POLITICS MONCTON - Give 'boot' the boot: mayor [Times & Transcript] SAINT JOHN - Bridge talks at an impasse [Telegraph-Journal] URBAN GREEN MONCTON - Tidal bore makes waves [Times & Transcript] MONCTON - Downtown goes green with tree planting project [Times & Transcript] FREDERICTON - Park land to be rezoned [Daily Gleaner] HALIFAX - City taking steps to promote community gardens [Metro] N.S. - A boldly green energy plan [Chronicle-Herald] N.S. - Rise in clearcutting feared [Chronicle-Herald] BUILT ENVIRONMENT MONCTON - Metro high-end housing market grows [Times & Transcript] FREDERICTON - Parking changes concern business group [Daily Gleaner] DEVELOPMENT HALIFAX - Proposed Barrington ...

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Friday’s Headlines

POLITICS HALIFAX - Access NS's move called a blow to public access [Chronicle-Herald] ANTIGONISH - Rezoning for wind project appealed [Chronicle-Herald] SAINT JOHN - Higher fares or fewer buses [Telegraph-Journal] URBAN GREEN N.B. - No bounty for N.B. coyotes [Times & Transcript] N.S. - Coyote pelts worth $20 [Metro] N.S. - N.S. rolls out green initiatives [Metro] MONCTON - It's time to take your bike for a ride [Times & Transcript] SAINT JOHN - Garbage will soon provide energy for landfill [Telegraph-Journal] COMMUNITY MONCTON - Compressed air horns banned at Coliseum [Times & Transcript]

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Thursday’s Headlines

POLITICS N.B. - Critics blast Torie's inaction [Times & Transcript] N.B. - Tories propose energy commission [Daily Gleaner] N.B. - Business groups lukewarm to energy plan idea [Daily Gleaner] HALIFAX - Concerted delusion [Coast] HALIFAX - G8 not great [Coast] DEVELOPMENT FREDERICTON - Hilton planned for downtown [Daily Gleaner] HALIFAX - Gottingen to get affordable housing units says group [Metro] DARTMOUTH - Added cost down the road [Chronicle-Herald] COMMUNITY MONCTON - Enviro fair highlights cheap alternative energy costs [Here] N.B. - Meet N.B.'s green queen of darkness [Times & Transcript] DARTMOUTH - Telling new stories about Dartmouth North [Coast] HRM - C.P. Allen ranked ...

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