Designated Smoking Area

• Bylaw officers yet to hand out a ticket under Halifax’s year-old smoking and nuisance bylaw

  Halifax Regional Police have handed out 11 tickets under the bylaw, an increase of nine from the two that Global News reported on in April. 

  Cannabis

  Oct 25, 2019
  
• Another designated smoking area vandalized in Halifax

  Halifax Coun. Matt Whitman says he noticed the vandalism, took a photo and reported it to 311. He tweeted a photo out of the damage Saturday morning. 

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2018
  
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• Halifax designated smoking area briefly replaces 2 accessible parking spots

  The spots were repainted before noon on Friday and municipal spokesperson Brendan Elliott says it should have never happened.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2018
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• Halifax businesses concerned over location of designated smoking areas

  Some business owners are raising concerns about why certain locations were chosen as designated public smokers areas.

  Cannabis

  Oct 18, 2018
• Halifax councillor apologizes after smokers left frustrated over lack of designated smoking areas

  As of 4 p.m. Monday, only nine designated smoking areas show up on Halifax Regional Municipality's online map.

  Cannabis

  Oct 15, 2018
• Halifax’s new smoking and cannabis bylaws to be in place by Oct. 1

  The municipality says that leaving a two-week gap between bylaw changes and federal marijuana legalization allows people time to adjust to the changes before cannabis becomes legal. 

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2018