Halifax Smoking Ban

• Halifax smoking ban: How it’s going 3 years later

  In three years, Halifax Regional Police handed out 13 tickets for smoking outside of designated smoking areas, and bylaw officers have handed out none.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2021
  
• Nova Scotia’s top news stories of 2018: July to December

  Here are some of the top news stories that took place in Nova Scotia during the second half of the year.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2018
  
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• Inside Halifax’s muddled roll out of its designated smoking areas

  Halifax's scramble to get ready for legal cannabis was far more haphazard than previously known -- with documents indicating that the roll out was plagued by uncertainty.

  Cannabis

  Dec 10, 2018
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• Complaints, confusion taint roll out of Halifax’s designated smoking areas

  The Halifax Regional Municipality introduced the zones as a measure to deal with the legalization of cannabis, but the roll out of the policy has been anything but easygoing.

  Cannabis

  Oct 21, 2018
• 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 David Hendsbee takes matters into own hands, moves designated smoking area away from school

  David Hendsbee, councillor for Preston-Chezzetcook-Eastern Shore, told Global News on Monday that he decided to move the marker at the Porter Lake Bus Terminal after receiving complaints from constituents. 

  Cannabis

  Oct 15, 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 maps out more designated smoking areas ahead of Monday bylaw rollout

  Halifax began to add to its map of designated smoking areas on Sunday, a little more than 12 hours before new restrictions on smoking and vaping go into effect.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2018
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• Halifax’s new smoking restrictions are almost here but info on where you can smoke is not

  A map showing designated areas where smoking and vaping is allowed isn't yet online while the new bylaw amendments come into effect on Monday.

  Cannabis

  Oct 11, 2018
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• Coming to Halifax council: Lobbyist registry, overdose prevention, hospice support

  On Tuesday, council will discuss hospice funding, overdose prevention sites and the problems facing a municipal lobbyist registry.

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2018