Lisa Blackburn

• Halifax police chief says body cameras could improve community relations as decision deferred

  Halifax Regional Police presented its five-year rollout plan for equipping frontline officers with body cameras.

  Politics

  Dec 14, 2020
  
• Secondary and backyard suites approved by Halifax council

  Backyard suites and secondary suites have been a hotly debated item in the municipality and supporters have pitched the idea as a fix to low rental vacancy rate and the lack of affordable housing.

  Politics

  Sep 2, 2020
  
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• Halifax council marks ‘seminal’ moment in history by accepting Cornwallis task force report

  'We are on the right side of history, acknowledging the real history of this place and willing to make these changes.'

  Politics

  Jul 21, 2020
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• Women still under-represented in Nova Scotia politics: ‘We need those voices’

  Women in elected office say getting more females into politics requires changing how people of all ages view the roles.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2020
• Halifax deputy mayor Blackburn will fight until Beaver Bank bus route is restored

  Transit riders in North Beaver Bank feel left out in the cold after cuts to its only transit route have left some riders isolated and even stuck.

  News

  Jan 13, 2020
• Halifax councillors receive another pay raise, now earn more than MLAs

  Mayor Mike Savage will earn $190,072.43 in the 2019/20 year, an increase of over $8,000 from the year prior.

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2019
• Lisa Blackburn acclaimed as Halifax’s new deputy mayor

  Blackburn, councillor for Middle/Upper Sackville-Beaver Bank-Lucasville, was elected by acclamation at Tuesday's meeting of Halifax Regional Council. 

  Politics

  Nov 26, 2019
• Decision on menstrual pilot project deferred as staff to look at stocking all facilities in the HRM

  Counc. Lorelei Nicoll, of Cole Harbour-Westphal, was disappointed that the staff proposal would only see tampon and dispensers installed in 16 of the municipality's facilities.

  Health

  Oct 29, 2019
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• 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
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• 2 tickets, 92 designated areas and the cost of Halifax’s smoking bylaw

  Citizens who break the rules of the Nuisance and Smoking Bylaw face a fine between $25 and $2,000, but data provided by HRM shows that the bylaw has rarely been enforced.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2019