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For a couple of years now, we’ve been calling for cuts in the size of HRM Council, which will finally happen in October’s municipal election. And yesterday’s Council discussion on proposed cuts to Metro Transit’s ferry illustrates once again why a smaller Council will be better for Halifax. Several Councillors objected to maintaining late-night ferry service when their own districts …

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Guest blogger Leanne Salyzyn is an insolvency counselor, licensed restructuring professional and trustee in bankruptcy. Post a comment or contact her on Twitter with your personal-finance questions. Although there is only a week to go before the 2011 income-tax filing deadline, there are still people who have yet to file their taxes for 2010 or even prior years. This may seem strange to those that …

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Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. Once a week, he shares Halifax’s highlights. Every week I get up on my little soapbox here and try to convince all of you to branch out and find new businesses to fall in love with here in Halifax. But this week, we’re doing …

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Last week, organizers announced the 2011 Atlantic Journalism Award finalists; we’re pleased to report that Halifax Magazine is a finalist in all three magazine categories. Atlantic Magazine Article: “Justice delayed,” by Jon Tattrie. From May 2011, this story looks back two years at the murder of Tanya Jean Brooks, and the failure of Halifax police to find her killer. The …

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Guest blogger Leanne Salyzyn is an insolvency counselor, licensed restructuring professional and trustee in bankruptcy. Post a comment or contact her on Twitter with your personal-finance questions. At the grocery store on the weekend, I got stuck behind a frazzled mom and her demanding pre-schooler. In an attempt to defuse the embarrassment of his loud whiny pleas, she caved to his desires and tossed a …

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Guest blogger Leanne Salyzyn is an insolvency counselor, licensed restructuring professional and trustee in bankruptcy. Post a comment or contact her on Twitter with your personal-finance questions. March Break is upon us and many have packed up their troops and have flown the coop for the week. For the rest of us, we have to find ways to keep the kiddies occupied without breaking the …

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Guest blogger Leanne Salyzyn is an insolvency counselor, licensed restructuring professional and trustee in bankruptcy. Post a comment or contact her on Twitter with your personal-finance questions. No matter who you support in the Metro Transit strike, one thing is for sure: everyone wants a pay cheque. As we enter Week 6 of the strike, many people are feeling a financial pinch. We’ve all been …

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A plurality of residents continue to support breaking HRM into two separate municipalities (one urban, one rural) according to the latest polling results from Corporate Research Associates. Says the report: “nearly one-half of residents support dividing the municipality, while less than four in ten oppose an urban/rural split. For much of the past eight years, residents have consistently supported a …

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Guest blogger Leanne Salyzyn is an insolvency counselor, licensed restructuring professional and trustee in bankruptcy. Post a comment or contact her on Twitter with your personal-finance questions. I have a joke in my office that reads “There are two kinds of people who hate filing their income tax return. Men and women.” There’s a lot of truth in that joke. Preparing you income tax return …

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Peter Kelly says he won’t seek another term as Halifax Mayor in the upcoming municipal elections. What does this mean for declared candidates? Does it change who you’ll support? Here’s the complete text of Kelly’s press release this afternoon: Mayor Peter Kelly announced today that he will not be seeking re-election this October. “I feel that, after 27 years of …

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