Municipal election results are in and, as polls predicted, Mike Savage won the mayoral election by a large margin, taking 63,547 votes. Tom Martin’s campaign released several press releases claiming pre-election polls were over-stating Savage’s lead, but ultimately, the results proved the polls correct, with the only particularly close part of the race being between Martin (21,912) and Fred Connors …
Some interesting trends are emerging in Halifax’s municipal election advance voting, according to report released by HRM Returning Officer Cathy Mellett late Friday. As of 3pm Friday, about 9% of the 297,500 eligible voters had cast ballots in advance polls. In virtually every district, the majority of advance votes are coming via the Internet. Advance-voting rates are particularly strong among young voters: …
Update: Shortly after this post went live, I heard from Vince Hall. The story now ends with an update based on my conversation with Hall. —Trevor J. Adams, editor Before Wednesday morning, I knew virtually nothing of Vince Hall. But for this discussion, there are only three details necessary to summarize Hall’s political presence: he was a Cape Breton Regional …
I don’t mean Halifax needs a new mayor in the October election; I mean Halifax needs a mayor now. Okay, technically we have one. Incumbent Peter Kelly is still in office, chairing Council meetings and, I assume, doing his job behind the scenes. But in terms of public leadership, our mayor has been pretty well invisible since February. Before the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In the latest polling from CRA, former MP Mike Savage (who recently declared his candidacy for Halifax mayor) is “the preferred candidate by more than a two-to-one margin over incumbent Mayor Peter Kelly.” According to CRA’s report, Savage has the support of 53% of decided voters, while Mayor Peter Kelly has support from 25% of HRM residents. The other three declared …
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has set the electoral districts for the new 16-member HRM Council, which will be elected in the municipal elections in 2012. In public consultations, HRM staff presented two possible scenarios. The URB chose a revised version of Scenario One. The new polling districts average out to 20,476 electors per district. Halifax’s core now …
Sometime on or around November 29, three Christmas ghosts visited Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly. Through a series of time-travelling vignettes, they showed His Worship the terrible fate that would befall Halifax if he didn’t embrace more open government. Or so I assume. How else to explain yesterday afternoon’s peculiar press release? In it, Peter Kelly explains how it’s his responsibility …
The Women Making Waves conference aims to bring women into the world of film-making, and help women already working in the field build their expertise.
Halifax’s dining scene has dramatically transformed in the past few years—with a variety of new restaurants offering flavours from around …
After offering theatre al fresco in Point Pleasant Park since 1994, Shakespeare by the Sea is no longer slave to …
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