• Construction should be done during off hours

  October 9, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Getting around HRM's increasingly congested streets is a frustrating enough experience without the added impact of construction work taking place around our city.

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• We need a plan of action against vandalism

  October 2, 2009 - 6 h 00

  What to do about vandalism? That was the question on the minds of the people who turned out to a meeting in north end Halifax last week. The pillory or the stocks come to mind, but such measures are frowned upon these days. Pity.

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• Be careful what you disclose on Facebook, it could come back to haunt you: lawyer

  October 2, 2009 - 6 h 00

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• New transportation opportunity hovers over HRM

  September 25, 2009 - 6 h 00

  I'm intrigued by local businessman Jay Hasson's proposal to run a hovercraft service in Halifax Harbour.

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• We need a Museum of Halifax History

  September 18, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Last week's passing of 94-year-old Eric Davidson was a reminder the numbers of those who survived the 1917 Halifax explosion grow fewer by the years. Davidson was just two-and-a-half-years-old on Dec. 6 that year. He never really remembered much...

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• A decade too long to mourn

  September 4, 2009 - 6 h 00

  It's hard to believe 10 years have now passed since the murder of Jason MacCullough in the north-end Dartmouth park that now bears his name.

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• Hands-free cellphones should also be banned

  August 28, 2009 - 6 h 00

  There's new evidence suggesting even the use of hands-free cellphones while driving is a safety risk.

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• One week is plenty of time for school break

  August 21, 2009 - 6 h 00

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• Crosswalk flags run afoul of bureaucracy

  August 14, 2009 - 6 h 00

  There's no question using a crosswalk in HRM can be a risky effort. Hardly a week goes by without news of a near miss or an actual mishap, and of course there were the two unfortunate deaths in recent years of teenage girls Mary Beth Chaulk, in...

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• Swine flu: should I give it a shot?

  August 7, 2009 - 6 h 00

  What to do? I'm in the middle of one of those debates I have with myself from time to time. My conflict is whether to get a vaccination for the swine flu.

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Other news

• July 31, 2009 Weve come a long way and its about time
• July 24, 2009 Red Green fix-up and city hall secrecy unacceptable
• July 17, 2009 Mayor was right about outdoor McCartney concert
• July 10, 2009 If it sounds too good to be true, theres a good reason
• June 26, 2009 Where are the criminals getting all their guns?
• June 19, 2009 Now that the going is tough, its hands off the sewage project
• June 12, 2009 Enough with the secrecy! Its time for the mayor to come clean
• June 5, 2009 When the system calls, we must do our duty: vote
• May 29, 2009 Scarier swine flu days may lie ahead: best to be prepared
• May 22, 2009 Urban development putting our lakes at risk
• May 15, 2009 Rodney MacDonald is not the mayor of HRM
• May 8, 2009 MacDonalds wait and see pesticide approach will leave N.S. an island
• May 1, 2009 The swine flu frenzy is overblown er, right, doc?
• April 24, 2009 Taxpayers should fear price of broken sewage treatment plant
• April 17, 2009 Racism probe could shake up fire department brass