Media Room

News Releases 2002

• Council, School Board to Tour New Halifax West High School
• Black Rock Beach Closed to Swimmers
• HRM Council Approves New Tax Structure
• Halifax Disappointed with Decision, Extends Congratulations to Hamilton
• HRM Transportation Project Short-Listed for Possible Federal Funding
• Councillor Accuses Sobey Group of Arrogance
• New Book Chronicles 160 Years of Leadership in Halifax Region
• Launch of New Heritage Book - "One Region, Many Leaders"
• Three Local Heroes to be Honoured
• HRM Publishes Interactive Family Adventure Trails Guide
• Tree Branch, Limb Pick-Up Continuing
• Mayor Kelly Urges HRM to "Light-Up" for Holiday Season
• Students Develop Website Regarding Halifax Explosion
• Overnight Winter Parking Ban Soon to Go Into Effect
• Dartmouth Heritage Museum to Temporarily Re-Locate
• HRM Tax Structure Committee Presents Recommendations to Council
• Majority of Homeowners Not Using Pesticides
• HRM Tax Structure Committee to Present Recommendations to Council
• Halifax Regional Council Applauds Huskies' Win
• HRM Forecasting Operating Surplus for Fourth Year in a Row
• Mayor Kelly Off to Ottawa to Press for Increased Federal Funding
• HRM Announces Safe Cellular Phone Use Policy
• Street Re-Naming to End Confusion, Increase Public Safety
• New Cellular Phone Use Policy to be Announced
• Heavy Rainfall Results in Siltation into Russell Lake
• HRM Doubles Tree Branch Limited Due to Storm
• HRM Urges Residents to Prepare Against Flooding
• Halifax Woman Donates Tree in Memory of Late Sister
• New Traffic Reporting Service for Motorists
• Councillor Urges Special Day of Respect for Veteran's Project
• Old Man Winter Taking its Toll on HRM Budgets
• HRM Corporate Call Centre Deluged with Storm Inquiries
• Refuse Collection Delayed Due to Storm
• Municipal Services Returniing to Normal After Storm
• Halifx Public Gardens Closed Today
• Motorists Urged to Seek Off-Street Parking
• Halifax Public Gardens to Close for Season on November 11th
• Councillor Urges More Funding for Shubie Provincial Park
• Overnight Winter Parking Regulations
• Public Invited to Review HRM Draft Bike Plan
• Halifax Regional Council Unanimously Endorses Games Bid
• Forest Management Project Gets Underway This Week
• One Injured, Apartment Building Evacuated in Overnight Fire
• Fall a Good Time to Check Batteries in Smoke Detectors
• Mayor Proposes Code of Ethics and Conduct
• Construction May Cause Traffic Delays on Beaver Bank Road
• HRM Financial Services Provides Enchanced Information
• Otter Lake Facility Re-Opened to Public
• CN Rail Tour to discuss Commuter Rail Transport
• Otter Lake Facility Temporarily Closed
• Councillors Critical of Royal Bank in Tugboat Dealings
• Harbour Solutions Project Agreement to be Signed
• HRM to Takeover Operation of CityWatch System
• Mayor Kelly to Chair Big City Mayors' Caucus Sessions
• New Traffic Signals at Busy Crossing
• Mock Chemical Manufacturing Company Disaster
• HRM Helps Preserve Heritage Homes
• Councillor Goucher says let's move forward with Harbour Cleanup
• Unfair to blame Mayor Kelly for Harbour Clean-Up Funding Shortfall
• District 6 Councillor Says enough sticks and stones on Harbour Cleanup funding debate
• Sanitary Trunk Sewer Installation - Beaver Bank Road
• Traffic Improvements, Corner of North and Chebucto Streets
• Public Urged to Attend Meetings on Tax Structure Changes
• HRM to Hold Workshops on Street Safety Issues
• Re-Opening of Pyretic Slate Dump Site May Save Moir's Pond
• Funkraiser Planned
• Kelly Says HRM Not Prepared to Lower Its Expectations
• Sunday Band Concert Series Concludes for the Season
• HRM to Seek Public Input on Tax Structure Changes
• Tax Structure News Conference
• HRM Plans Low-Key Ceremony for September 11
• Premier, Mayor Commit to Harbour Clean Up
• HRM Residents Face Huge Water Rate Increase
• Kearney Lake Re-Opened to Swimmers
• Metro Transit Bus & Ferry Service for Upcoming Labour Day Holiday
• Never Any Agreement to Transfer or Swap High School Lands
• Policing Study Gives High Marks to HRP, RCMP
• Background -- HRM Policing Review
• Springfield Lake Re-Opened to Swimmers
• No Solid Waste Collection on Labour Day
• Results of Policing Services Review to be Released
• Springfield Lake in Sackville Closed to Swimmers
• Influx of Calls, Technical Problems Cause Delays at HRM Corporate Call Centre
• Barbeque Pits at Point Pleasant Off-Limits Due to Dry Conditions
• Pressure Main Break on Portland Street
• Ecole Beaufort Still Owned by Halifax Regional School Board
• Leadership Workshop Planned for "Girls on the Move"
• Kearney Lake Closed to Swimmers
• Public Urged to Show Support, Make Donation to Tugboat Effort
• Lawrencetown to Get New Community Policing Office
• Street Closures in HRM
• Heat Wave Sends Increased Numbers to HRM Beaches
• Summerfest at George Dixon Centre This Friday
• Hetherington Blasts Stoffer for Failure to Save Shearwater Base
• Theodore's Visit
• Sponsor, Volunteers Come Forward to Save Natal Day Breakfast
• Sobey's Urged to Re-think Plan to Dump Pyretic Slate into Moir's Pond
• Councillor Urges Minister to Stop Closure of Ecole Beaufort
• Workshops Aimed at Making Streets Safer
• Public Urged to Respect Grave Sites
• Summerfest at George Dixon Centre
• Mayor Kelly Officially Launches Victoria Park Rejuvenation
• HRM Distributes Regional Planning Workbook
• Audited Statements Confirm Year-End Surplus
• New Initiative to Help "Empower the Community"
• New Signage Marks Expansion Program at Burnside Park
• Erosion Protection Project Underway in Dartmouth
• Interim Board Operating New Dartmouth Business Commission
• Taxi License Draw Set for July 11, 2002
• Sewer Main Collapsed, Victoria Road, Dartmouth
• Tax Structure
• Councillors Trying to Save Natal Day Breakfast Tradition
• HRM Bike Plan - Series of Public Meetings
• Gottingen Street "Open Market" To be held on Sundays
• Archaeological Assessment Set for Halifax STP Site
• Tell us where you want to go and you could win a bike to help you get there!
• HRM Receives First Bond Rating
• Park Parking Lot to Close at 9:30 p.m.
• Councillor Stresses "No Decision" Made on Supplementary Education Funding
• Gottingen Street to Hold First "Open Market" This Weekend
• Pressure on to Acquire Theodore Tugboat
• TIME CHANGE - HRM to Get New Community FM Radio Station
• HRM to Get New Community FM Radio Station
• Councillor Takes Members of School Board to Task
• Councillor Smith Urges Minister, School Board Chair, to Ignore Court Decision
• Special Constable Who Foiled Arson Attempt to be Honoured
• Official Unveiling Ceremony for new Diversity Logo and Slogan, June 20th
• Fire at C&D site in North Preston
• City Hall to Remain Open until 3 p.m. on Friday, June 14th.
• Councillor Calls for Report into Non-Recyclable Packaging
• Uteck Calls for School board to be Disbanded
• Opposition Growing Against Proposed C and D Operation
• Mayor to Join Cyclists for Grand Finale
• Another Season of Sunday Band Concerts Planned for the Public Gardens
• Bedford Residents Want Moir's Pond Protected
• Williams Lake, Area Wells Given the OK
• Downtown Clean-up Challenge
• Environment Week celebrated June 3-7, 2002
• Halifax to press for Remembrance Day Observance Across Canada
• Mayor Kelly to Welcome Karen Kain to HRM
• Mayor Kelly Kicks-Off Aggressive Maintenance Plan for Capital District
• For residents and Users of Beck's Brook and Bissett Lake, Cole Harbour
• Upgraded Alderney Landing Plaza to be Opened
• Major Clean-up Initiative to be Launched for Downtown Areas
• Split Shift Policy Under Fire
• Latest HRM Community Police Office to Open on Saturday, May 25, 2002
• Volunteers Needed for Community Clean-Up
• Students' Education Suffering Due to Split-Shift Policy
• HRM Clarifies MisLeading Information on Tax Structure Plan
• 3000 Trout to be released into Sandy Lake
• Request for Interviews - Lufthansa Ceremony
• LufthansaAirlines to Say "Thank You" to People of HRM/Gander
• Police Chief to be Invested into new Order of Merit
• Harbour Solutions Draft Agreements Approved in Principle
• Snow Lines Receives More than 13,000 Calls in First Season
• New Point Pleasant Park Website to be Launched
• Students to Help Celebrate Annual HRM Arbor Day
• Violators Urged to Pay Outstanding Parking Tickets
• Special Honour for the Communities of HRM and Gander
• Presentation on Toronto Police Services' Graffiti Eradication Program
• Kelly Says Province Doesn't Realize Importance of Harbour Clean-Up
• Aborists To Take Down, Prune Hazardous Trees
• Grade 3 students to assist Mayor Kelly and Regional Council officially kick off Spring Clean Up 2002
• HRM to Implement Program to Eradicate Japanese Beetle from Cornwallis Park
• Smith Challenges Education Minister Purves on School Closure Review
• HRM Residents Urged to Participate in "Car Free" Day
• Council Believes Human Rights Complaint on Halifax Sewage Treatment Plant Siting Not valid
• Launch - Emergency Services Achievement Program
• Atlantic Mayors' and Economic Leaders Chart Collaborative Course
• Finance Minister to hold Media Availability Session
• Boot Drive to Raise Money for Firefighter with rare Blood Disease
• Atlantic Mayors' Congress begins tomorrow in Halifax
• Cape Breton Regional Municipality Flag Raised by HRM Mayor Kelly
• HRM Regional Fire & Emergency Service to Distribute Compliance Notices to Property Owners
• Kelly Says Provincial Budget Will Cost HRM Almost $6 Million
• Eastern Passage artist, Clyde Henneberry, To Display Art Collection
• Mayor Kelly Challenges Mayor Morgan
• Bedford Revives "Volunteer of the Year" Awards
• Kelly Says Potential Gas Distributers Need Big Energy Users
• Mayor, Councillor Ask for Additional Protection for Herring Cove Area
• Dartmouth Rotarians Looking to Support Community Project
• Business May Establish New Commission
• Sloane Urges School Board to "Get Statistics First"
• Councillor Says One Community Being Pitted Against the Other
• RCMP Vehicles Have a New Look
• RCMP Vehicles to get the HRM Look
• Councillor Sloane and District 12 Parents Send Out "SOS" to Community
• Mayor Says Socio-Economic Status of Host Communities Not a Factor
• Environmental Law-Reformer, Author to Give Workshops in HRM
• HRM Fighting to keep Canadian Men's Basketball Final
• HRM Questions Accuracy of DHBC Newsletter on Plant Siting
• Kelly says Population Growth Flattering, But Costly
• HRM Staffer Appointed to Work with Community Liaison Committee
• Adams Satisfied Herring Cove Community Adequately Protected
• Province Allows HRM to Borrow Directly on Harbour Project
• HRM Preparing "Blueprint for the Future"
• Components of HRM Regional Plan
• Sloane Says Parents May Consider Court Injunction
• HRM Launches Regional Planning Project
• HRM/TRAX Hires First Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator
• Communities and HRM Pilot Neighborhood Outdoor Rinks
• Re-opening of Dartmouth Evacuation Site due to overturned propane tanker - February 15/02
• Update - Dartmouth Evacuation due to an overturned propane tanker - February 15/02
• Dartmouth Evacuation due to an overturned propane tanker - February 15/02
• Highlights --- 2002/2003 Proposed Operating & Capital Budget
• Sloane Says School Board Holding Back Data
• Budget Briefing February 12, 2002
• HRM Calls for Paint Recovery Program
• Adams Says Province's Snow Clearing Standards Unacceptable
• CORRECTION - School Vice-Chair Should refrain from Vote
• School Vice-Chair Should refrain from Vote
• Delay in Collection
• Winter Snow Advisory PSA - February 5
• Green Cart Collection - Waverley, Fall River and Wellington
• Winter Warning Public Service Announcement - February 1, 2002
• Symposium to Set Business District Priorities
• HRM Council Supports "Toque Tuesday" Campaign
• HRM To Hire Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator
• Sidewalks Should Be "Wide and Clear" for Seniors, Disabled
• Residents Oppose Infilling of Moir's Pond for a Variety of Reasons
• New Central Water System for Residents of Little Salmon River Subdivision
• Youth of Sackville and Beaver Bank need a voice
• Councillor Sloane Asks the Province"What's the Rush?"
• Clarification - Winter Parking Regulations
• Uteck says Inaction by School Board May Result in Injuries
• Snow Fall Warning in effect - January 15
• City Hall Tree to Remain Standing Until Canadian Frigate Returns
• Winter Parking Information Hotline Begins Operation Monday
• Mayor, Council Seeking Public Input into Budget Process
• Sloane Says High Merger Clouds "The Real Issue"
• Public Meeting to Oppose Sobey's Infill Project
• Media Invited to attend Kick-off Breakfast
• Snow and Ice Crews Continue Clean-Up Operations
• Ice Testing Program to Commence January 7th, 2002
• Mayor Kelly says City Hall, is City Hall