Development – Friends of Halifax Common

Save the legacy of Dr Ligoure – Halifax’s 1st Black Doctor

FHC Editor 2026-03-22 No Comments

Dr. Clement Ligoure, Nova Scotia’s first Black Physician, might be the most under-appreciated hero in Halifax’s history. And now Halifax City Council is jeopardizing the living legacy of Dr. Ligoure;…

Can You Help Stop the R❤️bie St Destruction?

FHC Editor 2026-01-02 No Comments

Help stop HRM’s $200m plan to demolish Robie Street’s last historic neighbourhood (North to Cunard). HRM Council needs to hear from you: Do Not Widen Robie St! Citizens strongly oppose this. 1. Sign…

Documentary Screening “Thinking Beyond the Market”

FHC Editor 2025-12-02 No Comments

Carbon Arc Cinema, Saturday Matinee, 2pm A screening presented by FHC & Carbon Arc! Come and see Dr Brian Doucet’s new cross-Canada Documentary Thinking Beyond the Market: A Film About Genuinely…

Robie Rallies a Success!

FHC Editor 2025-11-20 No Comments

Thank you to all who helped make ‘Homes Not Highways’ Rallies a success! People learning about HRM’s secretive plan to spend $200m in public money to demolish 50-70 homes and…

Telling It Like It Is — HRM’s Transportation Committee

FHC Editor 2025-05-21 No Comments

On May 21 Howard Epstein and Peggy Cameron presented to HRM’s Transportation Standing Committee to update them on the Public Panel on the Robie St widening. If you missed the…

HRM -Cancel Robie St Widening & Save $73m

FHC Editor 2025-03-01 No Comments

FHC has written to HRM to cancel its Robie St widening plan and save $73m. That’s HRM’s budget to buy property, demolish buildings and cut 80 trees for a bus…

Dear Premier Houston-Do You Know Your Government is Buying & Demolishing Affordable Housing?

FHC Editor 2025-02-26 No Comments

Dear Premier Houston, (Feb 23, 2025) We’re writing to ask if you know that the NS Department of Public Works is spending an estimated $18 million in public money…

Reject NS Minimal Planning Requirements

FHC Editor 2025-02-26 No Comments

(Feb 24, 2025) FHC’s submission to HRM on the Nova Scotia Government’s proposed changes to Minimal Planning Requirements* asks that they be rejected. The changes are without adequate public information,…

The Mayflower Factory Building Project Needs Work!

FHC Editor 2025-02-26 No Comments

Maybe you know of the Mayflower Tobacco Factory building? Its a small brick building near the Halifax Common and Armories on Nora Bernard. Built in the 1800s, it survived the…

HRM Election – FHC’s Questions For Candidates

FHC Editor 2024-09-28 No Comments

Vote for Our Common Good – Keep It Ours! Congratulations to our new Mayor and Council and thanks to everyone who stood for office, helped with the election and voted.…

FHC to HRM Community Planning & Economic Development Standing Committee

FHC Editor 2023-09-13 No Comments

Dear HRM CPED Committee Members: Re- Wanderers Grounds – FHC Comments FHC’s FOIPOP information received Sept 11and attached below shows that the Wanderers Grounds was used almost exclusively by Derek…

Todd Veinotte- Interview re Ron Pink’s letter to HRM on Privatization of Wanderers Grounds

FHC Editor 2023-08-01 No Comments

In 2018 just before the start of public consultation for the Halifax Common Master Plan HRM signed a contract with a private, professional, for-profit soccer club for a temporary “pop-up”…

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Save the legacy of Dr Ligoure – Halifax’s 1st Black Doctor

Can You Help Stop the R❤️bie St Destruction?

Documentary Screening “Thinking Beyond the Market”

Robie Rallies a Success!

Telling It Like It Is — HRM’s Transportation Committee

HRM -Cancel Robie St Widening & Save $73m

Dear Premier Houston-Do You Know Your Government is Buying & Demolishing Affordable Housing?

Reject NS Minimal Planning Requirements

The Mayflower Factory Building Project Needs Work!

HRM Election – FHC’s Questions For Candidates

FHC to HRM Community Planning & Economic Development Standing Committee

Todd Veinotte- Interview re Ron Pink’s letter to HRM on Privatization of Wanderers Grounds

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