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2022 FHC AGM- Tuesday November 29, 6:30-8:45 Halifax Public Library

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Dear Friends of Halifax Common, Please join FHC for our 2022 AGM. Our meeting will focus on the draft Halifax Common Master Plan. That’s because In February HRM Mayor &…

HRM Pulls Switcheroo on Premier / Minister with Common’s Pool Building

FHC Editor 2022-10-12 No Comments

Say one thing, do another. In April 2021 HRM’s Jacques Dube asked the NS Government’s Law Amendments for permission for HRM to construct a building to support the new pool…

Secret Agreement with Fossil Fuel Corporation to Extend Sponsorship

FHC Editor 2022-09-14 No Comments

FHC has written to request that HRM Mayor and Council not approve a secret agreement with the fossil fuel corporation Emera to extend the sponsorship and naming rights of the…

Todd Veniotte & FCH: What’s Wrong with the HRM-Emera Secret Deal?

FHC Editor 2022-09-12 No Comments

What’s Wrong with the HRM-Emera Secret Deal? LOTS! HRM Mayor & Council ignored all FHC’s good reasons why making secret deals with any fossil fuel corp is bad news. So…

News 95.7 Todd Veinotte re Wanderers Grounds Privatization

FHC Editor 2022-06-17 No Comments

News 95.7 Todd Veinotte and FHC director Peggy Cameron. FHC director talk about why the Wanderers Grounds must remain public. It’s been used to full capacity by amateur players for…

FHC Letter to Mayor: Private Permanent Stadium on Public Land is Foul Play

FHC Editor 2022-05-31 No Comments

FHC call on you to confirm to developer Derek Martin that his request to make his private “temporary” pop-up stadium on the public Wanderers Grounds permanent and for $20 million…

Todd Veinotte- Why Halifax Common Pool Needs a Better Location

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Halifax Central Common Pool re-do — good idea bad location. News 97.5 Todd Veinotte explores FHC’s concerns and better ideas for where / how HRM could locate the $16 million…

Halifax Common Pool – HRM Dives into the Wrong End of Planning Process

FHC Editor 2022-05-05 No Comments

(Ki’jupuk / Halifax) HRM’s ad hoc planning (get it done) vs long term (do it right) once again drowns potential for the best outcome — in this case for the…

Chronicle Herald: Rally Against Robie Street demolitions

FHC Editor 2022-04-10 No Comments

[Stephen Cooke | Posted: April 9, 2022] While a portable speaker played the sound of Joni Mitchell singing “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” Haligonians dismayed by…

Buildings For the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Study by Peggy Cameron

FHC Editor 2022-03-01 No Comments

This new report “Buildings for the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Study” by Peggy Cameron, MES reveals the high levels of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) released up-front by high…

City Ignores Study on Embodied Carbon and related Design/Development Decisions

FHC Editor 2022-03-01 No Comments

“Groundbreaking study on embodied carbon comparing new build to retrofit and addition in Halifax Canada ignored by city, author told to ‘stop making things up.” Should be studied closely, big…

Buildings For the Climate Crisis – in the Media

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What others are saying about Buildings For the Climate Crisis Buildings for the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Study A report by Peggy Cameron finds that the building boom…

City Plan for the Common needs public consultation

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Howard Epstein, Friends of Halifax Common, says the Halifax Common Master Plan needs further public consultation.

HRM Promises Further Public Consultation (Kind of)

FHC Editor 2022-01-11 No Comments

HRM’s Council adopted the new 500 page Halifax Common Master Plan and has promised further public consultation (kind of). Thank you to the ~100 citizens who wrote to help make…

Halifax Common Master Plan Approval Delayed by HRM Standing Committee

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HRM’s Community and Economic Development Standing Committee met on Wednesday, Dec 8, and agreed to delay approving the Halifax Common Master Plan just released on Friday, December 3, 2021. FHC’s…

RALPH SURETTE: The lowdown on high-rises: they fuel the climate crisis

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(published in The Chronicle Herald, October 28, 2021)(Halifax/Ki’jupuk) A global environment conference called COP26 is opening this weekend in Scotland to deal with the climate crisis that the world promised…

Thank you to 500+ Citizens Who Petitioned For Changes to Centre Plan

FHC Editor 2021-10-26 No Comments

A round of applause in gratitude to the 500+ citizens who asked the Mayor and Council Plan for All Citizens by making changes to the Centre Plan before adopting it.…

https://halifaxcommon.ca/clone/buildings-for-the-climate-crisis-a-halifax-case-study/

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Public Hearings for Multiple Towers, September 7th

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HRM hosted two public hearings on September 7, 6pm (day after Labour Day) via zoom and approved Case 20761 and Case 22927. The huge public opposition to these proposals was…

Electoral Report Card—FHC Grades Electoral Candidates

FHC Editor 2021-08-13 No Comments

Friends of the Halifax Common distributed a three-question survey to Halifax Peninsula MLA electoral candidates and political party leaders. This was to determine their commitment to the passage of an…

FHC Submission to HRM Review of Regional Plan

FHC Editor 2021-07-17 No Comments

We are deeply concerned about recent incursions into the Halifax Common… …from proposed multiple high rises (16-, 28-, 29- and 30-storey and ~900 cars – similar in mass to the…

FHC to HRM Staff- The Halifax Common Needs Good Planning Please!

FHC Editor 2021-07-12 No Comments

FHC executive members recently met with HRM planning staff to remind them of the importance of good planning and protection for the future of the Halifax Common under the the…

Chronicle Herald: Group concerned with proposed central Halifax highrise developments

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Noushin Ziafati – July 6, 2021 An advocacy group says it’s concerned that a set of proposed highrise developments in central Halifax will negatively impact the historic Carlton Street neighbourhood…

Carlton Block’s “Upward Creep” Proposals Ignore Both Public Concerns and HRM Regional Plan Policy Considerations

FHC Editor 2021-07-04 No Comments

Media Release July 4, 2021 –For immediate release KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) HRM’s response to significant public concerns over two massive Spring Garden Road high-rises that will overwhelm and negatively impact the…

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2022 FHC AGM- Tuesday November 29, 6:30-8:45 Halifax Public Library

HRM Pulls Switcheroo on Premier / Minister with Common’s Pool Building

Secret Agreement with Fossil Fuel Corporation to Extend Sponsorship

Todd Veniotte & FCH: What’s Wrong with the HRM-Emera Secret Deal?

News 95.7 Todd Veinotte re Wanderers Grounds Privatization

FHC Letter to Mayor: Private Permanent Stadium on Public Land is Foul Play

Todd Veinotte- Why Halifax Common Pool Needs a Better Location

Halifax Common Pool – HRM Dives into the Wrong End of Planning Process

Chronicle Herald: Rally Against Robie Street demolitions

Buildings For the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Study by Peggy Cameron

City Ignores Study on Embodied Carbon and related Design/Development Decisions

Buildings For the Climate Crisis – in the Media

City Plan for the Common needs public consultation

HRM Promises Further Public Consultation (Kind of)

Halifax Common Master Plan Approval Delayed by HRM Standing Committee

RALPH SURETTE: The lowdown on high-rises: they fuel the climate crisis

Thank you to 500+ Citizens Who Petitioned For Changes to Centre Plan

https://halifaxcommon.ca/clone/buildings-for-the-climate-crisis-a-halifax-case-study/

Public Hearings for Multiple Towers, September 7th

Electoral Report Card—FHC Grades Electoral Candidates

FHC Submission to HRM Review of Regional Plan

FHC to HRM Staff- The Halifax Common Needs Good Planning Please!

Chronicle Herald: Group concerned with proposed central Halifax highrise developments

Carlton Block’s “Upward Creep” Proposals Ignore Both Public Concerns and HRM Regional Plan Policy Considerations

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