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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · Nov 7
Advertise your account with just one image.
A woman and a child are photographed from behind, while riding their bikes in a protected bike lane, on a bridge. The woman is wearing an orange helmet, and the back of her e-cargo bike has a sign that advertises “Kidical Mass Halifax”. The child is slightly, on their own bike, and is wearing a a black hooded suit with fluffy ears.
envirojen.bsky.social
Victoria is a very comparable city to Halifax in a lot of ways.

But when you look at Victoria’s investment in cycling over the last 10 years, there’s really no comparison at all.

This video might make you sad for what could have been #BikeHfx.
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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benmacleod.bsky.social
"People should be forced to drive to the grocery store. Damn why is traffic getting so bad"
A screenshot of two Facebook comments. The first one asks, "Will there be a sidewalk ever put on Lucasville Rd? How about bus service? I think both of these are long overdue for the residents of this community." In reply, someone commented: "Absolutely no need for a side walk. People won’t walk 300ft to a grocery store, we don’t need the expense and maintenance for side walks. The farm shop, church & playland all have their own parking lots. It would make a lot more sense, to twin the entire road to handle the extra traffic. Remove the ridiculous 50 kph speed limit. It’s a main road, and needs to be built to handle as much." Both of the commenters' names are blacked out.
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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bikehfxlobby.bsky.social
Tonight in Halifax! 7:15pm in the Rowe building at Dal.
lanrickbennett.bsky.social Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 2d
Doing this very cool thing in #halifax tomorrow evening at @dalhousie.bsky.social ‘THE HUMAN-POWERED CITY: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, ONE RIDE AT A TIME’ part of the College of Sustainability ESS Lecture Series.
h/t @uoftcities.bsky.social #TransformTO #MakingNoise www.dal.ca/faculty/sust...
FALL 2025 ESS LECTURE SERIES THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 7:15-8:30PM ROWE MANAGEMENT BUILDING, POTTER AUDITORIUM THE HUMAN-POWERED CITY: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, ONE RIDE AT A TIME Lanrick Bennett Jr. is Toronto's first Bicycle Mayor. He is Urbanist-in-Residence at the University of Toronto's School of Cities, where he advocates for equitable mobility and sustainable city-building. His work focuses on climate justice, public space, and building cities that prioritize people over cars. Image of my children on a bridge for Open Streets Toronto Introduction: Finding Policy in Plain Sight How did you get here today? What did you notice? That's urban policy.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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harbourdiscourse.bsky.social
This is scandalous cc: @halifaxexaminer.ca
benmacleod.bsky.social Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
Construction workers told me that the province intervened via the Department of Labour and had them remove the diverter. I haven't confirmed that info in any way however.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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benmacleod.bsky.social
Well, Halifax's newest modal filter – an essential part of the Allan/Oak local street bikeway – lasted less than 24h before being torn out. #BikeHfx
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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feistywaters.com
This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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kwilsonhfx.bsky.social
That sucks. She's been a familiar local face in journalism and sports my entire life.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dies at 65 | CBC News
Jones’s celebrated career paved the way for other women in sport and broadcasting
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November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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justbartek.ca
Leaves + frost + poorly graded, unmaintained overpass sidewalk is going to result in quite unsafe conditions for #BikeHfx very soon.
A pile of very damp leaves covers the majority of a sidewalk which is a primary crossing between peninsula and mainland Halifax for pedestrians/cyclists
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
envirojen.bsky.social
Happy Diagonal Diverter Day #BikeHfx.
cgeroux.bsky.social Chris Geroux @cgeroux.bsky.social · 2d
Just biked through again.. crane truck was lowering some concrete bits. Looked like some old bike lane curb ends.
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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spencercreelman.bsky.social
Things like this combined with the weird timing of the Robie/Almon bike light is just a daily reminder that progress is not linear, nor is it quick. I think the Almon bike lane is good but I'm sad that it's not great when it could have been/can be.
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
envirojen.bsky.social
Kid has been watching the catalogue of Peanuts/Charlie Brown videos available on our streaming service. I've been enjoying the nostalgia, and most recently, the unexpected bike content: Rerun van Pelt on his mother's bicycle (mother not pictured, of course).

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A black and white four-panel comic from the Peanuts: the comic features Rerun van Pelt in all 4 panels, seated in a bike seat, presumably on the back of a adult bike (not pictured). Rerun is wearing a helmet. There is a speech bubble, spoken by Rerun in each panel. 1. "So here I am riding on the back of my mom's bicycle..." 2. "Now we turn around because she forgot the car keys..." 3. "Now she remembers she doesn't need the car keys because she's riding her bicycle..." 4. "Mom is really stressed out..."
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
envirojen.bsky.social
Can anyone in #Halisky explain this stamp to me? It’s inside a book that kid brought home from the school library. The book’s publication date is 1967.

I guess HRCE used to be HCSB?!

But what is “Chebucto, New Bungalow”?

I think I might leave a note for the school librarian and see if he knows!
A yellow coloured page inside a book cover. The top of the page is stamped “Halifax City School Board / Chebucto, New Bungalow”. There is another line at the very top, which has been crossed out with a black marker, and cannot be read.
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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carrotish.bsky.social
Heya halisky bike friends, I’m seriously looking at picking up a Tern GSD S10 and was wondering if any of you have thoughts on if the Gen 3 redesign is worth shelling out for or if I should stick to the (much more affordable) gen 2? #bikehfx
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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cassiesmith.bsky.social
I had a fun time playing bike tour guide with @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social in a special #KidicalMassHfx meets #KidicalMassOttawa mash-up today 🎉.

Jillian (& @envirojen.bsky.social) really ignited my spark for doing this movement building here. It was so nice to chat and share wins & challenges.
A woman wearing a mint green helmet takes a selfie of her and a woman wearing a purple helmet with a bridge, canal, and castle in the background.
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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ardathjean.bsky.social
Toronto has to raise property taxes.. But guess what? They just opened another CITY run nonprofit daycare and it only costs &22/day (and is gorgeous). I’d rather you raise my taxes and start acting like a real city with real services..
suzannerent.bsky.social Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 8d
A statement from the office of Mayor Andy Fillmore regarding the 2026-2027 #budget.

“Affordability is the top concern for everyone right now. Our job at City Hall must be to reduce the property tax burden on residents as much as possible." /1
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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cgeroux.bsky.social
#bikeHFX, at the end of a recent What on Earth podcast, they said they are working on a show about people living without owning a car or truck. They want your stories, interested in more rural places, people with young kids, or with mobility challenges. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
What On Earth with Laura Lynch | Live Radio | CBC Listen
The climate is changing. So are we. Explore a world of solutions with host Laura Lynch and our team of journalists. We find inspiration in unexpected places, scrutinize new technologies, hold powerful...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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bikehfxlobby.bsky.social
HaliSky, the magnificent @lanrickbennett.bsky.social is giving the final Dal College of Sustainability lecture of the year next week! You can attend in person or email for the Zoom link.

Thurs, Nov 27 7:15-8:30pm in the Potter auditorium of the Rowe building.
ESS Lecture Series Schedule
www.dal.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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hfxgov.bsky.social
On Dec. 1, provincial regulations for Extended Producer Responsibility will come into effect across Nova Scotia. The municipality will continue to provide curbside recycling collection following the existing collection schedule. Learn more: www.halifax.ca/home/news/pr...
ID: Poster titled ‘Get ready, Nova Scotia.’ Background shows two blue recycling bags on a curb. Text announces that starting December 1, 2025, residents can recycle the same materials province-wide. Section labeled ‘Now accepted in your recycling bags’ lists: paper plates, deodorant and toothpaste tubes, frozen juice containers, coffee cups, and ice cream tubs, each with small icons. Another section labeled ‘Now accepted at participating drop-off locations’ lists: flexible plastics, foam packaging, and aerosol containers with images. Bottom includes QR code and link to circularmaterials.ca/NS for more information.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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harbourdiscourse.bsky.social
a transit ad espousing the environmental benefits of taking the bus, and a bold public health ad. I cant imagine this today.
benmacleod.bsky.social Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 14d
Here's a couple more (1993)
A 1993 Metro Transit ad with an illustration of a bus playing an electric guitar while wearing sunglasses next to the words "GoTime Go". It says: "Fast. Easy. Convenient. Places to go, people to see, things to do – but don't know when the next bus comes? Call GoTime and go! Just dial 465 and the red four-digit number on your bus stop. Like the one near your house, outside school, near work or even grandma's house. And hear the latest from our lady computer at the other end. Regardless of traffic jams or even the weather, you'll get up-to-the-minute bus stops for all routes that stop at your stop. So why waste your time waiting? Call GoTime and go. For more details, call customer service at 421-6600." Two pages of a Metro Transit riders guide. The page on the left has a drawing of a Metro Transit bus and several paragraphs of text about how buses are a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation than cars. The page on the right is a Nova Scotia Department of Health ad about HIV/AIDS awareness.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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bikehfxlobby.bsky.social
We make changes to #KidicalMassHfx every year based on the feedback we receive. Please let us know how we did in the 2025 season and maybe win a cool prize!
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
envirojen.bsky.social
Cargo bike front rack max weight capacity achieved! ⭐️

This box of ice melter weighs 20kg. Getting it home by #TernHSD bicycle was certainly easier than carrying it through the store to the cashier.
A white plastic box with a neon yellow and wire handle is bungeed to the front rack of a cargo bike. The box is labeled: Yardworks Envirosafe Ice Melter / -26 degrees C / Effective down to temperature / 20kg (44lbs).
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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terriclarke.bsky.social
There’s more in this story, but I guess a specific death of a child at a public pool triggered the recommendations there. Deaths of children on NS roads is seen as acceptable it seems.
Nova Scotia's first two individual death reviews slammed for lack of transparency | CBC News
Nova Scotia's chief medical examiner has released recommendations from the committees that reviewed the deaths of two people in the province's care, but the documents are being criticized for failing ...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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terriclarke.bsky.social
Glad to see new recommendations from the Child Death Review Committee regarding swimming pools, but there’s nothing new in there that addresses the biggest cause of accidental deaths in the studied age group (1-24)
Figure 10. Percentage of accident deaths in the 1-24 year population in NS by broad classification of death, 2009-2023, n=403 Motor vehicle collision, 56% Fire/Burns, 6% Drug toxicity, 24% Other, 6% Drowning, 8%
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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jessieharlow.bsky.social
Reminder #bikeHFX! Submit your kidical mass feedback by tomorrow to be entered in really excellent prize draw!

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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
envirojen.bsky.social
Hey #BikeHfx, there's just one more day to complete our feedback survey for the 2025 season of #KidicalMassHfx. If you submit on/before Sat Nov 15, you'll be entered into our prize draw. We have some great prizes from PoCampo bags, Tern, and Restorative Parenting.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Kidical Mass Halifax 2025 Evaluation
We want Kidical Mass to be an enjoyable event for as many people as possible. We want to know what went well and what didn’t go so well this year so that we can do better in 2026! You can find out mor...
docs.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM