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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 1d

Just kidding, the digital and paper issue will both be available tomorrow morning.

In it, @acbzw.bsky.social writes about the provincial overreach in city planning.

On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social digs into overtime and some good news crime prevention and the new CARE team.

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 1d

This week's paper will be online later today and in Atlantic News tomorrow morning.

While you wait, please enjoy the latest episode of the Grand Parade podcast. (You may need to wait a bit for it to sync with your podcast player of choice.)

Ticking boxes until the world ends, an Oct 6-10 council recap - The Grand Parade

Another week at city hall and another week of the Grand Parade podcast. This week is a far less... let's say excited episode that runs back over the relatively mild municipal news since last Monday H...

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Caffeinated Chaos @amindfulmess.bsky.social · 8d

Listening to @grandparade.bsky.social ep; compiling notes re: transit as a critical tool to address GBV -Knowing council will funnel more $ into bloated police budgets and use @landofsticks.bsky.social (critical) tax reports to justify defending essential services.
*Existentially cracks open a beer*

Daydreaming about good governance, a Sept 1-5 council update - The Grand Parade

Do you ever have one of those things where it's like a thing you do every week, but some weeks it's just like "OH MY GOD I HAVE TO DO THIS THING AGAIN!?" Not sure why I thought that was relevant, but ...

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 12d

Monday's podcast is out now for subscribers. Sorry for the swears.

🎧Amalgamate all hope, ye who live here (🔒)

Real show notes on Monday, sorry for the swears.

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 15d

Issue 19 of the paper is out now—no paywall on this issue.

On the front Giancarlos Cininni dives into the city's 1.4 billion debt problems.

On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how council has given up on Halifax Transit and road safety.

Grab it in your inbox or at Atlantic News.

HRM growth to cost at least $1.4 billion in debt

Property taxes aren’t keeping up with expenses

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 16d

Issue 19 of the paper goes out tomorrow.

On the front Giancarlos Cininni dives into the city's 1.4 billion debt problems.

On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how council has given up on Halifax Transit and road safety.

Grab it in your inbox or at Atlantic News.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 16d

Okay, so I guess what I'm learning in running a paper newspaper is how hard word counts can really punch up the spicyness of headlines really fast.

A screenshot of a headline in a newspaper template that reads "Council gives up on Transit"

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 19d

Monday's episode is out now for subscribers

🎧All aboard the straight talk express (🔒)

Early ep for subscribers

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Antonia Z. @acbzw.bsky.social · 26d

Water water everywhere,
And how the budget did shrink,
Water water everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink

Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Sep 14

New issue out tomorrow over at Atlantic News or online at grandparade.news

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 24d

No paper this week, we're doing a RAMP

Rest And Maintenance Period (RAMP)

No paper this week

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29d

If you listened to today's podcast early, you may want to go back and listen again. There are two additions in the latter half of the show and a new, mildly traumatizing homework assignment in the intro.

The worst version of water world, a Sept 8-12 council recap

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Sep 14

New issue out tomorrow over at Atlantic News or online at grandparade.news

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Sep 11

Monday's episode is out now for subscribers.

🎧The worst version of water world (🔒)

Episode 70 of the Grand Parade podcast

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Sep 8

It'll be in Atlantic News soon, we did a bit of an oopsie and forgot to send it along to be printed.

Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Sep 7

New paper out tomorrow. Grab it online over at www.grandparade.news, in your inbox or in store at Atlantic News.

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Sep 7

New paper out tomorrow. Grab it online over at www.grandparade.news, in your inbox or in store at Atlantic News.

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 29

Your city and your province are fighting and as a result housing will be delayed in the HRM. For more on thise, check out @landofsticks.bsky.social's latest in our latest issue available at Atlantic News or online at www.grandparade.newsbehind the paywall

$50,000 to sportswash a genocide

Despite a boycott, council funds Davis Cup

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 27

Will Halifax get a stadium? Last week council voted to get another staff report on the Wanderer's Block. Will this one be different than all the last? @joshrjhealey.bsky.social wrote about it in our latest issue available in store at Atlantic News or over at www.grandparade.news behind the paywall.

$50,000 to sportswash a genocide

Despite a boycott, council funds Davis Cup

www.grandparade.news

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 26

Did you catch our latest podcast? A new episode with host @landofsticks.bsky.socal recaps last week's council meetings. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

The Grand Parade

Podcast · Matt Stickland · A Halifax city hall podcast, hosted by reporter Matt Stickland. An irreverent look at city hall, the policies they put forward and the people who decide on them for us.

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 25

New paper is out over at Atlantic News or www.grandparade.news

Halifax votes to fund the Davis Cup, by Giancarlos Cininni.

@joshrjhealey.bsky.social
keeps gives us an update last week's stadium vote.

And @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how John Lohr is delaying housing getting built

Grand Parade | Substack

A Halifax City Hall Newspaper. Click to read Grand Parade, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · Aug 25

You know it's a moday in Halifax when there's a new Grand Parade episode out! This week has it all from speed humps to sportswashing genocide.

Listen where ever you get your podcasts.

Sportswashing and vibes, an Aug 18-22 council recap

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 24

New paper out tomorrow.

Halifax votes to fund the Davis Cup; this one is by a new writer for Grand Parade, Giancarlos Cininni.

@joshrjhealey.bsky.social keeps gives us an update last week's stadium vote.

And @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how John Lohr is delaying housing getting built

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 21

The aforementioned free podcast

Can you help me make Halifax a better place? An Aug 11 - 15 council update

The Grand Parade · Episode

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today's the day! Did you write your councillor about making our roads safer? Are you confused about why you were supposed to write your councillor? The answers you seek are behind a paywall (or in a free podcast in the post below this one).

Province stymies city planning, again

Premier Tim Houston don’t need no evidence

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 20

What does former PM Stephen Harper have to do with the Susies Lake Wildfire? If you're a subscriber or picked up a copy of the paper over at Atlantic News, you'll know that he made the fire worse when he tried to help his preferred candidate for the area.

More details behind the paywall

Province stymies city planning, again

Premier Tim Houston don’t need no evidence

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did you know that Nova Scotia's housing minister John Lohr wrote a letter to council killing some city plans? Did you know John Lohr has so little respect for the city he spelled mayor Andy "Filmore"s name wrong, twice? Our writer @acbzw.bsky.social noticed. Check out their great story on our site

Province stymies city planning, again

Premier Tim Houston don’t need no evidence

www.grandparade.news

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