Kevin Wilson
@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. Housing maximalist. Reviewer of local bike lanes and urbanism opiner at HFX By Bike: https://youtube.com/@hfxbybike
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Kevin Wilson
@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social
· Dec 21
HFX by Bike
This is HFX By Bike, a channel all about getting around Halifax by bike. I release bi-weekly videos showcasing how the city's bike network can help make your trips faster, safer and more convenient, a...
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Hey. Hi. Hello.
If you've ever griped about the cost of gas, having to pay for parking, or being stuck in rush hour traffic? If you have, check out my channel all about getting around (Halifax) by bike.
I release videos biweekly about bikes for transport and urbanism.
www.youtube.com/@hfxbybike
If you've ever griped about the cost of gas, having to pay for parking, or being stuck in rush hour traffic? If you have, check out my channel all about getting around (Halifax) by bike.
I release videos biweekly about bikes for transport and urbanism.
www.youtube.com/@hfxbybike
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I am unable to respond to this, only quote tweet, but this is what Canada has been doing. The federal government has been giving infrastructure money to municipalities on condition of local zoning reform.
Calgary has been considering repealing its zoning reform and the feds have paused their money!
Calgary has been considering repealing its zoning reform and the feds have paused their money!
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am unable to respond to this, only quote tweet, but this is what Canada has been doing. The federal government has been giving infrastructure money to municipalities on condition of local zoning reform.
Calgary has been considering repealing its zoning reform and the feds have paused their money!
Calgary has been considering repealing its zoning reform and the feds have paused their money!
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Today is the beginning of my 26th annual toy drive; if you can afford to be generous and have no LOCAL toy drives to contribute to, please consider helping me buy toys for needy children: maggiemcneill.com/2025/11/28/y...
Yuletide 2025
Every year on this day, the traditional beginning of the Yuletide season in the US, I remind my readers that the real spirit of the season involves giving to others rather than literally fighting t…
maggiemcneill.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Today is the beginning of my 26th annual toy drive; if you can afford to be generous and have no LOCAL toy drives to contribute to, please consider helping me buy toys for needy children: maggiemcneill.com/2025/11/28/y...
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Hey. Hi. Hello.
This is a trip I've been wanting to record for awhile, but it always felt a little quiet.
So, in the latest HFX By Bike, I made the long trip from Bayers Lake to Bike and Bean Cafe at Peak Fall Colours as a birthday bonus episode.
youtu.be/6VnSdgNqy7Q?...
This is a trip I've been wanting to record for awhile, but it always felt a little quiet.
So, in the latest HFX By Bike, I made the long trip from Bayers Lake to Bike and Bean Cafe at Peak Fall Colours as a birthday bonus episode.
youtu.be/6VnSdgNqy7Q?...
Bayers Lake to Bike and Bean (Upper Tantallon)
YouTube video by HFX by Bike
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hey. Hi. Hello.
This is a trip I've been wanting to record for awhile, but it always felt a little quiet.
So, in the latest HFX By Bike, I made the long trip from Bayers Lake to Bike and Bean Cafe at Peak Fall Colours as a birthday bonus episode.
youtu.be/6VnSdgNqy7Q?...
This is a trip I've been wanting to record for awhile, but it always felt a little quiet.
So, in the latest HFX By Bike, I made the long trip from Bayers Lake to Bike and Bean Cafe at Peak Fall Colours as a birthday bonus episode.
youtu.be/6VnSdgNqy7Q?...
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🚨 Breaking Bike News: The Macdonald Bridge counter is included in the #BikeHfx Stats count now! 🚲
2,047 #BikeHfx bikes counted Thu Nov 27
13/1 C 💧 6.6mm
212 Almon
150 Barrington
343 Bridge
74 COLT
82 Dart Cove
156 Gottingen
111 Hollis
45 Lwr Water
319 South Park
422 Vernon
133 Windsor
Missing (last):
Uni Arts (May 1)
13/1 C 💧 6.6mm
212 Almon
150 Barrington
343 Bridge
74 COLT
82 Dart Cove
156 Gottingen
111 Hollis
45 Lwr Water
319 South Park
422 Vernon
133 Windsor
Missing (last):
Uni Arts (May 1)
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🚨 Breaking Bike News: The Macdonald Bridge counter is included in the #BikeHfx Stats count now! 🚲
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Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Prime Minister Mark Carney disagrees with the concept of a premier of one province unilaterally taking over a different province but his hands are tied by his unwillingness to do anything about it.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
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Do any of my Bluesky followers have experience navigating solar panel installation and heritage protections in New Brunswick?
An old friend asked me for help with this and I’d like to point him in the right direction.
An old friend asked me for help with this and I’d like to point him in the right direction.
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Do any of my Bluesky followers have experience navigating solar panel installation and heritage protections in New Brunswick?
An old friend asked me for help with this and I’d like to point him in the right direction.
An old friend asked me for help with this and I’d like to point him in the right direction.
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Can we fire our transportation engineers? Asking for a city full of people justifiably concerned about kids’ safety.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Can we fire our transportation engineers? Asking for a city full of people justifiably concerned about kids’ safety.
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“To put it bluntly: If U.S. President Donald Trump ended his trade war with Canada tomorrow, would we carry on with our plans to modernize the military? Or would we revert to our old form and let someone else keep us safe?”
My column this weekend is all about how Canada (and Europe) can't help Ukraine and defend itself unless it can build out military strength. To do that properly, it needs to get social license. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Rebuilding Canada’s military may be the right thing to do — but Mark Carney still needs to sell us on his plan
Ottawa must communicate the scale of the changes we’re about to see and the time it will take to get them right. So far, it hasn't.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“To put it bluntly: If U.S. President Donald Trump ended his trade war with Canada tomorrow, would we carry on with our plans to modernize the military? Or would we revert to our old form and let someone else keep us safe?”
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Good illustration of the casualness that many bring to traffic discussions. Rarely do they interact with the fundamental problem of geography: cars need a lot of space.
Opinion: Halifax traffic isn't going anywhere, so keep it moving www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Opinion: Halifax traffic isn't going anywhere, so keep it moving
I believe we have to reassess transit and many other issues, specifically on the peninsula, writes D.A. Burns.
www.saltwire.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Good illustration of the casualness that many bring to traffic discussions. Rarely do they interact with the fundamental problem of geography: cars need a lot of space.
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“The vacated homes were substantially cheaper than the new units and spanned diverse locations and housing types.”
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“The vacated homes were substantially cheaper than the new units and spanned diverse locations and housing types.”
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
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My column this weekend is all about how Canada (and Europe) can't help Ukraine and defend itself unless it can build out military strength. To do that properly, it needs to get social license. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Rebuilding Canada’s military may be the right thing to do — but Mark Carney still needs to sell us on his plan
Ottawa must communicate the scale of the changes we’re about to see and the time it will take to get them right. So far, it hasn't.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My column this weekend is all about how Canada (and Europe) can't help Ukraine and defend itself unless it can build out military strength. To do that properly, it needs to get social license. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Every winter, I hear about sidewalks that are impassable due to insufficient snow clearing. Now the city says it doesn’t have the money to improve our winter quality maintenance standards. This is just one of the ways that austerity costs us all.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Deachman: Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better
The city's public works department has once again decided not to update its Winter Maintenance Quality Standards. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every winter, I hear about sidewalks that are impassable due to insufficient snow clearing. Now the city says it doesn’t have the money to improve our winter quality maintenance standards. This is just one of the ways that austerity costs us all.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
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NEW: Data released today shows the Canadian economy returning to normal growth after the massive trade-war hit in Q2, with GDP growing 2.6% annualized in the third quarter
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Data released today shows the Canadian economy returning to normal growth after the massive trade-war hit in Q2, with GDP growing 2.6% annualized in the third quarter
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
Consumption dropped & investment/government activity were flat though—the entire rebound was in net exports
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local man clearly suffering from economic anxiety
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
local man clearly suffering from economic anxiety
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This is the stupidest technology ever invented.
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is the stupidest technology ever invented.
Bike lanes are 1.5m wide, minimum width for a bus lane is ~3.3m.
2x1.5 = 3, 3m < 3.3m
"Small electric buses with no schedule"
I love to not know when the next bus ir train is coming. Its like gambling but for getting to work.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
2x1.5 = 3, 3m < 3.3m
"Small electric buses with no schedule"
I love to not know when the next bus ir train is coming. Its like gambling but for getting to work.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Bike lanes are 1.5m wide, minimum width for a bus lane is ~3.3m.
2x1.5 = 3, 3m < 3.3m
"Small electric buses with no schedule"
I love to not know when the next bus ir train is coming. Its like gambling but for getting to work.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
2x1.5 = 3, 3m < 3.3m
"Small electric buses with no schedule"
I love to not know when the next bus ir train is coming. Its like gambling but for getting to work.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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one of the most prominent voices in Vancouver's housing discourse
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
one of the most prominent voices in Vancouver's housing discourse
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wait someone pointed out that the authors of this graph are using pre-transfer income for the US but post-transfer consumption for China
that's even more misleading than the stupid Y-axis shit
that's even more misleading than the stupid Y-axis shit
graph crime aside, i'm super curious about who this 1% of Americans that are supposedly living on <$3 a day; that's over three million people
are we counting prisoners or something?
are we counting prisoners or something?
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
wait someone pointed out that the authors of this graph are using pre-transfer income for the US but post-transfer consumption for China
that's even more misleading than the stupid Y-axis shit
that's even more misleading than the stupid Y-axis shit
Please stop holding up traffic to let me go. You nor I can control what drivers in othe other direction do.
Don't make that face at me when I dramatically wave you through as people start honking.
Don't make that face at me when I dramatically wave you through as people start honking.
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Please stop holding up traffic to let me go. You nor I can control what drivers in othe other direction do.
Don't make that face at me when I dramatically wave you through as people start honking.
Don't make that face at me when I dramatically wave you through as people start honking.
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if this is true, its an incredible play. I am very skeptical!
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
if this is true, its an incredible play. I am very skeptical!
Fascinating. Bonus video is rendering at ~normal speed (whereas the one from earlier in the week to way longer).
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Fascinating. Bonus video is rendering at ~normal speed (whereas the one from earlier in the week to way longer).