We asked candidates for the African Nova Scotian Member of the Halifax Regional School Board to introduce themselves and to answer two questions. We received replies from the two challengers. The incumbent, Melinda Daye, let us know that she was unfortunately not able to make our deadline, but that she felt that voters were familiar with her record in the position. We asked candidates to keep their questions to 200 characters or less, and offered them additional space on our election website page, You will find extended versions of Marcus James’ answers on this webpage after the text of the printed article.
(Each regional school board in Nova Scotia has an African Nova Scotian representative elected to the board by African Nova Scotian electors (an African Nova Scotian or the parent of an African Nova Scotian) in the candidate’s district.)
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We asked candidates for the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincal Representative to tell us about their background and to answer a question about the École Beaux Marais. They had the option of answering in English and French.
According to the Nova Scotia School Board Association, candidates for the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial (CSAP) must:
“ be an entitled person as defined in the Education Act. This includes an individual:
- whose first language learned and still understood is French;
- who received Canadian primary school instruction in a French first-language program;
- who is the parent of a child who is receiving/received Canadian primary or secondary school instruction in a French first language program.”
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Preliminary Election Results for the Shore; Hendsbee Wins Re-election
This page also contains written answers to questions from the candidates for HRM District 2's City Council Seat, profiles of 3 of the 4 candidates for Council, video coverage of the September 26th Council candidate debate in East Preston, answers from candidates for the African Nova Scotian School Board Member, and answers from candidates for the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincal Representative. .
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We sent the questions below to the four candidates for the HRM District 2 City Council seats. We asked them to keep their replies to 200 characters for the print edition of the paper, and unlimited space on our website For the print edition, we edited answers beyond this 200 character limit to fit. If you want to read the candidates' complete answers, then go to this document, where you will find their unedited answers.
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By Richard Bell
(September 20) The grassroots group Save Rural HRM won an unexpected short-term victory at their protest rally at Halifax City Hall Tuesday afternoon. More than 100 people from at least 5 different Council districts showed up to express their anger at how the Mayor and Council were abusing the rural residents of HRM. MLA Kevin Murphy supplied a bus that brought more than 30 people from the Musquodoboit Harbour area.
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The first debate of the 2016 municipal election in District 2 took place on Tuesday night, September 13, at the East Preston Recreation Centre. Three of the four declared candidates were there: left to right below, Councillor David Hendsbee, Shelley Fashan, and Gail McQuarrie.
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By Richard Bell
Summary: HRM's Planning Department has rejected the application from Kiann Management Limited (owned by Lawrence Belefontaine) to rezone a parcel of land on Highway 7 in Porters Lake for use as a construction & demolition debris (C&D) recycling plant.
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By Richard Bell
Summary: HRM's Planning Department has rejected the rezoning application from Lawrence Bellefontaine's Kiann Management Limited of a site on Highway 7 in Porters Lake for use as a construction and demolition debris (C&D) recycling plant.
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The Save Rural HRM protest at Halifax City Hall on September 20 was a rollicking affair that ended with promises from Mayor Savage to deal with the major issues that had spurred the protests. For a complete report, check out the full story on the protest and the Mayor's remarks. But the Mayor and Council now have to push through a number of legislative checkpoints, starting with the October 4th Council meeting, at which the Mayor promised some kind of temporary relief for landowners and builders who had been bushwhacked by HRM's surprise enforcement of a by-law outlawing development on lots without at least 100 feet of frontage on a public road.
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