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HFX Votes 2024: Why do we have a property tax cap? feat. Darrel Dexter
In part 2 of the HFX Votes 2024 episode on property taxes I sat down with Darrell Dexter, the former premier of Nova Scotia to ask him about why we h…
1 year, 10 months ago
HFX Votes 2024: How do property taxes work?
The Coast’s municipal election podcast explainers continue with a deep dive into property taxes and the property tax cap. In this episode, Matt sits …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Windsor Street Sobriety Test
Season 1 Episode 36
In this week's episode, The Coast's Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman discuss HRM staff's eyebrow-raising plans for redesigning the Windsor Street Exc…
1 year, 10 months ago
HFX Votes 2024: How to fix Halifax Transit
In part two of the Halifax Votes Transit episode Matt sits down with Reece Martin of RM Transit to help explain some of the choices Halifax Transit i…
1 year, 11 months ago
HFX Votes 2024: What's up with Transit?
In this edition of HFX Votes 2024, The Coast's special municipal election coverage, Matt sits down with Douglas Wetmore of It's More than Busses.
In…
1 year, 11 months ago
HFX Votes 2024: What makes a good downtown?
In this episode Matt Stickland sat down with the CEO of the Downtown Halifax Business Commission, Paul MacKinnon in what is the first in a series of …
1 year, 11 months ago
An Emergency's Emergency
Season 1 Episode 35
In this week’s episode, The Coast’s Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman discuss HRM council’s unanimous passing of federally-prompted zoning reforms and…
1 year, 11 months ago
Hitting the gas on housing and violence
Season 1 Episode 34
In this week’s episode of The Grand Parade podcast, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman chat with economist Deny Sullivan about Halifax’…
2 years ago
Moving towards cautious optimism
Season 1 Episode 33
In this edition of the Grand Parade Matt tells Martin all about his interview with Halifax's CAO Cathie O'Toole and director of the Department of Pub…
2 years, 1 month ago
An autopsy of Halifax's IMP (2018-2024)
Season 1 Episode 32
In this episode of the Grand Parade the boys take a break from the budget as Matt grapples with learning new information about the city's transportat…
2 years, 2 months ago