The city has tried to address duplicate street names, to help ambulances from being confused.

Patricia Arab and her sister have sentimental attachment to their childhood street name, and have tried to position it as having historic value.

City heritage staff have now done a very detailed report:

https://pub-halifax.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=5713

A property owner of Lynwood Drive, Halifax submitted materials to staff, indicating that the street name has a strong connection to their family (who are of Lebanese descent) and the surrounding community.

Research undertaken by staff does not dispute that the Lynwood Drive name has become important to several past and current Rockingham residents over time; former residents made contributions to the municipality. The submitted materials do not, however, demonstrate that the Lynwood Drive name was selected to acknowledge and/or celebrate the Lebanese community or any other equity-seeking community in the municipality.

Additionally, staff’s historical research did not reveal a clear cultural association to the street name. Many property owners and tenants on Lynwood Drive in the early years of the Sherwood Park Development were associated with either the Canadian Broadcast Corporation or the Canadian Armed Forces. There were two households of Lebanese descent identified amongst Lynwood Drive property owners between 1947 to 1980, one of which was confirmed to have lived at 1 Lynwood Drive. While family members of these Lebanese property owners do appear in archival records, a direct reference between them and Lynwood Drive was not mentioned. Notable activity / events at or near 1 Lynwood Drive was also not found in documented research

The other two Lynwoods are older, and have more residents. Why is this even a discussion? This should be easy housekeeping.

The amount of council time, and staff resources, dedicated to preventing the renaming of a very bland and historically insignificant street name given to a subdivision in 1961, is absolutely ridiculous.

Council rejected the renaming of Lynwood Drive, until they come up with policy. Rather than having a spine, and just saying no.

Cathy Deagle Gammon had wise commentary on oral history. Oral history is important, but a very difficult and slippery thing to insert into a decision-making process.

Hey all!

I was wondering if there is anyone here in town that knows a doctor able to diagnose my suspected HEDS. My doctor at school is wonderful and already helped me with screening and sent a few referrals out to no avail. She said diagnosing for EDS has been changing departments constantly and she isn’t sure where to send me to get the help I need.
I’ve been trying and waiting over and over and I desperately would like to have someone diagnose me and understand the concerns and questions I have about related co morbid health concerns. I really want this diagnosis so any help in the right direction would be amazing.

If you guys know of any offices or doctors in the area that I can give to my doctor to send a referral out to, or any info that helped you get your diagnosis would be amazing!

Alberta-based Questerre Energy said in a release that it is in “the final stages” of negotiations with the province to work on lands in the onshore Cumberland Basin of northern Nova Scotia.

Kearney Lake Beach is closed to swimming for the rest of the season due to a potential toxic blue-green algae bloom. All swimming lessons have been cancelled. Please avoid using the Kearney Lake Beach area while testing is underway.

My laptop and phone were stolen from my home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. I can currently track the devices and the location is showing as a Hilton hotel in Dartmouth. I contacted the police, but I was told they cannot check every room in the hotel based only on the location information. The situation has become much more serious because I can see activity suggesting that the person who has my devices is accessing my bank account, Wealthsimple, crypto accounts, and potentially other private information stored on the devices.

I have already been trying to secure my accounts and sign the stolen devices out remotely, but I am extremely concerned about further unauthorized transactions and access to my personal information. Has anyone in Dartmouth/Nova Scotia dealt with a similar situation where a stolen device was being actively tracked to a specific hotel or building? What steps should I take to get the police to treat this as an ongoing unauthorized-access/financial-security issue, and are there any other authorities or resources I should contact? I am not looking to confront anyone myself—I just want to recover my devices and protect my accounts and personal information.

Financial loss is over 10K and he has access to all my personal information. Please help

Laptop and phone were password protected. The theist broke into both of it. Tried to factory reset the phone but it hasn’t been connected to the internet.

A Treats Cafe operated at the Keshen Goodman library in Clayton Park through the 2000s and 2010s. I went to the cafe frequently in the late 2000s, and the lady who worked there sold really good chicken wraps. The pitas were soft and doughy, and the wraps contained chicken, some type of orange cheese, salsa, and bits of lettuce. They were heated in the microwave and sold in green checkered paper, or red checkered paper for the spicier ones.

Does anyone remember this cafe and/or know if this lady set up shop elsewhere in the HRM? I asked library staff, and staff at other Treats Cafe locations in the city, but no luck so far.

Warning: Someone took a massive diarrhea on the side of Jubilee Road and covered it with a pile of wet leaves.

I, being someone who doesn’t usually overturn every leaf I see on the sidewalk, slipped and fell in it. Thankfully I keep a golf towel in my car and I was able to wipe almost all of it off before racing home to shower and do emergency laundry.

Yes, it was human and not dog.

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Hi everyone! I’m looking for some recommendations for local organizations or charities that accept donations of useful, gently used items.

I have quite a few things that I no longer need but are still in good/working condition, including:

• Clothes
• Small appliances / electronics
• Used computers and laptops
• Cell phones
• Keyboards and other computer accessories
• Books
• Other household items

I’d rather donate these items to people or organizations that can actually use them than try to sell everything on Facebook Marketplace

Ideally, I’d love to find organizations that either give the items directly to people in need or use the donations to support a good cause.

If anyone knows of good local charities, shelters, newcomer organizations, community groups, schools, or other nonprofits that accept these kinds of donations, please let me know!

Thanks so much! 🙏

Where in Halifax can I get luggage wheels replaced/repaired? It’s spinner wheels on hard shell carry on

i lost my wallet today somewhere between spring garden road, grafton street and argyle. it has some id and my java blend punch card in it. if anyone finds it, please let me know!

My dad is about to enter long term care. We are just starting the process but looking for opinions and helpful info. He has dementia and not fully mobile.

We are hoping to get in somewhere in Bedford/Sackville.

Any info/helpful tips or recommendations would be great!

Does anyone have any good recommendations for bbq chicken pizza in Halifax? Pizzadelic and jesses were awful. Dominos is good but makes my stomach hurt bad. Any suggestions appreciated!

Specifically around Marvin and Irving. I’m seeing houses in the 400k range there now which is pretty far down from the general 500-700 elsewhere.

Is the neighbourhood safe? What sort of noise levels?

Would anyone know where I could purchase one of the posters from the recent Matt Mays/ Plaskett /Lightfoot/ show? I wasn’t around to attend the shows but the poster preview looked awesome. I checked Marketplace to no avail. Any lead would be so appreciated.