Ben MacLeod 馬志斌

The Farmers Market in Nova Scotia speaks up about the genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli government in Gaza. The world is watching the war criminals and these crimes will not be forgotten.

This is why we need to stop right turns on red. I heard the Crunch and The Scream and looked up to see this. I cropped out the victim and the people involved.

A photo of two posters on a telephone pole, one in opposition to a proposed modal filter on Allan Street in Halifax, the other in favour. The one in favour highlights the benefits of the diverter, namely less car traffic, noise, and pollution, and quieter, safer, healthier streets. The one in opposition talks about the inconvenience to drivers.

the other night @seebo429.bsky.social and I added some pro-diverter propaganda (all since torn down I think)

I’m really glad Suzanne’s article came out today & that it included the section on community where I talk about #KidicalMassHfx and Bike Brigade. It’s taken me a while to learn it, but the community connections I make through cycling are what sustain me. 1/2

Sorry 😭

as a compromise, the Swiss Chalet should be given heritage protection

This is why we should all be angry about the Morris street boondoggle. Houston/Fillmore are throwing all of this (expensive) work in the garbage for their own political gain. Government waste at its worst.

The attack on bike lanes is a red herring in Fillmore and Houston's campaign to consolidate power and undermine democracy. It's sad to see some regular people fall for this ploy against their own best interests.

Halifax's investment in bikeways reflects evidence-based transportation planning, extensive public and professional input, and democratic processes. In short, it is the outcome of good governance.

This is about democracy. All available evidence suggests that Halifax residents want safe cycling infrastructure. We have affirmed this over and over in public consultation, in the annual Resident Survey, and in the continuing election of outspoken, pro-bike lane councillors.

This is like Toronto with the bus lanes. Many more people came out for them in consultation yet councillors listened to a loud few. Arguments to respect the institution get harder & harder to make. This isn’t Trump level but it too erodes democracy & trust.

HaliSky, I know we’re all tired of the distraction of fighting about bike lanes that this summer has become.

But the motion about Morris St at council tomorrow really is about a threat to democracy.

If you can muster the energy to send an email to council, the premier & your MLA, please do so!

I wanted to cycle to Lawrencetown but maybe I'll put it off for another day 😭

fair, but I am happy to have a little stopping place here (hopefully with some shade), rather than another patch of empty grass like many other spots around Cogswell

A small park under construction next to a sidewalk and parallel asphalt bike lane. It has several low, concrete plinths that look somewhat like the letters "W" and "U" from above, meant to resemble the wooden piers of the Halifax waterfront that project into Halifax Harbour. The area is still under construction and there are various orange traffic cones sitting around.

New concrete seating next to the Upper Water Street bike lane (still under construction) is meant to resemble the finger piers of the Halifax waterfront ⚓ #BikeHfx

“No genocide has ever been committed – whether it be the Holocaust, Rwanda, Srebrenica, or Gaza – without powerful actors investing tremendous political, economic and social resources into dehumanizing the people targeted by genocidal violence.“

Open access version of this article is available.

I don't think so. I walked Allan Street yesterday and only saw this one.

A notice stapled to a telephone pole on Allan Street that alerts tenants to a planned modal filter at the intersection of Harvard and Allan streets in Halifax, which is intended to discourage short-cutting along Allan Street by car drivers, while permitting cyclists to pass through. The notice urges readers to complain to the local councillor. Someone has used a black pen to make edits to the poster, urging readers "Don't be bullied" and encouraging them to instead "express your pleasure" to the councillor.

"Express your pleasure" – somebody made improvements to one of the anonymous TENANTS posters on Allan St 😅 #BikeHfx

"You need to show Premier Houston that every time he erodes your legitimate jurisdiction, he is in for a fight. Only then may he hesitate to do it again and again."

Letter to Tim Houston, Premier re: Morris St in Light of Ontario Court Decision - Halifax Cycling Coalition HCC writes to Premier Houston regarding his threat to overturn HRM Council's decision regarding Morris St. We point out the obvious parallel with Ontario and the court decision there declaring that ma...

I wrote to Premier Houston on behalf of Halifax Cycling Coalition (copying relevant ministers and HRM Council) to draw attention to the parallels between the Ontario court decision and what Houston is trying to do for Morris St. #bikehfx

cyclehalifax.ca/letter-to-ti...

I've sent an email to every PC & LIberal MLA, as well as to my NDP MLA. Using Morris St. to manufacture a crisis & test the limits of Bill 24 is dangerous to our democracy. This precedent would negatively affect Nova Scotians for years to come. Power shouldn't be consolidated into one level of gov.

The latest Canadian standards association guidance for universal use of respirators for preventing respiratory infection in healthcare is based on actual science (rather than dogma) and has generated a predictable response from predictable quarters

My PC MLA says that 70% of the emails the NSPC have received have been opposed to bike lanes (and that those emails are factoring hugely into their decisions). Please email the province!!

As I’ve said many times: the issue of airborne transmission and respiratory infection in healthcare isn’t a controversy. It’s a scandal.

it seems like a frustrating choice between living somewhere remote and having to buy a car, or hopping between crappy apartments indefinitely

If you haven’t emailed the premier yet to tell him to stop meddling in Halifax municipal affairs, back away from strong mayor powers, and release the JRTA report, now is still a really good time to do that.
premier@novascotia.ca

Both Flu and Covid put breast cancer patients at higher risk for metastasis. Unfortunately, Covid infections still happen more frequently (up to several times a year) without precautions like N95 masking, ventilation and filtration of indoor air.

HUGE legal victory: @cycletoronto.bsky.social has won its Charter challenge of the Ford government's legislation requiring removal of Toronto bike lanes! Justice Schabas ruled that the law puts cyclists at increased risk of harm and death which engages the right to life and security of the person.

I was down there tonight and got to see what it looks like when cars drive in and out

I was sitting with my friend on the Quindsor MUP when you all passed by!