| Potential Halifax water strike looms Employees with the Halifax Regional Water Commission ? 225 workers in all - could walk off the job with 48 hours strike notice. Talks between the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 227 and the city have reached a standstill.Halifax bus union preparing for lengthy strike Striking Metro Transit workers in Halifax said Sunday they are preparing for a long contract dispute.Halifax bus union set for lengthy strike Striking Metro Transit workers in Halifax said Sunday they are preparing for a long contract dispute.Transit strike hits Halifax The first transit strike in Halifax since 1998 left thousands of people in the city scrambling to find alternate methods of transportation as Metro Transit and its unionized workers refused to budge from their positions.48 charges in violent Halifax-area incidents Eight young people in the Halifax area have been charged with a combined 48 criminal offences after a series of police raids.Midnight madness at Halifax City Hall Dozens of community members sat through five hours of Halifax regional council?s meeting to get to the St. Patrick?s-Alexandra school sale issue on Tuesday night.And when it came, council decided to go in camera, and were still there well past midnight. The crowd was outraged, grumbling and shouting ?shame!?Mayor Peter Kelly said HRM?s solicitor needed to give council a piece of legal advice ...Halifax cabbies may park cars in protest during transit strike First buses, and now cabbies? A group of Halifax cab drivers say they may park their cars at home in protest should any changes be made to taxi zones and the allowance for more cabbies in the city because of the Halifax transit strike. Al DesLaurier, president of the Halifax Taxi Drivers Owners Association, delivered a letter to HRM Mayor Peter Kelly on Monday morning asking that he speak about ...Halifax transit strike forces thousands to walk, carpool Strike will affect 96,000 people who use the city?s transit systemHalifax Police Use GPS Trackers to Track Missing Patients The city of Halifax recently launched a pilot program to aide patients suffering from Alzheimer?s? disease and other forms of dementia. According to Laipac Technology, the company issuing the service, the participants under the program will be equipped with a GPS-equipped watch that tracks their location in the event they go missing.Halifax, Nova Scotia (PRWEB) January 30, 2012 The city of ...Halifax transit grinds to a halt as workers go on strike Strike will affect 96,000 people who use the city?s transit system |
