Clean code test of Can You Help Stop the R❤️bi...

June 18, 2026

Help stop HRM’s $200m plan to demolish Robie Street’s last historic neighbourhood (North to Cunard). HRM Council needs t...

Clean code test of _ Learn more about the plan to widen Robi...

June 18, 2026

At recent public participation sessions at City Hall, the community has been speaking out against this $200 million mist...

Save the legacy of Dr Ligoure – Halifax’s 1st Bl...

June 22, 2026

Dr. Clement Ligoure, Nova Scotia’s first Black Physician, might be the most under-appreciated hero in Halifax̵...

Learn more about the plan to widen Robie St

June 22, 2026

Can You Help Stop the R❤️bie St Destruction?

March 30, 2026

Help stop HRM’s $200m plan to demolish Robie Street’s last historic neighbourhood (North to Cunard). HRM Council needs t...

Documentary Screening “Thinking Beyond the Market̶...

June 2, 2026

Carbon Arc Cinema, Saturday Matinee, 2pm A screening presented by FHC & Carbon Arc! Come and see Dr Brian Douce...

Temporary Wanderers Stadium Needs to Go! 🔈

June 22, 2026

Wanderers Field, 2024

Robie Rallies a Success!

June 22, 2026

Thank you to all who helped make ‘Homes Not Highways’ Rallies a success! People learning about HRM’s s...

Sign Our Petition: Temporary Pop Up Wanderers Stadium Needs ...

June 18, 2026

Please sign FHC’s Petition to Save Our Wanderers’ Field! Here’s why! HRM Mayor, Council and staff pers...

FHC AGM – Tues Oct 7, Halifax Central Library

March 31, 2026

Join us for FHC’s AGMTues Oct 7, 6:30 – 8:45,Rm 301, Halifax Central Library Guest Speaker: Howard Epstein “...

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?

June 2, 2026

2536 Robie St is a newly renovated 7-unit First Nations Apartment Building purchased by the government for demolition. ...

Re: Urgent request for Emergency Meeting of Heritage Advisor...

June 2, 2026

September 26, 2025Attention: Mr. Brad Anguish, HRM CAO, HAC and HRM Council Dear Mr. Anguish, HAC Members, HRM Council R...

Widening Mayor Fillmore’s Robie Street – Info

June 2, 2026

Howard Epstein and Peggy Cameron’s May 21 meeting with Mayor Fillmore was a very important opportunity to raise th...

Telling It Like It Is — HRM’s Transportation Committee...

June 2, 2026

On May 21 Howard Epstein and Peggy Cameron presented to HRM’s Transportation Standing Committee to update them on ...

Todd Veinotte & Peggy Cameron: What’s Up With Robi...

June 2, 2026

FHC’s recent public panel with Howard Epstein, Frank Palermo, Peggy Cameron & emcee Jeff Karabanow had over 10...

Mayor Fillmore – When is Our Meeting?

June 2, 2026

Writing on behalf of FHC and Robie St residents, Peggy Cameron and Howard once again ask Mayor Fillmore for a meeting. T...

HRM -Cancel Robie St Widening & Save $73m

June 2, 2026

FHC has written to HRM to cancel its Robie St widening plan and save $73m. That’s HRM’s budget to buy proper...

Dear Premier Houston-Do You Know Your Government is Buying &...

June 18, 2026

Feb 23, 2025 Dear Premier Houston, We’re writing to ask if you know that the NS Department of Public Works is spen...

Reject NS Minimal Planning Requirements

June 2, 2026

(Feb 24, 2025) FHC’s submission to HRM on the Nova Scotia Government’s proposed changes to Minimal Planning ...

The Mayflower Factory Building Project Needs Work!

February 6, 2026

Maybe you know of the Mayflower Tobacco Factory building? Its a small brick building near the Halifax Common and Armorie...

AGM 2024 FHC Activities Report and Grades

March 31, 2026

FHC AGM Activities Report, 2024: This is a brief summary of FHC Activities over the past year presented at the October A...

Jamie Simpson – How Cities Protect Trees By Law

February 6, 2026

Halifax – Ki’jupuk is known as the ‘City of Trees’ but FHC worries for how long. Hundreds of Halifax Common ...

HRM Election – FHC’s Questions For Candidates

June 2, 2026

Vote for Our Common Good – Keep It Ours! Congratulations to our new Mayor and Council and thanks to everyone who s...

Amend the Centre Plan, Protect Halifax Trees! P...

February 6, 2026

Halifax planning is killing urban trees. Cutting trees for the QEII hospital is part of a bigger problem. The Centre Pla...

April 15 – Once More Time, FHC Writes Parks Canada re ...

January 29, 2026

This 2024 FHC April letter to Parks Canada copy.pages summarizes concerns over and options to halt the paving  of Garris...

Shame – Premier Houston & Mayor Savage Ignore ~3,4...

January 29, 2026

When FHC heard Premier Houston’s provincial government wanted Mayor Savage and HRM’s permission to cut 37 tr...

Write to Parks Canada “Don’t Pave National Park ...

April 9, 2024

(Ki’jupuk) Nova Scotia Health and Parks Canada intend to pave green space on the Garrison Grounds for healthcare parking...

(April 7) FHC to Minister Guilbeault – Do Not Pave Hal...

January 29, 2026

“It is completely unacceptable that you as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, or a department of your gov...

Todd Veinotte Asks FHC About Paving the Garrison Ground for ...

January 29, 2026

(Ki’jupuk) Todd Veinotte & Peggy Cameron discuss the Nova Scotia’s Department of Health pitch to Parks C...

HRM Adopts Piecemeal Halifax Common Master Plan – No L...

January 29, 2026

The Halifax Common Master Plan Review and Implementation Plan was adopted by HRM Council on January 23, 2024. In Februar...

HRM Council Approves Carbon Bombs for Carlton Block

January 29, 2026

On January 23 HRM Council voted to give the Dexel / Lawen development even more benefit but still without any public ben...

HRFHC Writes to Ms. Maggie MacDonald Executive Director Park...

June 13, 2026

FHC sent a letter to HRM’s Executive Director of Parks & Recreation, Ms Maggie MacDonald, with information for...

Todd Veinotte & FHC’s Howard Epstein re HRM’...

January 29, 2026

Listen to Todd Veinotte’s interview with Howard Epstein about SEA/Derek Martin’s pitch for HRM to spend $40 ...

FHC to HRM Community Planning & Economic Development Sta...

January 29, 2026

Dear HRM CPED Committee Members: Re- Wanderers Grounds – FHC Comments FHC’s FOIPOP information received Sept 11and...

Todd Veinotte- Interview re Ron Pink’s letter to HRM o...

January 29, 2026

In 2018 just before the start of public consultation for the Halifax Common Master Plan HRM signed a contract with a pri...

Renovated Robie St House Demolished & What about those t...

January 29, 2026

  Mid-town Halifax housing takes another hit this morning as an “Investor” knocks down 2110 Robie to save on ...

FHC to Mayor/Premier: Stop Plan to Cut Mature Historic Trees...

January 29, 2026

re: QEII Hospital Build and cutting down Halifax Common Trees  FHC has just learned that the province intends to cut dow...

Wanderers Grounds: Ron Pink Letter to HRM Mayor Savage

January 29, 2026

FHC recently retained Halifax lawyer Ron Pink with respect to concerns about the Halifax Regional Municipality’s (...

FHC & Todd Veinotte-Councillor Misinformed on Wanderers

July 11, 2023

Reminder: Its time for our Mayor and Council to protect the Halifax Common, not to let more of it slip out of public use...

FHC Response to HRM’s ‘in principle’ Halifax Com...

March 14, 2023

We invite you to read these detailed comments on the ‘in principle’ Halifax Common Master Plan (the “Plan”) that FHC rec...

Honour the Mi’kmaq with the name “Black-duck Poo...

February 16, 2023

HRM Mayor and Council approved selling branding/sponsorship for the new central common swimming pool building.  But FHC ...

Thank you for Writing to Protect Former Home & Clinic of...

January 7, 2023

On January 24th HRM Mayor and Council unanimously supported  FHC’s 2022 Heritage Designation Application to help p...

Send Your Comments to Help Make the Halifax Common Plan Bett...

January 5, 2023

HRM is continuing its ‘public consultation’ on the Halifax Common draft plan via an on-line survey or comments until Feb...

Tribute to Alan Ruffman, FHC director, by Howard Epstein

December 31, 2022

The passing of our friend ‘Citizen Ruffman’ was a terrible way to end a terrible year. Linda and Alan have a...

Please Sign the Petition to Stop the Demolitions

January 29, 2026

Is Halifax’s Centre Plan an undiagnosed pandemic? Its triggered 100s of building ‘deaths’ – Please sign to stop: s...

Robie Street Widening – Citizens to HRM: “Don...

December 14, 2022

Citizens living in the Robie Street neighbourhood between Cunard and North Street oppose HRM’s plans to expropriat...

Halifax Common Master Plan, Wanderers Block & Public Gar...

April 10, 2026

FHC want the Friends of Public Gardens’ proposal for new greenhouses on the Wanderers Block to be included as part...

2022 FHC AGM- Tuesday November 29, 6:30-8:45 Halifax Public ...

January 29, 2026

Dear Friends of Halifax Common, Please join FHC for our 2022 AGM. Our meeting will focus on the draft Halifax Common Mas...

HRM Pulls Switcheroo on Premier / Minister with Common’...

October 12, 2022

Say one thing, do another.  In April 2021 HRM’s Jacques Dube asked the NS Government’s Law Amendments for pe...

Secret Agreement with Fossil Fuel Corporation to Extend Spon...

September 14, 2022

FHC has written to request that HRM Mayor and Council not approve a secret agreement with the fossil fuel corporation Em...

Todd Veniotte & FCH: What’s Wrong with the HRM-Eme...

September 12, 2022

LOTS! HRM Mayor & Council ignored all FHC’s good reasons why making secret deals with any fossil fuel corp is ...

News 95.7 Todd Veinotte re Wanderers Grounds Privatization

June 17, 2022

News 95.7 Todd Veinotte and FHC director Peggy Cameron. FHC director talk about why the Wanderers Grounds must remain pu...

FHC Letter to Mayor: Private Permanent Stadium on Public Lan...

January 29, 2026

FHC call on you to confirm to developer Derek Martin that his request to make his private “temporary” pop-up stadium on ...

Todd Veinotte- Why Halifax Common Pool Needs a Better Locati...

May 10, 2022

Halifax Central Common Pool re-do — good idea bad location. News 97.5 Todd Veinotte explores FHC’s concerns and be...

Halifax Common Pool – HRM Dives into the Wrong End of Planni...

May 5, 2022

(Ki’jupuk / Halifax) HRM’s ad hoc planning (get it done) vs long term (do it right) once again drowns potential for the ...

Chronicle Herald: Rally Against Robie Street demolitions

January 29, 2026

[Stephen Cooke | Posted: April 9, 2022] While a portable speaker played the sound of Joni Mitchell singing “They paved p...

Buildings For the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Stud...

February 6, 2026

This new report “Buildings for the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Study” by Peggy Cameron, MES reveal...

Lloyd Alter: Groundbreaking Study Highlights How Design and ...

March 1, 2022

  “Groundbreaking study on embodied carbon comparing new build to retrofit and addition in Halifax Canada ignored ...

Buildings For the Climate Crisis – in the Media

January 29, 2026

What others are saying about Buildings For the Climate Crisis   Buildings for the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Study ...

City Plan for the Common needs public consultation

January 29, 2026

Howard Epstein, Friends of Halifax Common, says the Halifax Common Master Plan needs further public consultation. ...

HRM Promises Further Public Consultation (Kind of)

January 29, 2026

HRM’s Council adopted the new 500 page Halifax Common Master Plan and has promised further public consultation (kind of)...

Halifax Common Master Plan Approval Delayed by HRM Standing ...

December 8, 2021

HRM’s Community and Economic Development Standing Committee met on Wednesday, Dec 8, and agreed to delay approving...

RALPH SURETTE: The lowdown on high-rises: they fuel the cl...

April 10, 2026

(published in The Chronicle Herald, October 28, 2021)(Halifax/Ki’jupuk) A global environment conference called COP...

Thank you to 500+ Citizens Who Petitioned For Changes to Cen...

April 10, 2026

A round of applause in gratitude to the 500+ citizens who asked the Mayor and Council Plan for All Citizens by making ch...

https://halifaxcommon.ca/clone/buildings-for-the-climate-cri...

October 14, 2021

Public Hearings for Multiple Towers, September 7th

August 26, 2021

HRM hosted two public hearings on September 7, 6pm (day after Labour Day) via zoom and approved Case 20761 and Case 2292...

Electoral Report Card—FHC Grades Electoral Candidates

August 13, 2021

Friends of the Halifax Common distributed a three-question survey to Halifax Peninsula MLA electoral candidates and poli...

FHC Submission to HRM Review of Regional Plan

July 17, 2021

We are deeply concerned about recent incursions into the Halifax Common… …from proposed multiple high rises ...

FHC to HRM Staff- The Halifax Common Needs Good Planning Ple...

July 12, 2021

FHC executive members recently met with HRM planning staff to remind them of the importance of good planning and protect...

Chronicle Herald: Group concerned with proposed central Hali...

January 29, 2026

Noushin Ziafati – July 6, 2021 An advocacy group says it’s concerned that a set of proposed highrise developments ...

Carlton Block’s “Upward Creep” Proposals Ignore Both Public ...

July 4, 2021

Media Release July 4, 2021 –For immediate release KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) HRM’s response to significant public concern...

RONALD COLMAN: Shrunken Halifax Common mirrors global assaul...

January 29, 2026

On June 23, 1763, King George III granted the 235-acre Halifax Common “to and for the use of the inhabitants of the town...

DAVID GARRETT: Whither the withering Halifax Common?

June 23, 2021

“On a warm day, particularly on the weekend, hundreds of people can be seen loosely gathering on the North Common,...

Walk Around the Common – June 23/21 4-6pm

January 29, 2026

Join us for a Walk around the Common – June 23rd @4pm – to mark the 258th anniversary of the Halifax Common, a gift R...

New Evidence to Remind HRM Auditor General of Failed Public ...

June 7, 2021

June 07, 2021 Halifax Regional Municipality Auditor General PO Box 1749, Halifax, NS B3J 3A5 Re- Review of HRM Planning&...

Failed Public Consultation Case Study #11: Joan Fraser’...

June 7, 2021

The following is an account by Halifax resident Pat White. For a period of seven years the late Joan Fraser and I worked...

Happy 105th Birthday Jane Jacobs! – Six Ways to Celebr...

January 29, 2026

  Jane Jacobs (May 4, 1916-2006) was a Canadian-American urbanist who changed the way many people understand city planni...

FHC to Premier-Don’t Approve a Pool Building Before Public C...

April 14, 2021

FHC are asking the Nova Scotia Legislature not to approve legislation to permit new building on the Central Common for H...

Letter to Premier Rankin-Protect the Halifax Common

March 17, 2021

March 17, 2021 Dear Premier Rankin and Minister Macguire, RE: Legislative Protection for the Halifax Common The 235 Hali...

Letter to Premier Rankin: Cancel $100M Parking Garages

March 14, 2021

Friends of Halifax Common has sent a new letter to Premier Rankin requesting that he cancel the  ~$100 million parking g...

FHC Letter to Centre Plan Team Re Package B (Feb. 24 2021)

March 2, 2021

Centre Plan Team: The Friends of the Halifax Common (FHC) wish to re-confirm our belief that while Package B of the Cent...

2020 – FHC Centre Plan Submission

January 24, 2021

Dear Centre Plan Staff, Please find included in this email two previous submissions from Friends of Halifax Common (2018...

CBC-Maritime Noon-Why Old Buildings Matter

January 29, 2026

Listen to CBC’s Bob Murphy and guests Tom Urbaniak, professor at Cape Breton University and Tom Morrison, engineer...

Cancel the Proposed WSP 23-storey high-rise-Case 22927

January 10, 2021

Dear HRM Planners, Mayor and Council Re: Cancel the Proposed WSP high-rise- Case 22927 The proposed Westwood high-rise t...

Rick Howe-Cancel the Parking Garage-There are better solutio...

December 24, 2020

Rick Howe interviews FHC’s Peggy Cameron about the group’s letter to Premier McNeil asking that he cancel th...

Letter to Premier – Cancel the Parking Garage

December 18, 2020

December 17, 2020 Dear Premier McNeil,  As you leave your role as Premier, we write to ask that you reconsider the decis...

News 95.7-Rick Howe: Freshwater Brook vs Parking Garages

December 18, 2020

Construction work for a controversial parking garage by the NS Museum of Natural History exposed an ancient pipe where F...

Chronicle Herald: Restore historic Freshwater Brook in Halif...

December 18, 2020

Francis Campbell  Freshwater Brook resurfaced recently in the middle of Halifax but its exposure is likely temporary.  T...

Buildings For the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Stud...

January 29, 2026

This new report “Buildings for the Climate Crisis – A Halifax Case Study” by Peggy Cameron, MES reveal...

From Now – Oct 17 Elect HRM Representatives Who are Fr...

October 9, 2020

From now until October 17 you as a citizen of HRM can vote to elect a Mayor and Council. Confronted with the climate cri...

FHC Survey- Mayoralty Candidates’ Replies

January 29, 2026

There are 3 candidates for Mayor in HRM’s Oct 17 Election. Incumbent Mayor Mike Savage did not respond to the FHC ...

FHC Survey- District 1 Candidates’ Replies

January 29, 2026

Of HRM Electoral Candidates for Councillor, District 1, Stephen Kamperman and Arthur Wamback replied. Cathy Deagle Gammo...

FHC Survey- District 2 Candidates’ Replies

October 5, 2020

Of four candidates in District 2 only incumbent David Hendsbee replied. David Boyd wrote to say that he supports the FHC...

FHC Survey — District 3 Candidates’ Replies

October 5, 2020

Of candidates running for District 3 Clinton Desveaux, Lloyd Jackson and Becky Kent replied. Vishal Bhardwaj and George ...

Candidates for Councillor, District 4

October 5, 2020

Of Candidates running for District 4, Ryan Burris, Darryl Johnson, Jamie MacNeil, Chris Mont and John Stewart responded....

Candidates for Councillor, District 7

October 5, 2020

District 7 Candidates Jen Powley and incumbent Waye Mason submitted survey responses. Richard Arundel-Evans and Craig Ro...

Candidates for Councillor, District 5 & 6

October 5, 2020

Disappointingly neither incumbent Councillor Sam Austin nor candidate Mitch MacIntyre responded to the FHC survey. We di...

Candidates for Council, District 8

October 5, 2020

Of Councillor candidates for District 8 Virginia Hinch was the only respondent. Dylan Smith and Incumbent Lyndell Smith ...

FHC Survey —District 9 Candidates’ Replies

October 5, 2020

Each of the five candidates responded to the FHC survey. These include Bill Carr, Shaun Clark, Incumbent Shawn Cleary, S...

Candidates for Councillor, District 10

October 5, 2020

Of Candidates for District 10 only Kathryn Morse responded. Candidates Andrew Curran, Mohammad Ehsan, Renee Field, Sherr...