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Waye Mason

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Running to be Mayor of HRM (he/him) I need your vote to be the next Mayor of Halifax Regional Municipality! www.masonformayor.ca

Currently Councillor District 7 - all my links: linktr.ee/wayemason


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Good morning! Meetings today with Disability Without Poverty and with A-OA about medium-density housing options, with some campaign meetings this afternoon.

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Good morning! Halifax Regional Council meets today, agenda here: www.halifax.ca/city-hall/re...

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It's gone from not used for much to very important, so have to keep reminding folks! Especially the phone option, sign up your parents so they get the emergency phone call! :)

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Good morning! On the Todd Veinotte Show today on Citynews at 10 for Councillors on the Hot Seat, Halifax and West agenda review this afternoon, prepping for tomorrow's Council meeting the rest of the day.

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District 7 Update – Be Prepared in the face of a busy hurricane season, housing & homelessness update, more

#nspoli #halifax #halisky

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Good morning! Lunch with Deputy Mayor of Amherst today and Point Pleasant Park Advisory Committee this afternoon, agenda here: www.halifax.ca/city-hall/bo...

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BOIL ADVISORY LIFTED IMMEDIATELY Halifax, Beaver Bank, Middle & Lower Sackville, Upper Hammonds Plains, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Timberlea, Spryfield, portions of Fall River, Waverley, Herring Cove. Residential and Commercial customers can resume normal use.

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Good morning! Mostly councillor work today! Meeting on coop housing, the regional plan review next steps, and planning in District 7 today. Attending a dinner in Lower Sackville tonight.

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Correct link here: halifaxwater.ca/notice/boil-...

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Good morning! Campaigning this morning visiting businesses and community groups this morning, and Councillor calls and meetings this afternoon and evening.

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Boil Water Advisory is in effect for the areas shown on the map below.

Halifax Water is advising that there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water for customers in the area(s) described in this map.

halifaxwater.ca/.../boil-wat....

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Boil Water Advisory for Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield & Herring Cove

Halifax Water is advising that there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water for customers in the area described: halifaxwater.ca/notice/boil-...

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Also is a treasure... grumble.

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Well, @justinling.bsky.social in a treasure, and that's a fact.

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Good morning! Meetings about bylaw enforcement, road maintenance, and with a resident today.

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Good morning! Meetings at St Paul's church this morning, with staff about community mobilization teams, green energy retrofits, and community safety this afternoon.

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Good morning! Meetings today include two with staff, one about Point Pleasant Park and then one on a compliance matter, and touring the new local office of Parsons.

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District 7 Update - Young District Engagement (Forum lands, Canada Post lands, the Piercey lands, southern Kempt Rd)

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#nspoli #halifax

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Good morning! Day two of GMF Council meetings in Ottawa. Items today include program updates, presentations from Environment and Climate Change Canada, CMHC, and The Atmospheric Fund strategic plan update. More on GMF greenmunicipalfund.ca

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Good morning! I'm in Ottawa today and tomorrow for Green Municipal Fund Council meetings, starting with the Audit Committee this morning and the full Council this afternoon. More on GMF here: greenmunicipalfund.ca

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District 7 Update – Camp Hill Cemetery fence restoration, Windsor St Exchange, parking on Citadel Hill, more

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#nspoli #halifax

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Good morning! I'll be on Global News this morning talking about the Windsor Street Exchange, working on my email update to residents, Transportation Standing Committee this afternoon, and then flying to Ottawa for Green Municipal Fund meetings: buff.ly/3IDNguQ

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Good morning! Halifax Regional Council meets today starting at 10am, agenda here: www.halifax.ca/city-hall/re...

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Good morning! Executive Standing Committee meets today, and I have meetings on child poverty in Nova Scotia and with the Halifax Curling Club, as well as several meetings with residents today.

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Good morning! Meetings today start with breakfast at Reid's in Middle Musquodoboit, and then heading to the Shore to meet folks as we make our way back down.

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Good morning! I've got a full day of reading and prep for later in the week and a couple of meetings, including going live on Void Podcast on Instagram at 2pm, and I'm attending the Save Dartmouth Cove meeting at the Dartmouth Library tonight at 6:30pm.

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I don't think it would TBH most of the port truck traffic is local, not regional or national. The idea is to reduce downtown traffic, but Joe Howe was basically built to be the connector from Fairview to the highway.

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Today is William Davis Miners' Memorial Day - Davis Day - remembering all miners killed in the province's coal mines, and specifically Davis who was shot and killed when company police opened fire on a protest march during the miner's strike in New Waterford, Cape Breton in 1925.

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Good morning! I'll be on the Todd Veinotte Show on 95.7 talking about running for Mayor, meeting with staff, attending a funding announcement for the Cogswell Redevelopment Project and meeting with staff today.

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Big things are happening in Dartmouth today! Will you join me? (psssst! Dart Gallery on Portland or tune in at noon for the FB live stream!)

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Good morning! Today I'm heading to Spencer House for lunch to celebrate the new deck opening, heading to the Provincial Heritage Fair, and tonight I'll be attending the official unveiling of the new D-Day exhibit at the Army Museum at the Halifax Citadel.

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This picture was taken on Feb 26, 1942. It is my Granddad, John Burton "Burt" Waye, and members of No 9 Section, 6th Royal Canadian Engineers, taken during exercises in England.

80 years ago approximately 4 hours after Day Day started, these men landed on Juno Beach. #wewillrememberthem

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Construction of the Almon Street bikeway has started 🚲 #bikehfx

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Good morning! Attended the Halifax Index 2024 this morning, meetings with staff and residents this afternoon, and attending the annual ceremonial review of NLCC Mi'kmaq this evening.

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Good morning! Attending Downtown Halifax Vision 2030 launch today, meeting with two residents, and catching up on emails and constituency work after a long day in Council yesterday.

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Good morning and happy pride month to every 2SLGBTQIA+ resident and ally, I see you and celebrate you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Good morning! I have a couple of meetings today and around those I am finishing my latest district update email and catching up on calls and messages.

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Good morning! Meeting with a resident this morning, DASC open house this afternoon, working on an email update to residents and catching up on emails in between.

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Good morning! I'm participating in a Making the Case for Downtown Workshop this morning, and then I have a meeting on the Barrington Street Cogswell closure. Two meetings with residents this afternoon.

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Good morning! Today I'm meeting with NS Sport Hall of Fame, celebrating Alderney Landing's 25 years, & Regional Council meets 6 pm for a public hearing regarding the potential sale of lands to the Africville Trust for $1. Agenda: www.halifax.ca/city-hall/re...

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Good morning! Today my day starts with the Executive Standing Committee, I'll spend most of the day answering emails and calls, and ends with the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy commemoration at the Halifax Citadel. Exec agenda here: www.halifax.ca/city-hall/st...

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Cogswell: there are new curbs at the Brunswick Street intersection. The column supporting the middle of the Trade Mart footbridge has been removed. Turf has been installed in front of the performance stage in Granville Park. #Halifax

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Good morning! Today I’m speaking at the Downtowns Atlantic Canada Conference in Moncton this morning, have a zoom meeting from here after that, then driving back to Halifax this afternoon.

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Good morning! Today I have a meeting in Lower Sackville this morning, GMF Audit committee at noon, and then at 1pm Council resumes to debate after the Housing Accelerator Fund public hearing closed yesterday.

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Good morning! The Housing Accelerator Fund public hearing continues with the remainder of the speakers on the list this afternoon, and then the debate will take place on Thursday.

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It's the most wonderful time of construction season when the new crosswalks go out to tender! Particularly happy to see the Robie, Binney xwalk with a smart relocation of the bus stop. Also, great are the Herring Cove/Levis xwalk and the half signal in front of the library on Sackville Dr!

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