What Odds at City Hall: 9 May 2022
The Pedestrian Mall gets security, a landlord survey is coming, and 19 King’s Bridge Road is closer to its rezoning.
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Elizabeth Whitten is a St. John’s-based journalist and The Independent’s St. John’s municipal politics reporter. She’s previously worked for allNewfoundlandLabrador and Downhome Magazine, and her work has been published by CBC, The Overcast, and the Toronto Star. She’s currently writing a book about how Dr. Cluny Macpherson invented the gas mask in World War One.
The Pedestrian Mall gets security, a landlord survey is coming, and 19 King’s Bridge Road is closer to its rezoning.
There are no laws prohibiting abortion in Newfoundland & Labrador—but cost, distance, and stigma still restrict access in much of the province.
Trouble brewing in the Gut over a restaurant, the Arts & Culture Advisory Committee fills vacancies, and the George Street Association gears up for summer.
The City sells some land, Cllr Carl Ridgeley is heading to Gander, and the Royal Canadian Navy is closing a road.
There’s no avoiding your final destination. But there are lots of options—with different costs and carbon footprints—for relinquishing the body you leave behind.
There’s debate over a proposed apartment building, the City updates their socials, & the Rennies River Flood Mitigation Project gets pushback.
Council approves a deck (and signs off on a few easements), City land changes hands, and summer jobs get a pay boost.
Council goes back and forth on the future of 1 Queen Street, a quarry gets closer to launching, and there’s concern over 670 Kenmount Road.
At Monday’s meeting, Council spars over parklet fees, swaps around some City land, and okays road closures.
Pasture Land Road lives up to its name after all, WerkLiv is back before Council, and a sobering reflection on racism in St. John’s.