A view of the Wanderers Grounds, the Bengal Lancers facility and the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club in Halifax. Photo by Tim Krochak /The Chronicle HeraldArticle contentRe: Halifax inches closer to permanent stadium for its soccer clubs, ThursdayTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.Subscribe now to access this story and more:Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES.Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience.Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsRegister to unlock more articles.Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience.Access additional stories every monthShare your thoughts and join the conversation in our commenting communityGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorArticle contentThe tragedy of the Halifax Common has been unfolding for years.Article contentArticle contentThe dismal combined performances of dysfunctional government and market capitalism has untethered the public from any kind of feeling of belonging to and ownership of our ever-diminishing public spaces.Article contentWhen did we turn into a community where the people’s input is undervalued and discouraged and where decisions feel corporate? That we are even considering any option for the Wanderers’ Ground that includes a private for-profit usurpation of our public land is beyond belief.Article contentArticle contentA demand for tax dollars to pay for such a scheme would be laughable if it wasn’t such a tragic possibility.Article contentA stadium belongs somewhere off the peninsula, on private land paid for by private wealth. The fan base will follow.Article contentFuture dreams of largesse and profit can be better realized away from our already-too-congested city core. It is important to safeguard our public land for the use and enjoyment of all citizens and for future generations.Article contentPeggy Smith, HalifaxArticle contentArticle contentRally attendees should consider car poolingArticle contentRe: Digby Wharf Rat Rally, Southwest Iron and Ink start Aug. 28, SaturdayArticle contentI love motorcycles. I drove Honda motorcycles from 50 cc (1966) to 500 cc (2016), but never a Harley.Article contentWhy, with climate change warnings world-wide, wildfires everywhere on Earth, hurricanes popping up every few days, do people think it’s OK to drive the loudest and most inefficient motorcycles to a beautiful port in Nova Scotia where Joshua Slocum left to sail around the world, without a motor, when most of these visitors could have come in a bus?Article contentArticle contentPhil Thompson, Petpeswick Article contentArticle contentCredit to Dartmouth General staffArticle contentI was taken by ambulance to the Dartmouth General on Aug. 7 due to heart complications.Article contentAfter being seen promptly by the emergency staff of doctors and nurses, I was quickly transferred to the cardiac unit (fourth floor) that same evening.Article contentI was admitted for six days, and the care I received from the staff of nurses and doctors was beyond incredible.Article contentOur health-care system often gets a hard time due to the heavy burden it is under, but I can attest to an old saying that not all angels wear wings, and this is true of the staff at the Dartmouth General.Article contentCaren Robertson, DartmouthArticle contentArticle contentRelaxed policies exploited by criminalsArticle contentOn page A7 of Friday’s paper, two stories occupied almost the entire page.Article contentOne was about Ontario Premier Doug Ford (rightfully) complaining about a homeowner who was charged after sending a home invader to hospital for just trying to protect his home and family from this person who broke in at 3:30 a.m.
Voice of the People: Preserve Halifax’s public land for use by all
