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The Grand Parade — 128 episodes

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RCMP investigates Fillmore and other more important things

2

Halifax is under a scandal advisory

3

People are dying and nobody cares

4

How council makes housing unaffordable

5

The lies we tell about development fees

6

The lies we tell about property taxes

7

Five minutes once a month

8

An award winning podcast episode

9

It's not corruption, it's the implication

10

What if we had a plan to integrate our mobility?

11

David Hendsbee progressive tax champion

12

Jurisdictional scan: Portland's transportation utility fee

13

Halifax's passable, mediocre, very mid budget

14

Integrated Mobility Failures (feat. some good news), a Mar 23 - 27 council recap

15

Wanderer Grounds podcast is coming back Soon™

16

Halifax (mostly) has a budget, a March 9-13 council recap

17

HRM's debt crisis is finally here

18

The politics of austerity, a Feb 23-27 council recap

19

Book club bonus: Interview with Wes Marshall

20

We need to talk about Joanne Macrea, a Feb 16 - 20 budget ctee recap

21

Killing kids to save money, a Feb 9-13 council recap

22

Eating our cake and having it too, a Feb 2-6 council recap

23

But it might work for us, a Jan 26-30 council recap

24

Do you wanna build a book club?, a Jan 19-23 ctee recap

25

Shoes and cars and shared responsibility, a Jan 12-16 council recap

26

We're back and other things to expect in 2026

27

Cheese week mail bag bonus show

28

A Purdy bad budget debate, A Dec 8-12 council recap

29

Council doesn't know how the CAP works, a Dec 1-5 council recap

30

We will ever learn from the past? A Nov 24-28 council recap

31

BUDGET SEASON IS BACK BABY, a Nov 17-21 council recap

32

Police reform good, road safety bad, a Nov 10 - 14 council update

33

The end of season three

34

Hali-fail-to-ACT, an Oct 27 - 31 council recap

35

HFX by Bike: Built to Fail

36

Halifax's deadcade of road violence, an Oct 20-24 council recap

37

EMERGENCY POD: Our roads are more deadly because the road safety strategy is working

38

One billion 113 million 338 thousand, a 13-17 Oct recap

39

Ticking boxes until the world ends, an Oct 6-10 council recap

40

Amalgamate all hope ye who live here, a Sept 29 - Oct 3 council update

41

All aboard the straight talk express, a Sept 22 - 26 council recap

42

Rest And Maintence Period

43

The worst version of water world, a Sept 8-12 council recap

44

Daydreaming about good governance, a Sept 1-5 council update

45

Single family land acknowledgement, an Aug 25-29 council recap

46

Sportswashing and vibes, an Aug 18-22 council recap

47

Can you help me make Halifax a better place? An Aug 11 - 15 council update

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The party won't stop until we're bankrupt, an Aug 4 - 8 council update

49

Rerun: Hitting the gas on housing and violence

50

Halifax needs tax reform

51

Strong mayor debate highlight reel, a July 14-18(ish) recap

52

Strong mayor powers, bike lanes and sexism, a July 7 - 11 council recap

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Halifax may become sustainable, a Jun 30 - July 4 recap

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A programming note, not a June 23 - 27 council recap

55

Grand Parade goes to Quebec

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All planning no results, A June 16-20 council recap

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Andy Fillmore must be stopped

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Councillors consider killing taxi industry, May 19 - 23 council recap

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Scooters, taxes and sidewalks, oh my! May 12 - 16 council recap

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One advisory committee meeting

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Downtown's burden and core municipal services, April 28 - May 2 Recap

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Homework: How to fix Halifax's BRT /w HFX By Bike

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Halifax's Bus Rapid Transit is designed to fail, council update April 21 - 25

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Parking minimums and traffic planning: April 14 - 17 Council recap

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Fiscal reform and systemic racism: April 7 - 11 council recap

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Domestic Violence and the Green Network Plan: Mar 31 - April 4 counil recap

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Audits, horse hearing and a beach bus: Mar 24-28 council recap

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Halifax’s budget: a political win and fiscal failure

69

Halifax city council's making your life more expensive, a 3rd intermission update

70

Library cuts and the police tank, 2nd intermission update

71

Budget Playoffs Intermission update

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Budget playoffs and a new era

73

Halifax's budget season is finally here

74

HALIFAX STRATEGIC PLAN EMERGENCY PODCAST

75

Five little piggies went to a public meeting

76

Councillor Cuttell and the spanner wrench

77

Committee rosters and budget preview

78

Municipal election primer

79

HFX Votes 2024: Listener Questions

80

Predicting the End of Canada's Oldest Colony.

81

HFX Votes 2024: What is risk managment?

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HFX Votes 2024: Why do we need oversight?

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HFX Votes 2024: How do we make our roads safer?

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HFX Votes 2024: How do we build a better Halifax?

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HFX Votes 2024: What does the mayor do?

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HFX Votes 2024: Why do we have a property tax cap? feat. Darrel Dexter

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HFX Votes 2024: How do property taxes work?

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The Windsor Street Sobriety Test

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HFX Votes 2024: How to fix Halifax Transit

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HFX Votes 2024: What's up with Transit?

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HFX Votes 2024: What makes a good downtown?

92

An Emergency's Emergency

93

Hitting the gas on housing and violence

94

Moving towards cautious optimism

95

An autopsy of Halifax's IMP (2018-2024)

96

Good news, bad news and Porter's Lake

97

An idiot's guide to police reform

98

A climate emergency readiness test for the HRM

99

Corrupt....ed by ineptitude

100

Budget pre-season recap

101

The Halifax (budget) Explosion

102

Transportation Advisory Committee Bangers

103

Wasting good money on bad outcomes

104

Should Halifax de-amalgamate?

105

Why isn't the IMP working?

106

Land use doesn't stop at the curb

107

Wanderers President Derek Martin Wants a Stadium

108

More tents coming to Halifax parks

109

Robbing ourselves to pay the Irvings

110

Answering your Qs about Olivia Chow

111

Climate emergency vol 2: Floods of Bedford

112

Friends of the Common vs Wanderers

113

Full on tragedy of the commons

114

Live show: Regional plan and carbon tax

115

We're doing a live show June 27!

116

The fires in Tantallon

117

Realism of loud car mufflers

118

Regulate me like one of your French girls

119

A few bad apples

120

Budget preview: Utopian high school hockey

121

Big budget talks

122

A Grand don't come for free

123

Won't somebody think of the landlords?

124

Budget, Bike lanes, Battlestar Galactica

125

Dalhousie smack down and a trip to Ontario

126

Does Nathan Fielder make HRM policy?

127

Pizzagate but unironically

128

Spring Garden failures and secretive police