3pm Hour – empty buildings and graffiti battles

Posted Aug 12, 2011 05:36:50 PM.

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We get the numbers on office vacancies in Halifax from Ashley Urquhart of Turner, Drake and Partners Ltd. Jackie Barkhouse councillor for Eastern Passage talks about recent racist graffiti in her district. She says the RCMP need to treat it as more than ‘mischief’. How do we get our kids off the coach and into a healthy lifestyle? We chat with NS chief medical health officer about his uphill battle.

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