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Jun 10, 2026
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Drugs, alcohol, panhandling on Halifax's Spring Garden Road causes business association to speak out
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ML v2 (DistilBERT)
-0.290 · LEFT
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-0.145 · CENTER
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Article Excerpt
Two people huddle in a nook between buildings on Spring Garden Road in Halifax to partake in a smoke on Tuesday. PHOTO BY TIM KROCHAK /The Chronicle Herald Article content Sue Uteck doesn’t have the patience anymore to dance around the issue of safety on Halifax’s Spring Garden Road. Article content “I’ll be frank, it’s not a good look at this point,” said Uteck, the executive director of the Spring Garden Area Business Association. Article content Article content “HRP (Halifax Regional Police) statistics between 2023 and 2025 tell us we had a 64 per cent increase in shoplifting. That tells yo…
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Jun 10, 2026