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Emily Deming

Emily Deming

Emily Deming is involved in a love affair with St John's so deep it extends to attending plays, poetry readings, and dance festivals.

    News November 29, 2017 November 28, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    What Went Down This Week at the St. John’s City Council Meeting?

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    Latest Posts: November 22, 2017 November 22, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    “No resident should ever get a say in what happens immediately abutting their house. Because we are all conservative protectionist assholes with no civic vision when it comes to our own elbow room.”

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    News November 15, 2017 November 15, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    “Treeson” in Kenmount Terrace, cleaning up the Kingsbridge traffic mess, Margaret Place demolition, and more.

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    News November 8, 2017 November 7, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    What happened at the St. John’s city council meeting this week?

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    News November 1, 2017 October 31, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Recap

    Emily breaks down why St. John’s is switching to a Committee of the Whole (over standing committees), and recaps this week’s notably civil city council meeting.

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    Archives, News October 24, 2017 February 15, 2018

    Question Answered: What is the Point of Mile One?

    What is the point if, no matter who we have in there, hockey, basketball or no one, the stadium still costs more money than it makes?

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    News October 18, 2017 October 17, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    A new pack of competent councillors, a new brewery on Duckworth, a preliminary report on Mile One’s missing money, and more

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    News October 11, 2017 October 10, 2017

    The New St. John’s City Council Has Been Sworn In

    There were kids waving at their newly elected parents, and infants on the arms of smiling men in the adoring crowd (a lovely illustration of the new gender parity on council).

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    News October 4, 2017 October 4, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    A quick meeting this week, of goodbye speeches and words of wisdom for the new incoming council.

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    News September 27, 2017 September 26, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    Who Wants the Perennially Championed “Mixed Use” Neighbourhoods? Not Neighbours.

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    News September 20, 2017 September 20, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    We’re getting a basketball tem; Heavy Tree Rd is officially closed for farmers only; IJ Sampson to become apartment and seniors’ space; and more

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    News September 13, 2017 September 15, 2017

    Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap

    The City Manager says where it stands right now, is that the city will not release a building permit for the new Costco in the Galway development until “conditions are met with respect to infrastructure, traffic, and underground infrastructure”

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    The Overcast is a multi-award-winning media body in St. John’s, NL.

    Best known for its monthly print magazine, its website, TheOvercast.ca, also posts 1-2 articles a day, hoststhe St. John’s Eats dinning and review directory, and administers the $12,500 Albedo Grant to help entrepreneurs get their big idea off the ground, as well as Newfoundland’s richest award for a local album of the year: The Borealis Music Prize.

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