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The ongoing legacy of the abandoned Commonwealth Games on recreational athletics is occasionally positive, occasionally dubious

by Mike Landry

It was "a dark day for Halifax, a dark day for Nova Scotia, and a dark day for Canada." At least that's how a heated Halifax 2014 Board of Directors Chair, Fred MacGillivray, saw it after the city withdrew its Commonwealth Games bid.

A community swimming pool in Clayton Park could be torn down to make way for a bigger bus terminal for the area.

Metro Transit wants to relocate the Lacewood bus terminal in the Halifax neighbourhood, which officials say is overcrowded and in need of an upgrade.

The $40-million facility being built on the Halifax Mainland Common has been officially named the Canada Games Centre.