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HALIFAX -- The spring session of the Nova Scotia legislature did not work out quite as Premier Tim Houston had hoped, according to opposition parties and a political scientist.
TRURO -- Traffic on two Nova Scotia highways came to a standstill on Thursday after a police raid on unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in an Indigenous community triggered blockades in an escalation of tensions over the provincial government's crackdown on unregulated marijuana.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia legislature has been closed to the public after singing protesters disrupted a budget vote Tuesday night.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia premier's popularity appears to have taken a significant hit following controversial budget cuts that he partially walked back amid public outcry and protests.
FREDERICTON -- The New Brunswick government says health-care spending helped push the budget for the next fiscal year into a record deficit, and the province plans to raise revenue with a new toll on a highway into Nova Scotia.
FREDERICTON -- The New Brunswick government says its investments in health care have helped push the budget into a record deficit.
FREDERICTON -- New Brunswick's government has tabled a $15.6-billion budget driven deep into deficit by health spending.
FREDERICTON -- New Brunswick's government has tabled a $15.6-billion budget driven deep into deficit by health spending.
HALIFAX -- The partial reversal of some of Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston's controversial budget cuts will still result in the loss of Mi'kmaq programs that were built to address systemic and historic racism, says the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says weeks of pointed feedback forced him to recognize his government made some mistakes when it announced $130 million in cuts in his government's last budget.
HALIFAX -- Halifax high school student Teddie Rofe says the Nova Scotia government has just made a decision that will strip away some of her independence.
HALIFAX -- The premier of Nova Scotia says he won't allow his former justice minister to reveal cabinet secrets, after she pressed his government about whether there was political interference with the police.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's former justice minister and a legal expert are raising concerns about legislation tabled Wednesday to strengthen enforcement of cannabis rules amid a crackdown on illegal dispensaries.
HALIFAX -- As Ottawa incentivizes Canadians to buy electric vehicles or hybrids, Nova Scotia is making it more expensive to drive them.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's finance minister has tabled a budget with a $1.2-billion deficit and cuts to the public service.
HALIFAX -- Becky Druhan, Nova Scotia's former justice minister who quit the governing Progressive Conservatives in the fall over differences with party leadership, hopes the session of the legislature that begins Monday is longer than the last one, which was only eight days.
HALIFAX -- Rev. Jesse Jackson left a lasting impact on Nova Scotia, say leaders of the African Nova Scotian community, and was considered like an extended family member to those he met during a visit to the province in 2009.
HALIFAX -- A political scientist says he's concerned the Nova Scotia government has appointed the premier's two-time campaign co-chair as a new provincial court judge, saying Tim Houston appears to be becoming more bold in his partisanship.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government has said its crackdown on illegal cannabis shops was motivated in part by a desire to rein in human trafficking and ensure cannabis sold in the province is not contaminated with fentanyl. The federal justice minister and local police say they have not received reports of human trafficking linked to contraband cannabis, and police...
HALIFAX -- In the year since the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives under Premier Tim Houston won a resounding second mandate, the government's focus has largely been on a topic that didn't get much attention during the 2024 election campaign.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia RCMP say they have no plans to change their approach to tackling illegal cannabis in the province, despite a new provincial government directive calling for a police crackdown.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government is directing police to crack down on illegal cannabis stores and wants help from Mi'kmaq chiefs to shut down on-reserve sales.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government is directing police to crack down on illegal cannabis stores and wants help from Mi'kmaq chiefs to shut down on-reserve sales.
HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia minister says she has no interest in allowing a world-renowned golf developer to build a course in a Cape Breton provincial park, but remains open to discussing other projects on protected land.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government says it has approved changes submitted by Halifax to restrict infilling along a strip of shoreline in Dartmouth.
HALIFAX -- Halifax city officials say they are conducting an internal review after dashcam video shows a municipal vehicle nearly backing into a pedestrian.
HALIFAX -- A crowd of about 50 people gathered in front of the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax on Thursday for a flag-raising ceremony to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance.
HALIFAX -- A Mi'kmaq leader in Nova Scotia says the provincial government continues to ignore First Nations' concerns on a new law they say targets their community's ability to protect its territory.
HALIFAX -- Halifax university student union leaders are calling on the Nova Scotia government to address the high cost of housing they say is making it harder for students to study and live in the province.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government is weakening democracy by packing bills with an unreasonable number of legislative changes, say opposition parties and political scientists.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government has tabled legislation that could weaken a key section of the province's transparency law.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government is introducing a bill it says would eliminate red tape and encourage business activity, particularly in the natural resources sector.
HALIFAX -- Since the school year began, Diana Calderon has spent most weekday afternoons driving her 14-year-old daughter to the Halifax junior high school she should be attending, timing their visits with recess so the teenager can spend a few minutes with her classmates.
HALIFAX -- As climate change continues to raise the risk of extreme wildfires, a debate has arisen over who bears the responsibility to prevent disasters: government or individuals?
The federal government says it is committed to working with Mi'kmaq First Nations in Nova Scotia to improve the income assistance program -- though Ottawa has yet to provide details on the progress of negotiations.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government should be cautious as it considers giving mayors more power -- authority that could create a "mini American presidency" in communities across the province -- says a political scientist.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he wishes his government's $1.35 million partnership with home-sharing platform Happipad had resulted in more than just 60 leases over two years.
HALIFAX -- After at least two Nova Scotia municipalities voted in favour of asking the provincial government to slow down on its uranium exploration plans, their offices received several-page-long letters from Premier Tim Houston saying the province needs the industry to keep funding municipalities.
HALIFAX -- Canada Post employees gathered at rallies in 13 cities across the country on Saturday to highlight the ongoing labour dispute between their union and employer and stir up support for the workers at the centre of the dispute.
HALIFAX -- With the Nova Scotia legislature expected to adjourn late today, a political scientist says the winter sitting was marked by government moves aimed at increasing cabinet's authority and shrinking the legislature's ability to provide oversight.
When Saint John, N.B., holds its annual Pride celebration in August, it's expecting a new group of participants -- Americans seeking a safe haven from the "scary" reality of living under President Donald Trump's administration.
HALIFAX -- A councillor with Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia says a cleanup plan approved by Ottawa further delays the removal of contaminated sludge that his community has been living next to for decades.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia is reporting a 35 per cent drop in the number of hours emergency departments were closed across the province, though many rural ERs continue to struggle with chronic closures.
HALIFAX -- The worst of Halifax's homeless crisis is over, says the city's new mayor, who wants to see encampments closed as quickly as possible -- even as homelessness advocates vigorously disagree that the situation is improving.
HALIFAX -- Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston says if he's given a second mandate in Tuesday's election, it will strengthen his position to fight Ottawa on key issues impacting the province, including carbon pricing.
HALIFAX -- Previous Liberal and NDP governments are to blame for Nova Scotia's housing crisis, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston said Wednesday on the campaign trail, boasting that his party's plan to build more homes is bearing fruit.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender doesn't make a habit of getting kicked out of the legislature -- it's happened once in her seven-year political career.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender doesn't make a habit of getting kicked out of the legislature -- it's happened once in her seven-year political career.
HALIFAX -- The leaders of Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal parties are taking aim at the Progressive Conservatives' immigration policies, which they say are outpacing the province's health care and housing capacity.
HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative constituency campaign manager has resigned amid accusations of "vote-buying" with Tim Hortons gift cards.
HALIFAX -- A lot has changed in Nova Scotia since the Progressive Conservatives won a dominant electoral majority in the 2021 election with a targeted focus on health care.
HALIFAX -- Candidates running to be Halifax's next mayor are fighting apathy and a lack of public engagement with municipal politics, experts and candidates say.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.
HALIFAX -- Campaign promises to fund mental health care, reinstate public school boards and give tax breaks for dog adoptions are among the pledges that, nearly three years into his mandate, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has either tossed aside or been slow to enact.
HALIFAX -- British Columbia's premier says he wants to support Newfoundland and Labrador's plans to sue Ottawa over the federal equalization program, which transfers money from wealthier provinces to poorer ones, calling the current formula "completely absurd."
HALIFAX -- Halifax council's decision to choose recreation grounds in the heart of the city and a wooded south-end park as designated sites for homeless encampments is "completely nuts," says Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston.
HALIFAX -- As a closeted gay teenager walking through downtown Halifax in the early 1980s, Daniel MacKay drew hope from the bright lights, giggles and thumping bass coming from a boisterous bar called The Turret on Barrington Street.