HALIFAX - Federal spending cuts that hit the military and the size of the civil service are a concern for Nova Scotia's finance minister.With about 29,000 people in Nova Scotia who are paid by the federal government, including a military presence that accounts for more than half of that, ...
but also impacted their family and social relationships, their children’s educational experience, their jobs and incomes, and saw their rights and freedoms seriously limited by government-imposed health measures.
The director of the St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association says much of the 1,000 hectares that ignited in May — destroying 151 homes and businesses in Halifax's western suburbs — was young, dense, coniferous woodland that had grown after decades of intensive l...
“What we’re looking for is a quick agreement on the path forward," Duclos said following a meeting with Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston in Halifax. The initial agreements will be a general acceptance of the offer and conditions, while it will take longer to develop specific plans for...
[32]. Different in focus and scale had been the Halifax Project, a global carcinogenicity review by 173 co-authors. Its conclusion, reported in 2015, had been admonitory: “Our current understanding of the biology of cancer suggests that the cumulative effects of (non-carcinogenic) chemicals ...
Champagne will meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts this week in Halifax, and his office said the new marching orders will form part of the agenda. Infrastructure spending is regularly subject to delays because dollars don’t flow to projects until cities and provinces s...