Premier Stephen McNeil has visited the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia asking him to dissolve the Nova Scotia Legislature in favour of a general election on May 30th.

It’s Saturday morning. We’re enjoying a coffee and contemplating the gentle April shower before the flowers of May. Meanwhile, Premier Stephen McNeil is taking the final steps to plunge Nova Scotia into an election campaign. Say it ain’t so.

Legislative amendments passed by the House of Assembly to improve support for children and put their interests first when their families break up will come into effect on May 26th.

The former executive director of the Cumberland Regional Economic Development Authority has pleaded guilty to forgery.

The Council to Improve Classroom Conditions released its report today, with forty recommendations including expanded class caps to junior/middle school and high school.

While the provincial budget captured all the headlines today, a new Accessibility Act was quickly ushered through today's session. Bill 59 calls for Nova Scotia to be completely barrier free for persons with disabilities by the year 2030.

Police are warning the public to be on the lookout for possible door-to-door scammers offering new or upgraded alarm systems. Residents of Kings County first reported the cancer, and police found two companies are not licensed to operate in Nova Scotia.

The 2017–2018 budget, tabled today in the Nova Scotia Legislature, is an aggressive and all encompassing document designed to offer something for everybody. The big question is whether it is a real budget, one that will be inspected, parsed, debated, and approved by the House of Assembly.

Nova Scotia's Liberals introduced their second balanced budget in the legislature today. The pre-election budget calls for $10.5 billion in spending, while reducing taxes for 500 thousand Nova Scotians.