Health Care Centre Opens in Pugwash Health Care Centre Opens in Pugwash Bill Martin / Friday, May 31, 2024 0 390 Article rating: 3.7 Premier Tim Houston joined a boisterous crowd of local officials and health care providers for the ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of the new North Cumberland Health Care Centre today. Read more
Premier Offers New Reasons to Axe the Tax Premier Offers New Reasons to Axe the Tax Staff Reporter / Tuesday, April 2, 2024 0 311 Article rating: No rating Premier Tim Houston is still pitching the Prime Minister to free Nova Scotians from the much talked about federal carbon tax. Read more
NS Enhances Support for Diabetics NS Enhances Support for Diabetics Staff Reporter / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 0 369 Article rating: No rating The Province is providing funding assistance for sensor-based glucose monitoring supplies and an expansion to the Nova Scotia Insulin Pump Program. Read more
Government Gets Award for Cutting Red Tape Government Gets Award for Cutting Red Tape Staff Reporter / Friday, February 2, 2024 0 302 Article rating: No rating Premier Tim Houston and his Atlantic counterparts were awarded the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Golden Scissors Award today, for the creation of the Atlantic Physician Registry. Read more
Top Ten Health Care Suggestions from Staff Top Ten Health Care Suggestions from Staff Staff Reporter / Monday, January 15, 2024 0 446 Article rating: No rating The people of Nova Scotia have selected the top ten ideas in the Healthcare Improvement Challenge. Read more
Province Tightens Travel Nurse Rules Staff Reporter / Tuesday, December 5, 2023 0 220 Article rating: No rating The Nova Scotia Government is changing the way it deals with ‘Travel Nurses.’ Read more
Four Receive Provincial Medal of Bravery Four Receive Provincial Medal of Bravery Staff Reporter / Wednesday, November 8, 2023 0 344 Article rating: No rating Four Nova Scotians received the Province's highest recognition for bravery at a ceremony held today in Halifax. Read more
NS Launches Mobile Health App NS Launches Mobile Health App Staff Reporter / Wednesday, November 1, 2023 0 411 Article rating: 5.0 A new step aimed at improving healthcare in Nova Scotia puts some control in your hand. Read more
Accelerated Program for Skilled Trades Staff Reporter / Thursday, October 19, 2023 0 445 Article rating: 4.0 Recruiting, retaining, and training more people in the skilled trades will help throughout Nova Scotia, especially to get homes, hospitals, and roads built faster. Read more
Special Grants for Emergency Groups Special Grants for Emergency Groups Staff Reporter / Thursday, September 21, 2023 0 476 Article rating: No rating Premier Tim Houston announced that eighty organisations will share almost $1.5 million through the Province's Emergency Services Provider Fund, available to fire departments, ground search and rescue organizations, and hazardous materials teams. Read more
Premier Pushes Tantramar Flood Upgrade Premier Pushes Tantramar Flood Upgrade Staff Reporter / Monday, September 18, 2023 0 360 Article rating: No rating The Premier of Nova Scotia says work is proceeding on the plan to shore-up the dykes and flood systems on the Isthmus of Chignecto. Read more
Premier Announces Historic Cabinet Shuffle Premier Announces Historic Cabinet Shuffle Staff Reporter / Thursday, September 14, 2023 0 679 Article rating: 4.0 Premier Tim Houston announced history making changes to the provincial cabinet today. Read more
Premier and Mayor Change Morning Talk Dates Premier and Mayor Change Morning Talk Dates Staff Reporter / Thursday, August 17, 2023 0 455 Article rating: No rating Busy people have busy schedules and that sometimes means a change of plans. Such is the case for Premier Tim Houston and Cumberland Mayor Murray Scott.. Read more
Much of NS Faces Emergency Flooding Much of NS Faces Emergency Flooding STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED PROVINCE-WIDE. Bill Martin / Saturday, July 22, 2023 0 464 Article rating: No rating A lot of people are talking about global climate change today. As if recent hurricanes were not enough, the altered seasons with tinder dry wildfires, aberrant heat and humidity, and now, torrential floods, even the staunchest holdouts are beginning to see the light. Read more