As part of the federal-provincial child care agreement, announced in July 2021, ECE’s were promised a new wage scale. But nearly 14 months later, there’s still no official word on what date they’ll see a raise.
The vice-president of the Dalhoes Student Union says she’s seeing students “renting out their living rooms, splitting bedrooms into two, or splitting living rooms into two and putting up screens” to cram more people into rentals and lower the cost.
Atlantic Gold was given special permission to raise the height of a tailings dam in a process that did not require public consultation.
Justin Trudeau says the funding will help the province overly reliant on coal meet its goal of achieving 80 percent renewable energy by 2030.
One Spring Garden business owner says the changes are “an experiment at [his] expense”
The original, Pictou location will provide Sam’s famous sauce to the new Bedford location.
About 300 Ukrainians, fleeing war in their country, will land in Halifax on May 2. Already, a vast network of volunteers and organizations are working to make their transition to life in Nova Scotia as easy as possible.
At a May 17 meeting, Halifax Regional Council voted to increase taxi rates by 12 percent. It’s the first increase to taxi fares since 2012 and it’s largely driven by the rapidly increasing cost of gas
Halifax city council has voted to replace 60 diesel-powered buses that are at the end of their lifespan with new electric buses from Nova Bus Limited.
There’s a sense optimism among the downtown-Halifax business community as the tourism season kicks off.
