Michael Gorman

Days after Premier Tim Houston’s government passed legislation that lifts the provincial moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for onshore natural gas, Mi’kmaw leadership in Nova Scotia are making their position clear and threatening legal action.

The Nova Scotia government's plans to lift bans on uranium mining and exploration and a moratorium on fracking took a big step forward when Bill 6 cleared third reading at the legislature on Tuesday.

Vince Calderhead says it is a 'borderline human rights violation' for the provincial government not to do more to help lift income assistance recipients out of poverty.

Multiple presenters to the legislature’s committee on public bills said the government’s plan to lift the ban on uranium exploration and mining and the moratorium on fracking for onshore gas, as proposed in Bill 6, should not happen without robust public consultation — if it happens at all.

The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs is again calling out Premier Tim Houston for a lack of consultation as the provincial government pushes a new emphasis on natural resource development.

The B.C. company has signed a one-year untendered contract to bring in diagnostic imaging techs under a model similar to the use of travel nurses to address nursing shortages.

Liberal House leader Iain Rankin says a bill his party tabled last week at Province House would create new markets for the forestry industry while helping to heat public buildings with something other than oil.

Nova Scotia's finance minister tabled a budget on Tuesday that makes good on campaign promises but comes amid economic uncertainty that could change the province's financial landscape.

Although Nova Scotia cabinet ministers cannot provide specific examples of natural resource development projects recently stymied by the province's rules, they say it's time to make the climate more friendly for development.

Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston is turning his government's focus toward local natural resource development as fears grow about the possible impacts on provincial revenues from potential U.S. tariffs, slowing population growth and any changes in federal transfer payments.