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Nova Scotia to combine five economic development agencies into two new Crown corporations
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fields a question at a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax on Monday, March 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston to reconvene legislature to stop recommended pay hikes for its members
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is reopening the provincial legislature next week to stop a recommended pay raise for its members. Houston responds to a question from the media on the final day of the summer meeting of the Canada's Premiers at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Politics Briefing: Atlantic premiers make the case for more health care funding from Ottawa
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey and Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, left to right, field questions at the closing news conference at a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax on Monday, March 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia reverses course, scraps non-resident property tax
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fields a question at a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax on Monday, March 21, 2022. Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government is to release its long anticipated plan to fix the province’s ailing health-care system today.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia government to release plan to address challenges in province’s ailing health system
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fields a question at a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax on Monday, March 21, 2022. Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government is to release its long anticipated plan to fix the province’s ailing health-care system today.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Supreme Court rejects Nova Scotia’s appeal of lower court disabilities case
Premier of Nova Scotia Tim Houston speaks to reporters following a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the Nova Scotia government’s appeal of a lower court decision that found there was discrimination against people with disabilities who had sought improved services and housing in the community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Nova Scotia to keep school mask mandate in place until mid-April
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fields a question at a COVID-19 briefing in Halifax on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Nova Scotia's Justice Department is rejecting findings of the province's information commissioner to release information on the factors behind a riot at a youth detention facility in the Annapolis Valley. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia to lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions by March 21
Tim Houston, left, attends his first COVID-19 briefing with Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health, in Halifax on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting begins with criticism from Premier Tim Houston
A woman pays her respects to victims of a mass shooting at a roadblock in Portapique, N.S. on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Almost two years after a gunman disguised as a Mountie started a shooting rampage that claimed 22 lives in rural Nova Scotia, an independent public inquiry is set to begin public hearings today in Halifax.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Child under 12 dies from COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, health officials say
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston gestures as he heads from a COVID-19 briefing in Halifax on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia reports three more COVID-19-related deaths, high pressure on hospitals
Premier-designate Tim Houston, left, attends a COVID-19 briefing with Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health, in Halifax, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Drop in Nova Scotia child-care fees ahead of schedule under national program
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters following a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Nova Scotia premier noncommittal on progress he’ll make in 2022 to fix health system
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fields a question at a COVID-19 briefing in Halifax on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia political staffer fired over comment about Black member of legislature
Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature Angela Simmonds poses for a photo at the provincial legislature, in Halifax, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston confirms he fired a political staffer after he was made aware of social media comments he says were racist about a Black Liberal member of the legislature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keith Doucette
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Surging real estate prices prompt Nova Scotia to consider tax on homebuyers from outside the province
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston delivers his housing plan in Halifax on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Buying a home in Nova Scotia may soon be more expensive for people moving there from outside the province.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia delays full reopening until next month after rise in COVID-19 infections
Premier-designate Tim Houston arrives at his first COVID-19 briefing after the Progressive Conservatives won last week's provincial election, in Halifax on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia won’t initially set up enforcement team for proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Premier-designate Tim Houston, left, attends his first COVID-19 briefing with Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health, after the Progressive Conservatives won last week's provincial election, in Halifax on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Premier Tim Houston defends picking white man as minister of African Nova Scotian affairs
Tim Houston smiles as he is sworn in as Nova Scotia's new Progressive Conservative premier in Halifax on Tuesday Aug. 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tim Krochak-POOL
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N.S. Premier Tim Houston and 18 ministers – including 7 women – sworn into office
Tim Houston arrives with his family to the Halifax Convention Centre to be sworn in as Nova Scotia's new Progressive Conservative premier in Halifax on Tuesday Aug. 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
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Gender parity expected in new Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative cabinet
Progressive Conservative Premier-designate Tim Houston fields questions at a media availability after winning a majority government in the provincial election in New Glasgow, N.S. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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N.L. doctors say physician shortage will get worse if N.S. boosts health system
Premier-designate Tim Houston attends his first COVID-19 briefing after the Progressive Conservatives won last week's provincial election, in Halifax on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Stunning upset in Nova Scotia election may provide a lesson for federal parties
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston waves to supporters after winning a majority government in the provincial election at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in New Glasgow, N.S. on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia Premier-designate Tim Houston says COVID-19 pandemic, health care are top priorities as transition to power begins
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston waves to supporters after winning a majority government in the provincial election at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in New Glasgow, N.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Progressive Conservatives win majority government in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston votes in the provincial election in Little Harbour, N.S. on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.
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Nova Scotia Tories promise to boost long-term care staffing levels if elected
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston makes an announcement at a campaign event in Halifax, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative leader is continuing to stress the need to improve the health care system as the provincial election campaign enters its third full week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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N.S. Liberal leader on the defensive over health care and sexism
This composite image of three photographs shows, from left to right, Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Iain Rankin, taken in Halifax on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021; Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston taken in Halifax on Saturday, October 27, 2018; and Nova Scotia New Democrative Party Leader Gary Burrill taken in Halifax on Thursday, May 25, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan, Ted Pritchard
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N.S. government prorogues fall session of legislature after 17 minutes
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil speaks in Halifax, on Dec 20, 2019.
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Nova Scotia Conservatives release $634-million plan for long-term care
A driver enters a shuttle bus at Northwood Manor, one of the largest nursing homes in Atlantic Canada, in Halifax on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The Nova Scotia Nurses' Union says pandemic infections and deaths in the province's nursing homes have been a "tragic reminder" of the province's failure to bring in higher staffing levels it recommended four years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia Tories call for back-to-school plan, submit own recommendations
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston takes questions from reporters outside the provincial legislature, in Halifax, on June 24, 2020.