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A red, white, and blue gas pump.
Posted inProvince House

Houston defends decision to cap power rates , says Nova Scotia Power should manage business

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

MLA Kelly Regan, NDP Leader Claudia Chender suggest downgrading of utility’s credit rating will affect ratepayers.

A red, white, and blue gas pump showing the prices of gas.
Posted inClimate

Carbon tax coming to Nova Scotia next summer, federal minister ‘baffled’ by Houston’s pleading

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
A grey box with a fan inside and hoses leading away from it is mounted to the side of a home.
Posted inGovernment

New grant to help Nova Scotians switch from oil to heat pump; carbon tax delayed until July

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
Three red and white smoke stacks against a blue sky, with crisscrossing power wires, a fence, and colourful leaves in the foreground.
Posted inUtilities

Advocate says plan to cap Nova Scotia Power increases should add relief for low-income ratepayers

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 1, 2022November 9, 2022
Three red and white smokestacks stand along the shoreline under a blue summer sky
Posted inGovernment

Houston government introduces made-in-Nova Scotia carbon price for large emitters

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson October 18, 2022January 5, 2023
Posted inUtilities

Nova Scotia Power rate-hike hearing begins today

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 12, 2022January 9, 2023
Two men in suits walking down the a street in downtown Halifax.
Posted inCOVID, Journalism, Labour, Morning File

Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive

by Tim Bousquet September 9, 2022January 9, 2023
A man wearing a black suit, grey shirt and grey tie speaks into a microphone at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia government submits revised plan, still without a price on carbon

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 2, 2022January 3, 2023
a skunk on green grass
Posted inEconomy, Labour, Morning File, Policing

Skunks, of the animal and human sort, are fouling up the Halifax airport

by Tim Bousquet September 2, 2022January 9, 2023
A red, white, and blue gas pump.
Posted inGovernment, Province House

Nova Scotia’s ‘better-than-a-carbon-tax’ plan gets the boot

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 31, 2022January 9, 2023

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