A 19-day hearing begins today before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) that will decide how much more Nova Scotians will pay on their power bills. Nova Scotia Power is requesting an average increase of 11.6% over three years that is being driven by higher costs for fossil fuel and less hydroelectricity from […]
Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive
Morning File, Friday, September 9, 2022
News 1. Nova Scotia Power fined $375,000 This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) has slapped Nova Scotia Power with a $375,000 fine for failing to meet performance standards established more than five years ago. The utility filed its annual report last March and the data show […]
Nova Scotia government submits revised plan, still without a price on carbon
In the final hours before Ottawa’s Sept. 2 deadline for provinces to submit proposals around the implementation of a rising federal carbon tax, the Houston government has changed the proposal it submitted two weeks ago. As the Halifax Examiner reported earlier this week, the federal government rejected Premier Tim Houston’s plan to meet federal requirements […]
Skunks, of the animal and human sort, are fouling up the Halifax airport
Morning File, Friday, September 2, 2022
News 1. Carbon tax This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The federal government has rejected an 11th hour request from Premier Tim Houston to extend today’s deadline for submitting alternative proposals to the federal carbon tax, expected to take effect in Nova Scotia this January. Houston signed the letter as chair of the Council […]
Nova Scotia’s ‘better-than-a-carbon-tax’ plan gets the boot
The federal government has rejected a plan by the Houston government to postpone implementing a carbon tax on gasoline and home heating oil less than two weeks after receiving the province’s proposal detailing a “better-than-a-carbon-tax” alternative. “You are proposing to end Nova Scotia’s cap-and-trade program, with no replacement that would put a price on pollution,” […]
Does the Houston government’s proposed carbon plan make sense?
A Dalhousie energy expert says delaying an increase in the price of carbon today merely pushes off the inevitable.
A week ago the Houston government submitted to Ottawa an alternative proposal to the federal government’s plan to price carbon by means of a carbon tax. Larry Hughes is a professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Dalhousie University as well as Dal’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies. He has read the […]
Rebates for electric vehicles, solar panels good until end of 2023
Nova Scotians who want to take advantage of a provincial rebate to purchase an electric vehicle or a subsidized home energy audit if they heat their homes with oil have until the end of 2023 to get it done. The same goes for homeowners looking for financial assistance through the provincial government to install solar […]
Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period
Starting September 1, seniors who live on less than $37,500 a year will be able to apply for a $750 non-taxable grant from the provincial government. Seniors and Long-term Care Minister Barbara Adams says between 60,000 and 70,000 Nova Scotians should be eligible for the grant. Unlike the previous senior care grant introduced last spring, […]
Dispensary raids: protecting the government monopoly on cannabis
Morning File, Friday, October 26, 2018
News 1. Halifax cop accused of using police database to investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband I reported yesterday: A Halifax police officer used a police computer database to improperly investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband, alleges a lawsuit filed in Supreme Court Wednesday. The details of the allegations are at the link, but the oddest part of the story […]
Why would anyone seriously think that the Downtown Dartmouth plan would result in anything useful?
Morning File, Wednesday, October 24, 2018
News 1. Carbon plan “Nova Scotians will pay more for electricity, gasoline, and home-heating over the next four years as part of the province’s plan to reduce its carbon footprint and avoid a carbon tax Ottawa announced it will impose on four other provinces beginning this January,” reports Jennifer Henderson. “But Premier Stephen McNeil insists […]