Canada News » Nova Scotia News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Minister Metlege Diab highlights Canada Child Benefit payments increasing in 2026-2027
The Government of Canada is lowering costs for families by strengthening the Canada Child Benefit (CCB). The CCB is a monthly tax-free payment to help them with the costs of raising children.
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Major project demands drive construction growth in Nova Scotia to 2035, and may help to offset softening residential activity
Construction activity in Nova Scotia is expected to experience growth over the coming decade, as major project demands in the non-residential sector offset slowing growth for residential construction.
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Notice to the media - Government of Canada to make announcement in support of youth mental health in Nova Scotia
Maggie Chi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, The Honourable Lena Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and the Honourable Brian Comer, Nova Scotia Minister of ...
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Nova Scotia approves plans for the province's largest onshore wind farm
The Ocean Lake Wind Project proposed for Guysborough County calls for the construction of 158 turbines on or near Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. Construction is expected to start in 2029, with a ...
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Nova Scotia mandates O Canada in schools after students' push for patriotism
The Nova Scotia government, prompted by patriotic Halifax high school students, is reinforcing Canadian pride through its education system with a new policy that mandates playing the national anthem ...
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Questions raised about new Nova Scotia agency amid provincial cuts
The government of Nova Scotia is facing questions about why it's creating a new agency while enforcing cuts and staring down a significant deficit.
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Nova Scotia launches three-year plan to expand its $2.2-billion seafood industry
Fisheries Minister Kent Smith says the goal is to help the sector cope with rising costs, labour shortages and global trade challenges.
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: How Canada’s first commercial spaceport is taking shape in Nova Scotia
Maritime Launch Services Inc.'s launch pad on March 21. (Credit: Marie Lumsden ) Canada's push to build the country's first commercial spaceport in rural Nova Scotia is moving from ambition to ...
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Opinion: Private sector needs quicker decisions from Nova Scotia government
While the Nova Scotia government has taken aim at red tape through recent legislative changes and the digitization of municipal planning portals, such measures mostly treat the symptoms of a deeper ...
News Canada » Nova Scotia » Government: Federal Government Loan Guarantee Agreement Finalized To Help Manage Replacement Energy Costs for Nova Scotia Power Customers
This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for the purposes of Emera’s prospectus supplement dated November 14, 2023, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated October 3, 2023 ...