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Nova Scotia
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Nobody Ever Pays but Us
Nova Scotia Power’s customers carry the risks through higher rates, outages and weak accountability, while shareholders keep collecting dividends.
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An Apology Is Not Accountability
An apology is only a beginning. Public trust requires clear standards, real consequences and lasting action from government.
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When a Rental Unit Becomes an Oven
Extreme indoor heat is a housing, public health and cost-of-living issue. Nova Scotia needs clear protections for tenants during hot weather.
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If You Think Gas Is Expensive, Try Buying Water
Bottled water can cost more than twice as much as the same amount of gasoline. Nova Scotia should demand fair value and stronger protection for a public resource.
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A Court Win That Should Shame Government
A Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision recognized that a tent can count as a home under income assistance rules. It should not have taken a long legal fight to reach that result.
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Let’s Protect Public Health Care in Nova Scotia
Keep it public was the warning from the Canadian Health Coalition at the recent Council of the Federation gathering in Charlottetown, and it must be heard in Nova Scotia. As premiers met in P.E.I.,…
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This Natal Day weekend, many Nova Scotia workers will be working, or losing a day’s pay, because our Labour Standards leave them behind.
Is it really a long weekend for everyone? Nope. Nova Scotia politicians like to say our province is a good place to live and work; maybe that’s true for them, but not everyone feels…
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Eight thousand Nova Scotians are waiting for a home.
Recent media reports say more than 8,000 people in Nova Scotia are waiting for public housing. Four years ago, after the province merged its housing authorities, the wait-list was 6,500. The list keeps getting…
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The Bill (148) Is Due: Houston owns the mess as much as his predecessor does
Premier Tim Houston stood in Wolfville this week and told a room full of business people the deficit might hit $2 billion. He sounded like a man who just found out the credit card…