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• Nova Scotia moves ahead with education overhaul, makes some concessions to union

  The main change from the initial plan announced in January is that the province will not move ahead with the creation of a college of teachers.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2018
• Frequent Flyers: McNeil says not announcing 30 per cent of trips in advance doesn’t show ‘secrecy’

  Critics say that the lack of disclosure from Nova Scotia's premier can lead to speculation around misuse of taxpayers money.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2018
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• Frequent Flyers: What we know about N.S. Premier Stephen McNeil’s travel abroad in 2017

  Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil spent 43 days outside of the country on government business in 2017. Here is where he went — and why.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2018
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• Frequent flyers: Nova Scotia’s Stephen McNeil tops list of premiers racking up international travel

  The premier of one of Canada's smallest provinces racked up the most international travel in 2017 — spending more than one month outside of Canada on government trips.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2018
• Nova Scotia teachers vote on illegal strike action

  The vote started at 7 a.m. and will continue until 8 p.m. The union says its executive will decide on Wednesday what steps it will take in response to the vote result.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2018
• Mother concerned after teachers’ union flyer sent home with son

  Candice Rideout says she was surprised to find a flyer from the Nova Scotia Teachers Union in her seven-year-old son's reading folder on Friday.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2018
• Nova Scotia cabinet minister, bureaucrats regularly used minister’s private email: documents

  Documents show Communities, Culture and Heritage Minister Leo Glavine relied on three different private email accounts while he was Nova Scotia's health minister — the practice runs counter to government policy.

  Politics

  Feb 14, 2018
• Decision to axe N.S. school boards, a reminder of power of cabinet: Charter expert

  Wayne MacKay said the decision to centralize power could have been made in a "more democratic way" but added that it was within the government's "right" to do so.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2018
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• First funeral held for victim of fatal Pubnico Head fire

  Family and friends gathered in Barrington, N.S., on Sunday to say goodbye to Mya Prouty. 

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2018
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• Halifax police investigating second suspicious death in Dartmouth

  The death happened two blocks away from another death on Pinecrest Drive Friday afternoon.

  Crime

  Jan 21, 2018
• In pictures: Women, men, young and old take part in Halifax women’s marches

  Throngs of people returned to Halifax's Grand Parade square on Saturday for a rally on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president.

  Jan 20, 2018
• Splintered Halifax women’s march shouldn’t be ‘dismissed’ as division

  Halifax's poet laureate says the city's two women's marches shouldn't be "dismissed or discredited" as a "division within women's groups."

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2018
• Suspicious death in Dartmouth ruled a homicide

  A suspicious death in Dartmouth on Friday afternoon has been ruled a homicide by Nova Scotia's medical examiner.

  Crime

  Jan 20, 2018
• IWK Health Centre evasive on what services exist for Nova Scotia kids with autism

  Atlantic Canada's biggest children's hospital was evasive and unable to answer many questions in an interview that aimed to bring "clarity" on concerns raised by several families dealing with severe autism.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2018
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• ‘What is their plan?’: N.S. family struggles to cope as PM, premier dodge questions on autism

  A Nova Scotia mother who shared her family's gut-wrenching experience with autism in the hopes of forcing political leaders to act, says she's still waiting.

  Health

  Jan 10, 2018
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• NSHA yet to post jobs for new orthopedic surgeons, anaesthetists announced in October

  One new orthopedic surgeon and one new anesthetist are expected for both Valley Regional Hospital and Aberdeen Hosptial while the Dartmouth General/Halifax Infirmary is to be allocated two each. 

  Health

  Jan 9, 2018
• ‘We need help’: N.S. family fears for safety as they care for son with autism

  Another Nova Scotia family has come forward in a heartbreaking and desperate plea for help — hoping that by speaking out, the province will act. 

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2018
• Despite lowest vote count in decades, Nova Scotia election a ‘positive’ for NDP

  NDP Leader Gary Burrill says the May provincial election marked a high note for him and, on the whole, was a “positive” for his party despite a vote count not seen in more than two decades. “The memorable moment for us, for me, in 2017, of course, is the election,” he said in a year-end...

  Politics

  Dec 21, 2017
• ‘We need to do better’: Stephen McNeil on access to family doctors in Nova Scotia

  In a year-end interview with Global News, Premier Stephen McNeil acknowledged that Nova Scotians who don't have a family doctor are "frustrated" and "worried."

  Health

  Dec 20, 2017
• Swipe at Nova Scotia’s auditor general a ‘low point’ for Stephen McNeil

  In November, McNeil picked a fight with Pickup over his office's reports on gaps in health care. “If he chooses and wants to do public policy there will be 51 ridings for him to run in,” McNeil told reporters at the time.

  Politics

  Dec 19, 2017
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• Documents show conflicting reasons for cancelled LifeFlight unveiling

  Health Minister Randy Delorey maintains it was because of his schedule, but internal government emails show a different reason — the government didn't yet know when the helicopters would start serving patients.

  Politics

  Dec 14, 2017
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• Health authority VP calls doctors’ pay in Nova Scotia ‘inequitable’

  NSHA vice-president of medicine Dr. Lynne Harrigan calls the uneven pay between different medical specialties "inequitable."

  Health

  Dec 14, 2017
• By the numbers: Nova Scotia’s family doctor shortage

  According to Doctors Nova Scotia, 55 per cent of physicians in the province are over the age of 50. The numbers show a retirement boom is coming according to the group.

  Health

  Dec 13, 2017
• ‘Nothing has changed’: Nova Scotia teen with autism speaks out as gaps in autism services persist

  After hearing the of story of nine-year-old Sutherland's seven week stay at the Halifax children's hospital, Eng said he was "frustrated" that nothing had changed since his stay there in winter 2015.

  Health

  Dec 11, 2017
• Halifax Convention Centre still has no lease only days before opening

  The province announced last month that the centre would host an opening ceremony on Dec. 15

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2017