Diana Whalen

• Liberal Leader Iain Rankin names transition team led by former cabinet minister

  Diana Whalen will chair a transition team that will work with civil service leaders in the period leading to the swearing-in of Rankin as premier and his new cabinet.

  Politics

  Feb 9, 2021
  
• Former Crown lawyer suing Nova Scotia premier Stephen McNeil for defamation

  Alex Cameron says he was "publicly abused and humiliated" by comments made by Premier Stephen McNeil and Diana Whalen.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2020
  
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• Citizens’ group forming to help create Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park

  In January, the municipality announced it had purchased a 197-acre parcel of land to help form part of the regional park.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2018
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• Nova Scotia hasn’t had ‘eye on the ball’ on accessibility: justice minister

  Nova Scotia's justice minister says her government's efforts to ensure equal access to government buildings has been lackluster.

  Economy

  Apr 19, 2017
• Nova Scotia review of ‘conquered people’ brief complete, but minister won’t comment

  Nova Scotia's justice minister says her department has completed its review of how a controversial legal brief implying the Mi'kmaq are a conquered people made it to court.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2017
• Nova Scotia Justice Minister Diana Whalen won’t run in next election

  Nova Scotia's deputy premier and Minister of Justice Diana Whalen says she will not be running in the next provincial election, according to a release from the premier's office.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2017
• Nova Scotia honours those who work to make communities safer

  Nova Scotians who work to prevent crime and make their communities safer were recognized Thursday by the province's justice minster.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2017
• N.S. Justice Minister Diana Whalen on leave following hospitalization

  Nova Scotia Justice Minister Diana Whalen is taking leave from her post in cabinet after being hospitalized.

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2016
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• No answers yet on how ‘racist’ argument against Mi’kmaq was allowed in court

  The Nova Scotia government still can't explain why a government lawyer was allowed to argue what one critic is calling a "racist" position against First Nations in court.

  Politics

  Nov 24, 2016
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• Reducing deputy sheriff staffing would risk safety of staff, public: NSGEU

  The union protecting deputy sheriffs in Nova Scotia says the province considering reducing the number of deputy sheriffs would be "risky" for the sheriffs and the public.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2016