John Lohr

• Nova Scotia announces loan program for non-profits to purchase housing

  Nova Scotia's housing minister announced the Community Housing Acquisition Program will allow housing non-profits access $10 million in repayable loans.

  Canada

  Jul 13
  
• N.S. auditor general says public housing improperly managed, wait list too long

  With 6,000 applicants for public housing on a wait-list since December 2021, the auditor general report notes at least 1,500 are underutilized.

  Canada

  Jun 21
  
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• Nova Scotia announces 37 sites of provincial land for potential housing

  Nova Scotia Housing Minister John Lohr said these sites could mean homes for “thousands” of residents and that developments on these sites will include affordable units.

  Canada

  May 31
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• N.S. hires real estate agency for study on affordable housing

  With a contract worth $406,310, real estate agency Turner Drake & Partners Ltd., based in Halifax, will "study housing needs" across Nova Scotia. 

  Canada

  Apr 8
• Nova Scotia minister apologizes for referring to affordable housing as ‘ghetto’

  Housing Minister John Lohr has apologized for saying he doesn't want to 'create a ghetto' during a discussion about affordable and mixed-income housing.

  Canada

  Jan 28
• N.S. housing minister considering ‘all our options’ to address housing crisis

  Rent control was first brought in last November. A cap of a two per cent increase was implemented as a way to prevent renovictions in the middle of a pandemic.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2021
• N.S. Opposition calls on province to fix ‘failing’ mental health system

  If elected, Lohr said the PCs would create a separate provincial department for addictions and mental health.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2019
• Canada’s newest minister says high-speed internet is a ‘necessity’ but can she deliver in rural areas?

  Will Canada's first-ever minister of Rural Economic Development bring faster internet to rural areas or is it all just window-dressing ahead of the 2019 federal election?

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2019
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• N.S. Tories to choose new party leader from among 5 candidates

  Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives are poised to choose a new leader today at a party convention in Halifax.

  Politics

  Oct 27, 2018
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• Nova Scotia PCs hold convention to select new party leader

  The convention begins later today at the Halifax Exhibition Centre with speeches from five candidates.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2018