Premier Tim Houston

• Nova Scotia to invest $59 million for new medical school at Cape Breton University

  The medical school will be the second in the province and is expected to graduate 30 doctors a year, in collaboration with Dalhousie University's faculty of medicine.

  Health

  Mar 7
  
• N.S. premier hopeful new head of RCMP will keep mass shooting public inquiry top priority

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the retirement of RCMP boss Brenda Lucki on March 17 should not impact the work of the Mass Casualty Commission, whose report is due March 31.

  Crime

  Feb 16
  
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• Nova Scotia next up to talk health funding one on one with Ottawa

  Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is taking his health-care funding road show to Nova Scotia as Ottawa looks for rapid agreements with all 13 provinces and territories.

  Health

  Feb 13
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• 5 questions with N.S. Premier Tim Houston: Health care ‘not good enough for me’

  Health care, housing and the government's ongoing feud with Nova Scotia Power were all addressed in a 10-minute year-end interview with Premier Tim Houston.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2022
• Nova Scotia legislature’s Speaker to resign, opposition says he’s being forced out

  A visibly upset Keith Bain, who last week said that he didn't want to resign, admitted that he had been blindsided by the release announcing his resignation.

  Politics

  Oct 13, 2022
• N.S. premier refuses to discuss future of Speaker ahead of new legislature session

  Keith Bain's future remains clouded after PC government members and Houston's office confirmed last week that there had been discussions around ``succession planning'.'

  Politics

  Oct 12, 2022
• N.S. premier says he played no part in changing COVID-19 rules at Province House

  Premier Tim Houston says it was the Speaker's office, not him, that decided to change the COVID-19 rules at Province House. The move had been described as a 'double standard.'

  Politics

  Mar 28, 2022
• Nova Scotia reports 7 more COVID-19 deaths, new hospital outbreaks

  Hospitalizations have decreased over the weekend, with three new admissions and five discharges on Monday.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2022
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• COVID-19: N.S. delays reopening of schools for in-person learning by another week

  Online learning in Nova Scotia will begin on Jan. 10 and students are now scheduled to return to the classroom on Jan. 17.

  Health

  Jan 5, 2022
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• ‘It just doesn’t make sense’: N.S. businesses brace for impact of new restrictions

  Premier Tim Houston and Dr. Robert Strang announced renewed COVID restrictions Monday, saying it's only a short-term step. But the impact is already being felt.

  Health

  Dec 14, 2021