Tim Houston

• N.S. premier calls First Nations protests that blocked highways unacceptable

  Potlotek First Nation says it rejects the RCMP's description of earlier protests as an "illegal blockade" — but didn't give specific legal rationale in a news release Saturday.

  Canada

  Apr 5
  
• N.S. government cuts to arts will hurt economy, Oscar winner Tamara Deverell says

  One of Nova Scotia’s newest Oscar winners says the provincial government’s decision to cut funding for arts and culture will hurt the economy. 

  Canada

  Mar 18
  
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• Nova Scotia budget backlash: Tim Houston’s government getting booed, criticized

  Nova Scotia’s 2026-27 budget reduces or eliminates more than 280 grants across multiple government departments.

  Politics

  Mar 2
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• Nova Scotia offshore regulator looking to study potential Wind West sites

  Nova Scotia’s offshore energy regulator wants to begin studying areas of the ocean that could be home to the first turbines in Premier Tim Houston’s proposed Wind West project.

  Canada

  Jan 2
• How N.S. premier is arguing against updating privacy legislation

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston previously ran for leadership on updating freedom of information rules, but he appears to have changed his stance.

  Politics

  Dec 23, 2025
• Sipekne’katik First Nation bans N.S. premier, ministers after cannabis directive

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, and two cabinet ministers, aren't welcome at Sipekne'katik First Nation after a directive last week to crack down on illegal cannabis dispensaries.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2025
• N.S. premier criticizes ‘disgusting’ ban on staff wearing poppies in some courtrooms

  'Disgusting' is how Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston described the decision not to allow staff to wear poppies in some courtrooms ahead of Remembrance Day.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2025
• Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston shuffles cabinet, drops three ministers

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has shuffled his cabinet, dropping three members who oversaw the departments of justice, energy and natural resources.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2025
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• Tim Houston calls Nova Scotia Power ‘out of touch’ with new rate hike ask

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is calling on Nova Scotia Power to kibosh its' plans for another increase in power prices over the next two years.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2025
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• ‘A crushing feeling’: Homes damaged as wildfire rages on in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley

  Some who call Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley home are keeping a close eye on an out-of-control wildfire to see if an evacuation order will be expanded in the area.

  Fire

  Aug 25, 2025