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NDP election platform promises affordability and better access to housing, health care
Promises to build 30,000 affordable rental homes, make Halifax ferries free and temporarily remove the provincial tax on gasoline were centrepieces of the Nova Scotia NDP election platform released Wednesday.
Liberals and NDP promise more collaborative care services, Tories commit to creating menopause clinic
Nova Scotia's party leaders have announced some of their plans to improve the province's health-care system in the lead up to the Nov. 26 election.
Candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor combat apathy and lack of awareness
Candidates running to be Halifax's next mayor are fighting apathy and a lack of public engagement with municipal politics, experts and candidates say.
Halifax wastewater survey shows 'high rate of cannabis use'
Wastewater tested in Halifax in 2023 contained almost twice the amount of cannabis metabolites compared with samples taken from other big cities in Canada, like Toronto or Montreal.
Less than half of individual shelters N.S. bought last year for unhoused people open
Less than half of the 200 self-contained shelters Nova Scotia bought for unhoused people are open almost a year after the plan was announced.
Andy Fillmore says Halifax attracts unhoused people, advocates say that's untrue
A candidate for Halifax mayor says the municipality's approach to homeless encampments has encouraged unhoused people from across the country to move to the city to live in tents — a claim housing advocates and city councillors say is untrue.
Head of committee monitoring response to N.S. mass shooting satisfied with progress
Myra Freeman was appointed chair three months ago to the independent committee monitoring how governments and police forces are implementing recommendations from the report into the shooting that killed 22 people.
N.S. NDP accuse province of putting landlord profits over affordable housing
Nova Scotia's NDP say the rules around fixed-term leases give landlords the "financial incentive to evict," resulting in more people pushed into homelessness.
N.S. rent cap extension useless due to fixed-term lease loophole, housing advocates say
A loophole in Nova Scotia's rental housing rules is making the provincial government's proposed rent cap extension essentially useless, housing advocates and opposition parties say.
Home-sharing platform funded by N.S. government results in just 23 leases in a year
Last year, the province announced it will pay $1.3 million over two years to Happipad, a Canadian non-profit that matches homeowners who have empty rooms with renters who need housing. As of July 31, the Housing Department says a total of 60 rooms have been listed and 23 leases signed.