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Rankin, Liberals enjoy comfortable lead in latest Atlantic Matters poll
Despite a muted leadership convention and swearing-in ceremony, Nova Scotia Liberals seem to be enjoying the traditional support bump provided by a new leader. Premier Iain Rankin vaulted to the party leadership in a virtual convention that ...
Keith Irving 'excited' to dig into climate change and environment issues
Keith Irving knows something about climate change. “It’s a real honour to take on an important portfolio and to work with Premier Rankin on climate change and environment files,” Irving, the MLA for Kings South, ...
Rankin focuses on climate change, diversity challenges as N.S. cabinet is sworn in
Promising to tackle the two-headed monster of climate change and equality, Premier Iain Rankin and his 16-member cabinet were sworn in at a virtual and subdued ceremony Tuesday. “If feels great,” Rankin, 37, said when he met with ...
Insufficient home-care staffing in N.S. can result in horror stories, MLA says
A Dartmouth MLA says the province’s failure to provide enough home-care staff to look after Nova Scotia seniors can have catastrophic consequences. “The strategy to keep Nova Scotians home instead of building on long-term care beds was ...
MLAs grill administrators on Nova Scotia's mental health-care record
A rosy assessment of the province’s emergency mental health-care system met with a healthy dose of skepticism Tuesday at a legislative health committee meeting. “What I want to do is talk about what happens when someone comes through ...
Rankin wins Liberal party leadership, says he's up for 'monumental task' as premier
Iain Rankin is the new leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal party. Rankin swept to victory with 2,882.31 points in the weighted voting system, outpolling Labi Kousoulis on a second ballot count at a muted virtual convention held Saturday evening ...
Liberals 'making the best' of COVID-muted leadership convention
The Liberal party faithful will not gather Saturday for the COVID convention to select a new provincial party leader and premier. “We would have much preferred no pandemic and all the usual bells and whistles but that just wasn’t in ...
Nova Scotia legislature to reconvene on March 9 after a year of House hiatus
The Nova Scotia legislature will open a new session on March 9, a year after the last sitting. The date was announced Wednesday by the clerk of the House of Assembly but it is not immediately clear if the session will open with members attending ...
Labi Kousoulis promises to work hard for all Nova Scotians as premier
This is one of three profiles of the MLAs who want to be the next leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. We profile Randy Delorey here and Iain Rankin here. Since he was a teenager, Labi Kousoulis has zealously minded his family’s ...
Nova Scotia unveils draft forest management guide for Crown land
The third time might finally be the charm that protects more of Nova Scotia’s forested Crown land from industry clearcutting. “I want to see this thing applied on the ground as soon as possible,” Raymond Plourde, wilderness ...
