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Nova Scotia will not follow Saskatchewan’s lead in exploring a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Nova Scotia will not follow Saskatchewan’s lead in exploring a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis.
The NDP government said Wednesday it’s not interested in paying to study an unproven treatment.
“Clinical trials are tremendously expensive,” said New Democrat MLA Leonard Preyra, speaking on [...]
By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter | The Howe Room
New Liberal MLA Zach Churchill will see a familiar face from the classroom in the legislature.
The Saint Mary’s University alumnus, 26, joins his old political science professor, New Democrat Leonard Preyra, at Province House.
Preyra, a nemesis of Liberals at the public accounts [...]
By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter
Thu. Jun 24 – 4:54 AM
The party leaders have spoken, but maybe the public accounts committee didn’t get the message.
Premier Darrell Dexter, Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil and interim Progressive Conservative leader Karen Casey met Tuesday to break a stalemate over agenda-setting at the legislature’s highest-profile committee.
They [...]
By LEONARD PREYRA
Not surprisingly, as with almost all issues affecting Sable Island, the recent decision to designate it as a national park has generated a great deal of attention and discussion. People care deeply about this legendary sand bar, especially its iconic horses and unique flora and fauna, and would [...]
Tories end meeting boycott after deal reached to make sessions more effective
By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter
Progressive Conservative MLAs will be back at today’s public accounts committee meeting, two weeks after a dispute over the Nova Scotia Gaming Corp. prompted a boycott of all committees.
Interim Tory leader Karen Casey said that she [...]
By LEONARD PREYRA
Not surprisingly, as with almost all issues affecting Sable Island, the recent decision to designate it as a national park has generated a great deal of attention and discussion. People care deeply about this legendary sand bar, especially its iconic horses and unique flora and fauna, and would [...]
Opposition steaming after committee delays move until fall legislation
By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter
Opposition MLAs ran into an NDP brick wall Wednesday in their attempts to force the government to turn over documents to the auditor general and have a committee hear from Nova Scotia Gaming Corp. officials.
Tory Cecil Clarke even walked [...]
Paul McLeod
The provincial legislature’s flagship committee may grind to a halt after a Tory MLA stormed out of a meeting yesterday and plans a full-scale boycott.
Tory Cecil Clarke and two members of the Liberal party were livid after being outvoted by the NDP majority on Public Accounts, the legislature’s busiest and [...]
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
An Opposition attempt to force the Nova Scotia government to hand over cabinet and business agency documents to the auditor general failed Wednesday, defeated by the NDP majority on the public accounts committee. Auditor Jacques Lapointe issued a damning report last week, admonishing the government for withholding and editing files [...]
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX – An Opposition attempt to force the Nova Scotia government to hand over cabinet and business agency documents to the auditor general failed Wednesday, defeated by the NDP majority on the public accounts committee.
Auditor Jacques Lapointe issued a damning report last week, admonishing the government for [...]