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Environmental Quality Index ranks Canadian cities

HALIFAX — A new environmental scorecard rates 30 Canadian cities and towns on indicators related to health, including air quality, heat and cold waves, ultraviolet radiation and access to green spaces.
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Nova Scotia studying creation of enforcement unit for tenant-landlord disputes

Nova Scotia studying creation of enforcement unit for tenant-landlord disputes

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has hired a consultant to examine whether the province should create an Ontario-style enforcement system for landlords and tenants, in which trained officers would advise parties on disputes and have the power to
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Nova Scotia pauses logging operations after discovery of at-risk lichen species

Nova Scotia pauses logging operations after discovery of at-risk lichen species

HALIFAX — A commercial logging operation in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County has temporarily halted its work after environmentalists raised the alarm about the presence of several at-risk species of lichens.
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Opening days delayed for Canada's largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries

Opening days delayed for Canada's largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries

HALIFAX — The opening days for two of Canada's largest and most profitable lobster fisheries have been delayed because of bad weather.
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Nova Scotia Power agreement with customers would hike rates 14 per cent over 2 years

Nova Scotia Power agreement with customers would hike rates 14 per cent over 2 years

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electrical utility has reached a proposed settlement with representatives of its customers for a rate increase of 13.8 per cent over the next two years.
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Nova Scotia won't use revenues from fuel tax to buffer effects of carbon pricing

Nova Scotia won't use revenues from fuel tax to buffer effects of carbon pricing

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia won’t be using revenue from its fuel tax to help offset the effects of carbon pricing imposed by the federal government, the province’s finance minister said Thursday. All of the tax collected from fuels — including the 15.
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Carbon pricing good idea complicated by rising energy costs: Nova Scotia advocate

Carbon pricing good idea complicated by rising energy costs: Nova Scotia advocate

HALIFAX — An affordable energy advocate says the imposition of consumer carbon pricing in Nova Scotia is a good idea, but adds that rising energy costs continue to pose problems for people with lower incomes.
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Two Halifax universities provide Mi'kmaq 'auntie-in-residence' to Indigenous students

Two Halifax universities provide Mi'kmaq 'auntie-in-residence' to Indigenous students

HALIFAX — Two Halifax universities are sharing a Mi'kmaq "auntie-in-residence" who is assisting Indigenous students to navigate campus life.
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Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources

Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources

HALIFAX — The organization that represents almost 20,000 RCMP members submitted Wednesday a long list of recommendations to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, saying the province must do something about chronic und
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Questions unanswered amid calls for urgent action on Nova Scotia ER understaffing

Questions unanswered amid calls for urgent action on Nova Scotia ER understaffing

HALIFAX — Senior officials with Nova Scotia's Health Department were unable to answer a number of questions on Wednesday about the state of the province’s emergency health system, which is struggling with overcrowding and staffing shortages.
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