Category: Government Updates

About 600 more Nova Scotians will receive support for providing care to adults living at home through the expansion of the Caregiver Benefit Program.

Nova Scotians are reminded to, Check Before You Burn, starting March 15, the official start of the wildfire risk season.

Grade 12 students across Nova Scotia planning to pursue post-secondary studies in creative arts, are encouraged to apply for the Minister’s Awards for Creative Excellence in the Arts.

Nova Scotians will enjoy a little more sunlight when the clocks move forward into daylight time this weekend.

The province will add 130 new pre-primary classes this fall, in 87 school communities across Nova Scotia.

Equality is more than just rhetoric. It makes for a stronger Nova Scotia. Women and girls make up 51 per cent of Nova Scotia’s population.

Government will help more families across the province by creating up to 1,000 new regulated child care spaces as part of a $8.9-million investment.

The Halifax Convention Centre has reached substantial completion, a milestone for the state-of-the-art, modern event space.

Government introduced an Education Reform Act today, March 1, in the legislature.The act will strengthen the education system and establish a foundation for other improvements, including the Commission on Inclusive Education.

Amendments to the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualification Act will give the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency additional tools and authority to enforce certification requirements in the compulsory certified trades. The recommendations came from a working group comprised of industry representatives.