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Nova Scotia set to regulate coastal construction as sea levels rise

Keith Doucette – THE CANADIAN PRESS Mar 13, 2019

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia is proposing legislation that would set rules for coastal construction and protect features such as salt marshes and dunes as sea levels rise in the future.Environment Minister Margaret Miller says the new Coastal…

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Nova Scotia’s new Zatzman Sportsplex opens in Dartmouth

Building Feb 25, 2019

The newly named Zatzman Sportsplex has opened in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A $28-million renovation and expansion designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Abbott Brown Architects adds new amenities and services to this major civic…

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Prime Minister announces up to $86.5 million for Halifax expressway

THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb 21, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced up to $86.5-million to improve an expressway into Halifax, predicting the work will make commutes safer and swifter.Trudeau said Thursday the federal money would help extend the Highway 107…

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Ottawa to fund cleanup of buildings, debris on iconic Sable Island

THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb 11, 2019

Sable Island — the windswept sandbar off Nova Scotia famous for its wild horses and the world's largest breeding colony of grey seals — is getting federal money for a cleanup.Ottawa announced $3.4 million Monday to remove surplus…

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N.S. Highway 104 twinning project gets environmental approval from province

THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan 30, 2019

The environmental assessment of a plan to twin a deadly 38-kilometre stretch of Nova Scotia's Highway 104 has been approved by the province's environment minister.In a decision released Tuesday, Margaret Miller says she's satisfied…

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Halifax councillors join Vancouver in declaring climate emergency

THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan 30, 2019

Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency.Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat.The municipality is unlikely to receive…

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N.S. population surge ‘exceptionally good news’ after decades of doldrums

Michael MacDonald, THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan 3, 2019

For the first time in a generation, Nova Scotia's population growth is almost keeping pace with the national average — a development that signals a reversal of fortune for a province that has languished economically for much of the past 25…

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Nova Scotia to spend $300 million to improve roads and bridges in 2019-20

THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec 18, 2018

Nova Scotia's roads, highways and bridges will get $300 million in upgrades in 2019-20 — a $15 million increase over last year.Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Lloyd Hines says much of the additional funding will go…

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Nova Scotia hospital redevelopment project begins search for design team

THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec 18, 2018

The Nova Scotia government has issued two requests for supplier qualifications for the estimated $2-billion redevelopment of Atlantic Canada's largest hospital complex.The province says it has begun the search for the team that will…

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‘Bursting point’: Booming Halifax courted by multiple sports leagues

Brett Bundale, THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec 11, 2018

When Halifax Mooseheads players laced up their skates for the first time, the team was a gamble.It was the first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club in the Maritimes, and the city had just lost its American Hockey League franchise.…

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