If your government keeps having to hide from the public, maybe that’s a good sign that your budget should be rethought
If your government keeps having to hide from the public, maybe that’s a good sign that your budget should be rethought
Tensions continue to rise between the #NovaScotia government and our #FirstNation People.
After the latest raids from #RCMP at 5 Dispensaries Sipekne’katik and Membertou enacted the #Cannabis Control Law
#TimHouston continues to refuse working alongside our first nation people even after being banned #NSPoli

Nova Scotia production designer comes out on top with Oscar win
In an interview ahead of the ceremony, Deverell, who is also on the board for the Inverness County Centre for the Arts spoke about how the budget cuts of $130 million from government grants, including funding for arts, tourism and culture programs will impact around 20 per cent of the ICCA’s operating costs.
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/16/n-s-production-designer-comes-out-on-top-with-oscar-win/ #NovaScotia #Arts #Oscars #TimHouston #NSPoli #Budget

An artist from Nova Scotia was one of the big winners at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Tamara Deverell took home the Oscar for Best Production Design for her work on the Guillermo del Toro film, Frankenstein. Following her acceptance on stage along with set decorator Shane Vieau, the Cape Breton resident mentioned the province’s recent budget […]
@HalifaxExaminer ... and all that carbon free tidal power is just sitting there. What a shame.
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/bay-of-fundy-tidal-power-another-kick-at-the-can/
The only way to make change is to make the leaders uncomfortable. Nova Scotians are attempting to do just that.

Rally was organized by NS Arts Coalition and Theatre Nova Scotia and attended by Mi’kmaq land defenders, artists, people with disabilities, members of environmental stewardship and student groups, and others.
If you're in #HalifaxNS today there's a rally at noon for a New Budget Now at province house (1726 Hollis st), but people can gather earlier at 11am at the WFNS offices at 1113 Marginal Road to march to the protest at 11:30.
This is the last planned protest before the government is to cut millions from crucial arts, culture, and heritage funding that will devastate our province for a generation to come.
Had Houston campaigned on those issues, he surely would’ve lost the election.
And that deceit is why I’m angry at Tim Houston.
Let’s talk about the morality of the negative economic impact of Tim Houston’s attack on Nova Scotia
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/lets-talk-about-the-morality-of-the-negative-economic-impact-of-tim-houstons-attack-on-nova-scotia/
#TimHouston #NSPoli #HalifaxExaminer #NovaScotia
Protests tomorrow across #NovaScotia to stand up against the government's cuts to culture, heritage, and arts programs.
There are also separate but equally important protests by the First Nations here against cuts to many L'nu programs that also need settlers to join in support for them.
https://writers.ns.ca/events/speak-up-rally-for-arts-culture/

***Pre-Rally Gathering & Sign-Making (Halifax)***: Starting at 9:30am on March 4, members and supporters of all Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia (CFNS) are invited to our offices (1113 Marginal Rd, Halifax) to gather, help create signs for the rally, and march together to Province House. The CFNS offices are a wheelchair-accessible venue with ungendered washrooms. Pedestrian...