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Premier Houston not interested in Nova Scotia Power buyback
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he's not entertaining the idea of buying Nova Scotia Power to make it a public utility again after more than three decades in the hands of private operators.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/houston-not-interested-nova-scotia-power-buyback-9.7127765?cmp=rss

Halifax Examiner Jun 6, 2024

Here’s what we know about Premier Tim Houston’s trip to San Diego
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/health/heres-what-we-know-about-premier-tim-houstons-trip-to-san-diego/

By Jennifer Henderson
#NovaScotia #premierhouston #news

Here’s what we know about Premier Tim Houston’s trip to San Diego

Premier Tim Houston and Health Minister Michelle Thompson have spent four days this week at a biotech conference in San Diego, California. The Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s BIO International Convention is the largest biotechnology conference in the world. The conference attracts more than 20,000 people — many representing drug companies and every type of corporation selling […]

Halifax Examiner

Margaret Anne (she/her/they)Mar 10, 2024

When is a rent cap just for show?

When the rent cap is 2-5% and apt rents jump 40% When unit vacant landlords can charge any rate to the new tenant.

#nspoli #premierhouston #PC #housing #rentcap #evictions #affordablehousing

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/entire-apartment-building-evicted-as-fixed-term-leases-erode-stock-of-affordable-units-1.7128001?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Entire apartment building evicted as fixed-term leases erode stock of affordable units | CBC News

All the tenants in a nine-unit building in Dartmouth recently moved out as their fixed-term leases ended. One is now paying more than double for a new apartment and worries that low-income renters will have nowhere to turn as affordable units disappear.

CBC