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Employment Minister Patty Hajdu says government’s intention is to deny grants to groups who actively work to oppose abortion access, such as groups who picket outside abortion clinics or hand out literature with gory depictions of fetuses.

"Damage control" budget says PC Party

REVISED: Communities in Nova Scotia will benefit from improvements to education, infrastructure and health care as part of investments in Budget 2017-2018, according to a news release Thursday from government.

SEE BUDGET HERE

Yarmouth businessman and community volunteer Mitch Bonnar will be the Progressive Conservative candidate in Yarmouth in the upcoming provincial election.

Bonnar, the President of Tri-Star Charters and for 27 years co-owner of Tri-Star Industries, says the McNeil Liberals are taking Nova Scotia in the wrong direction and it’s time for a change.

In two separate news releases on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Nova Scotia NDP Party announced that there were only one qualified NDP candidate in each of four Southwest Nova provicial ridings in anticipation of an election which might be called by the McNeil Liberal government. 

John Davis will be acclaimed March 8 for the Queens-Shelburne riding. David Olie is running in Yarmouth, Harold Neil in Clare-Digby and Greg Foster in Argyle-Barrington. All three will be nominated by acclaimation at a single meeting in Yarmouth on March 6.

 Tories push for ferry update 
Progressive Conservative MLA for Argyle-Barrington Chris d'Entremont is calling on the McNeil Liberals to release an update on the Yarmouth ferry, according  to a news release Tuesday.

"The Liberals are putting the 2016 sailing season in serious jeopardy and it's time to come clean with Nova Scotians," says d'Entremont. "What is happening with the Yarmouth ferry? Nova Scotians deserve a plan now."

PC party leader Jamie Baillie is urging Nova Scotians to send Premier McNeil a message about the crisis in the mental health system, according to a news release Monday.

In a news release Wednesday,  PC leader Jamie Baillie is calling on the McNeil Liberals to implement service standards for Nova Scotia Power (NSP) before any power rate application is submitted to the Utility and Review Board.