Nova Scotians spoke clearly, MLAs heard them, and the government realized it had made some missteps. That’s how Premier Tim Houston described the decision to walk back some of the cuts that were ...

Familiar faces returned to old and new places as Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston shuffled his cabinet Wednesday, adding four new members and removing himself from the energy file. Susan Corkum-Greek ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Premier Tim Houston is stepping down from his role as energy minister in an unexpected cabinet shuffle. Three previous ministers ...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the state of the province's finances means finding ways to do more with less, and that is likely to mean a reduction in the size of the civil service and cuts to ...

As his government moves a budget through the legislature that includes more than $300 million in cuts to jobs and grants, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston bristled at a reporter’s question Wednesday ...

DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nova Scotia-based ESL Labs, Canada’s best-equipped environmental and EMI/EMC test facility and subsidiary of J-Squared Technologies Inc., commemorated a ...

Premier Tim Houston’s mission to develop more of the province’s natural resources is taking him to Texas for the second time this year. The premier, his chief of staff and officials from the Energy ...

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. “My ...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston seemed to be downplaying rumours that he's jockeying to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, but acknowledged Wednesday that he's taken lessons ...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is preparing for a major bill to cover costs related to wage restraint legislation passed by a former Liberal government that a Supreme Court judge recently deemed ...

Premier Tim Houston says he’s focused on increasing competition in the electricity market as a remedy to rising Nova Scotia Power rates and service he describes as "not great." Earlier this week, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Progressive Conservative MLAs Marco MacLeod, left, Brian Wong, Susan Corkum-Greek and Tory Rushton joined the government cabinet ...