McNeil Liberals must deal with environmental concerns around Northern Pulp

TRURO -- NDP Environment spokesperson Lenore Zann made the following statement in response to news of an effluent leak at Northern Pulp this weekend:

“News of any spill at an industrial site is concerning. The...

Statement by Tammy Martin on postal worker strike

HALIFAX - Tammy Martin, NDP Labour spokesperson made the following statement about the rotating postal strikes:

“Postal workers are fighting to ensure Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers, who are predominantly women, are...

New Waterford townhall focuses on community hospital closures

Over 150 people gathered for a Town Hall in New Waterford at the RC Legion Branch 50 last Sunday afternoon. The event was hosted by Cape Breton Centre MLA Tammy Martin.

The vocal group took turns speaking and listening, discussing the planned...

Op-Ed: The work’s not done this fall

The fall session of the Nova Scotia legislature began early, ended quietly, and didn’t do much to move the province forward.

The sitting was defined by two significant hospital decisions: the announcement in June that the New Waterford...

NDP introduces legislation to protect employees’ tips

HALIFAX - The NDP Caucus will introduced a bill today to ensure employers are not able to take any or all of their employees’ tips and gratuities.

“When someone decides to give a tip in exchange for good...

Liberals allow tire burning at Lafarge, NDP introduce bill to ban tire burning

HALIFAX -- Today, the NDP Caucus will re-introduce a bill that would ban tire burning in Nova Scotia. This is following a decision today by the Liberal government to approve a pilot project to burn...

Liberals vote down improvements to job protection for parents

HALIFAX -- Today, the McNeil Liberals used their majority government to push through a bill that fails to provide parents in Nova Scotia with similar access to protected leave from work to parents in other provinces. The NDP brought forward an...

Liberals must release report recommending P3 hospital plan

HALIFAX -The NDP Caucus is calling on Stephen McNeil to release the Deloitte report that recommends the province move forward with a public-private partnership (P3) for the new QEII hospital buildings.

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SANE nurse promised for Truro after community outcry

HALIFAX -- According to a recent letter from the Minister of Health, Truro will get a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program. The decision comes after community outcry over the lack of sexual assault services for survivors in the Truro...

Burrill: Liberals QEII P3 plan good for private companies, bad for Nova Scotians

HALIFAX -- NDP Leader Gary Burrill made the following statement in response to today’s announcement that the QEII redevelopment will be built as a public-private-partnership:

“The...

Burrill to table health care petition

HALIFAX - Today, NDP Leader Gary Burrill will table a petition calling on the government to increase funding for health care and reverse the cuts to nursing homes. Burrill spent the spring and summer going door to door around the province talking to...

Op-Ed: On solitary confinement, government needs to start listening

Last month, the prisoners at the Central Nova Correctional facility ended a three-week-long strike. Their protest drew attention to the issues in that facility and throughout our correctional system. Now, the province is being sued over its...