A press conference at Province House shows Claudia Chender and advocates announcing an NDP bill to create a task force on women’s health following cuts in the Houston government’s budget, alongside a Halifax Examiner headline.

The Houston government is cutting funding to women's health research when it's clear we need more research into women’s bodies, symptoms, and experiences — not less. That's why we introduced a Bill for a Women's Health Strategy — to make sure people get the care they need.

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Cats Migrated to Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought The animals were imperfect, long-tailed, unfortunate in their heads. Little by little they put themselves together, making themselves a landscape, acquiring spots, grace, flight.

Cats Migrated to Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought

If this government was serious about fixing health care for everyone, women would be feeling it right now.

Premier Tim Houston calls yesterday's protest by Nova Scotia's arts community a "Raise your taxes" rally "organized by the NDP". From the man who says he listens. Doesn't seem to have heard much yesterday.

The gall of this fool, he’s blaming the NS NDP saying they organized the protests in Halifax. #NovaScotia

Hey Tim, they were grass roots protests against your cuts!

#SmugAsshole

Nova Scotia Speaker restricts public access inside legislature to ensure MLA safety Public access to parts of the Nova Scotia legislature have been temporarily restricted after some tense moments between the public and politicians were reported inside and outside the Province House d...

Nova Scotia Speaker restricts public access inside legislature to ensure MLA safety #NovaScotia #HoustonFail #HoustonCuts #HoustonMustGo

Tim Houston is the problem, not the public.

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Nova Scotia is PISSED about its manufactured austerity budget

N.S. Premier defends budget cuts amid protests at Province House The province cut $104 million in spending across departments including grants to community agencies and programming.

Tim Houston suggests that the NDP organized yesterday’s “save the arts” rally outside Province House.

How out of touch with reality do you have do be to think the arts and cultural community can’t organize a protest?

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From Ken Schwartz’s

Nova Scotia citizens when faced with contempt from their government.

Fuck this.

Rural NS population hopefully has their eyes open now

Protest signs wedged in the fence outside the NS Legislature read 'Farewell to Nova Scotia, the arts are toast' 'Put the tolls back MORON' 'Tiny Tim is in his scrooge era' 'save our stories' 'Houston Pennywise, pound foolish' (with drawing of Pennywise the clown), 'Dave Ritcey, why do you betray your home?' 'If the dancers aren't funded the dancers will leave', 'I've heard of "cancel culture" but this is ridiculous' and an empty frame reading 'poster no longer available due to cuts'

Tiny sample of signs from the protest in Halifax today #NSPoli

The case for preserving arts funding in Nova Scotia | CBC Arts Today on Commotion, poet El Jones and novelist Stephanie Domet join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to explain what’s on the line, and why the Nova Scotia government should not go ahead with the planned cuts...

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Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to N.S. arts grants | CBC News About 2,000 people gathered outside Province House in Halifax to let the Houston government know cuts to arts, tourism, culture and heritage sectors would cause irreparable harm to their industries.

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😡

Write your MLAs and tell them to vote “no” on this budget.

Credit to #HalifaxNoise #Halifax #NovaScotia #Protest #HoustonMustGo

Thousands show up to protest Tim Houston’s cuts to Culture, Arts, Tourism in Nova Scotia - March 4, 2026

This is deeply satisfying.
#nspoli

Apparently the protests are really getting to the provincial government. They’re pushing budget talks til 10pm tonight and blaming it on today’s protest. In other words, it’s working Nova Scotia. Keep going!

Agreed. Did you see this? The piece by Tom Urbaniak shows it’s even worse than I thought, and I thought it was very bad.

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Tax me, daddy

SPEAK UP! Rally for Arts, Heritage, & Culture (Annapolis Royal, Antigonish, Halifax, Liverpool, Shelburne, Sydney, Truro, Wolfville, & Yarmouth) ***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,...

SPEAK UP! Rally for Arts, Heritage & Culture this Wednesday across #NovaScotia.

The arts are central to what we do. For many of us, it’s why we got into #GameDev to begin with.

While we fight for fair treatment, we must also stand up for the future of our craft.

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Fun fact: bridge toll removal and 1% HST reduction cost us appx $300 million.

All of the devastating cuts in the current budget?

$300 million.

Is your 1% HST cut worth the loss of tourism, arts & culture, educational quality and wildlife conservation in NS?

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A Lieutenant Governor (LG) in Canada can remove a Premier by exercising the royal prerogative to dismiss them, typically if the Premier refuses to resign after losing the confidence of the Legislative Assembly. This is a rare "reserve power" used only in extreme constitutional crises, such as when a government acts against the public's best interest. Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia +2 Key Aspects of Removal: • Loss of Confidence: The primary scenario for dismissal is when a Premier loses a vote of confidence in the legislature (e.g., budget defeat) and refuses to resign or call an election. • Constitutional Crisis: If a Premier refuses to advise dissolution of the legislature after losing confidence, the LG may dismiss them to ensure the government is acting within constitutional bounds. • Actionable Basis: The LG may intervene if a Premier engages in illegal actions, breaches constitutional conventions, or is unable to maintain a functioning government, acting as the ultimate guardian of the provincial constitution. Igontario.ca +3 While the LG has this power, they are generally apolitical, and such actions are rare in Canadian history. Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

*Cough* *Cough* Mike Savage *Cough*