A website designed by the Regional Municipality with a list of almost 1000 properties it’s considering to sell or lease will go online tomorrow.
CBRM Director of technology John MacKinnon says those looking to pursue a property can look at it in depth and reach out to the Municipality.
The site is accessible through the Municipality’s website.
Doctors Nova Scotia says it’s meeting with provincial and federal politicians today to share its concerns about proposed federal tax changes for small businesses.
The organization says 75 percent of doctors in Nova Scotia are incorporated and will be affected by the changes.
Doctors have also warned the changes may causes doctors to leave the province and make recruiting difficult.
The meeting will get underway at 11:00 at Halifax West High School.
Federal finance minister Bill Morneau was in Halifax yesterday defending Ottawa’s proposed small business tax changes.
Morneau is in Fredericton today for the annual Canadian Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Cape Breton University says the province isn’t doing enough to address what are being called unfair funding arrangements.
The University says it and Acadia University lost money when the provincial funding formula was changed in 2008, and it adds Acadia is getting help while CBU isn’t.
The University first raised the issue after it was revealed in July Acadia got 24.5 million dollars worth of grants or loan forgiveness over the past six years.
The province says it’s providing a funding increase to CBU in the upcoming budget, though the University says the increase will still leave them with an unfair share.
It adds the 2008 funding formula changes have led to a current annual operating funding loss of about 5.9 million.
Nova Scotia Power is warning customers about a text message scam that’s making the rounds.
The utility says the message tells people they’re getting a refund from NSP.
It then directs them to click on a link to access the funds.
NSP says people should not click on the link.
It also says the text messages are not from Nova Scotia Power because it doesn’t communicate with customers about bill payments or credits by text message.
The McNeil government says it plans to make the abortion pill available at no cost, starting November 1st.
Women with a prescription and valid health card will be able to get the drug for free at pharmacies across the province.
The province says the move will cost between $175,000 and $200,000 a year.
The province also says women will no longer need a doctor’s referral to get an abortion at the QE II hospital in Halifax.
Women will be able to refer themselves directly where they’ll be seen by a doctor to begin the process.
The province says a dedicated phone line will be set up to allow woman to make appointments and extra staff will be hired.
The changes come after the government was criticized for problems with access to abortion services, earlier this year.