Killed by the RodMac government in 2002, a new independent arts funding body, Arts Nova Scotia, will be established this fall, announced premier Darrell Dexter in a Valentine to artists province-wide yesterday. Bringing back arm’s-length funding was one of Dexter’s election promises.

This article appears in Feb 10-16, 2011.

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  1. Pretty sure it was dissolved in 2002, by Hamm. In either case, MacDonald wasn’t premier until 2006.

    But I am looking forward to this Arts Council unfolding. I am nervous that this a distraction to disguise cuts in, but there is certainly a lot of possibility here.

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