New legislation introduced on Friday will expand the powers of Events East to operate the Halifax Convention Centre with far less oversight from the city and province. The Crown Corporation, which manages the Argyle Street enterprise, will see its spending limit without prior written government approval increase from $250,000 to $500,000. The proposed changes to the […]
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Awkward! National school board conference comes to Nova Scotia
“The irony, a little bit, is there, for sure,” says Canadian School Boards Association president Floyd Martens. Over 200 CSBA trustees from across Canada will arrive in Halifax this week for the organization’s annual conference, only a few months after the provincial government dismantled Nova Scotia’s elected school boards. Martens says the event was planned […]