The HomeWarming program helps eligible Nova Scotians save money on heating bills, feel more comfortable year-round, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Category: Provincial Updates
One-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit
You may be eligible for a tax-free one-time payment of $500 if your income and the amount that you pay on rent qualify.
Additional funding for homes in need of repairs
More Nova Scotians can get help to make necessary repairs and adaptations so they can live comfortably at home.
Age-friendly Communities Grant
Community groups are encouraged to create new projects to help Nova Scotia seniors be active and involved in their communities.
Housing needs assessment survey
The government is asking Nova Scotians to provide feedback on housing needs.
Fundraiser Stuff a police cruiser
Help Encounter Church of The Salvation Army and Halifax Regional Police stuff a police cruiser with school supplies to help families in need from your community.
Amendments to first aid requirements
The amendments help to modernize first aid requirements and consolidate them in Nova Scotia under the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations.
Province unveils new pre-school autism services
The new care model will ensure that families have access to earlier intervention and that they are aware of what services are available, how to access them and who is eligible. Families and service providers will also have access to the education they need to best support the individual needs of each child.
Legislation enshrines Mi’kmaw as Nova Scotia’s first language
Legislation introduced April 7, recognizes Mi’kmaw as Nova Scotia’s first language and will support efforts to preserve and promote it now and for future generations. The legislation will be proclaimed on a mutually agreeable date with Mi’kmaw leadership, and it will take effect on October 1, Treaty Day.
Parents to pay less for childcare
The Federal government has now agreed to move the timetable up for $10/day child care…