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At its 315th session on 22 and 23 March 2023, the ESA Council approved a series of nominations and extensions of contracts for ESA directors:

ECOWAS Institutions are meeting in Lagos, Nigeria for a five (5) day workshop to validate guidelines on exclusion from access to funding and publication of recipients of funds. This workshop will go a long way in enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of EU aid in West Africa. In addition…

A task force is preparing for the digital transformation of the Nova Scotia courts

The minister who oversees Nova Scotia's Liquor Control Act says there's nothing in the legislation that allows the province to intervene in situations where there are allegations of dangerous behaviour toward patrons by security staff at bars.

Wayne MacKay, professor emeritus at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law, says there is "a significant legislative gap" when it comes to in-house security at bars.

A Halifax senior has been told she wouldn't be kept on as a tenant when her fixed-term lease expires after she had two medical emergencies in her unit. Her family believes it's because the emergencies disrupted the building's superintendent.

The industry group that represents landlords in the province says the new changes don't go far enough. But an organization that works with tenants is concerned they will speed up evictions in a time of low vacancy rates and high rents.

Students in Halifax say their landlords are using fixed-term leases as a loophole to get around the province's two per cent rent cap, and they're calling for change in the residential tenancies system.

There is an extreme cold warning issued for the entire Province and heating costs are higher than ever before....

The newly expanded Heating Assistance Rebate Program is now accepting applications to help more Nova Scotians ...