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Nova Scotia to reduce HST by one percentage point to 14 per cent

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced today a one percentage point reduction in the harmonized sales tax (HST) rate. The federal…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia to reduce assessment time for licensing internationally trained doctors

Nova Scotia is launching a new medical program that will certify internationally trained doctors more quickly to work in the…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax Water asking some residents to temporarily reduce water usage

Nova Scotia·New Halifax Water is asking residents of parts of some neighbourhoods near the Armdale Roundabout to reduce water usage…

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Business

Tesla asked Canada to reduce tariffs on its EVs made in China, Reuters source says

Before Canada said this week it was imposing a 100 per cent duty on Chinese-made electric vehicles, Tesla approached Ottawa…

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Canada

How using microbes to mine human waste for power could help reduce reliance on fossil fuels

We usually don’t think about what happens after we flush our waste, but a team of B.C. researchers is experimenting…

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Business

Sale of Atlantic Canada’s biggest newspaper chain could reduce local content: expert

An expert who tracks Canada’s mainstream media industry says Postmedia’s pending purchase of Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain is almost…

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Health

Ontario plastics plant facing government orders to reduce toxic emissions will shut down permanently

A plastics plant in southwestern Ontario that was ordered by the province and federal government to reduce emissions of the…

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Health

Can a diet that’s good for the planet reduce your risk of dying from disease?

A diet promoting plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more human argument: It may lower your risk…

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Tech

B.C. project aims to reduce kidney rejection

Researchers in British Columbia have set their sights on virtually eliminating organ rejection by using advanced genetic testing to better match patients with kidney donors. …

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Nova Scotia

N.S. Health hopes 3D imaging scanners help reduce waitlists

A new high-tech 3D imaging scanner will soon be used for nuclear medicine care in a Halifax hospital complex and Nova…

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