Nova Scotia has tabled legislation that would replace the province’s cap-and-trade system for large industrial greenhouse gas emitters with a pricing system based on their carbon gas output.

Environment Minister Tim Halman says the new system taking effect January 1st will include emissions reduction targets — and large emitters will have to pay a carbon price if they are not met.

Halman says the new model will hold industry more accountable for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and will help protect ratepayers from the more costly federal carbon tax.

But the new system still needs approval from the federal cabinet and Ottawa could still impose the tax on Nova Scotia because it is not part of the province’s plan.

 

 

The Nova Scotia government wants to make it easier for companies to start producing and using hydrogen. The province’s Progressive Conservative government introduced amendments to several pieces of legislation Monday to encourage the new industry.

The government says hydrogen is a clean-burning fuel that could provide a  clean energy source for the province.

Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton says he wants to make Nova Scotia a leader in green hydrogen production — and he says reaching that goal requires closing gaps in energy-related legislation that could impede the safe development of hydrogen projects.

 

 

A 31-year-old R-C-M-P officer has died after being stabbed in Burnaby, B-C while working on a mental health and homeless outreach team.

The Burnaby detachment’s Chief Superintendent says Constable Shaelyn Yang was dedicated to her work.

Police say the suspect was shot and is being treated in hospital.

Yang had been with the R-C-M-P just three years, working as a mental health outreach officer and Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says she was a loving wife, daughter and sister.

 

 

Teaching assistants at Dalhousie University in Halifax could go on strike as early as today.

The assistants and other part-time academics have not received a raise since 2019.

They are paid 24 dollars per hour, about half what a T-A makes at Western University in London, Ontario.

Students are midway through their first semester and say they don’t want to see their programs get bogged down because their professors aren’t getting the help they need.

 

 

Nova Scotia is designating two beach areas in Antigonish County as provincial parks.

Dunns Beach and Monk Head, which have been protected under the provincial Beaches Act since 1976, are Nova Scotia’s newest provincial parks.

Dunns Beach, which is home to the endangered piping plover, includes a sandy beach, forest, and a small wetland area.

The new park at Monk Head is a mix of sandy beach, forests and coastal headlands.