Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to Project Comfort, a community effort to make warm and comforting blankets for people in need in Dartmouth North…
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Community Services. Last year the department made changes to allow income assistance recipients to keep more of what they earn if they work…
Madam Speaker, many of the people I serve in my constituency office are recipients of income-support programs provided by the Department of Community Services. Each one of them has a different story of how they found themselves using these programs,…
Mr. Speaker, today is World Theatre Day and I rise to voice my support for the Bus Stop Theatre. In his book, The Empty Space, Director Peter Brook states, "I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage."…
If the Premier had checked his inbox over the past couple of weeks, he'd have found many messages calling for new funding for child welfare programs to help relieve an overworked and overstressed foundation of social workers…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Violet Rosengarten, a resident of Dartmouth North, on the opening of her new art exhibition. Titled Violet Rosengarten's Spring Collection: Foliage & Flowers, Islands, Lakes & Sea, the …
Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate a number of businesses from Burnside Industrial Park, which is situated in Dartmouth North, which were recently honoured at the Halifax Chamber Business Awards…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge a big group of students, teachers, and community members of Dartmouth High School who recently went on a 10-day cultural immersion trip to the Dominican Republic…
Mr. Speaker, on this International Women's Day, I rise to recognize an exceptional young woman from Dartmouth North, Emily Hooper, who is a leader in our community…
Mr. Speaker, last week I had the privilege to attend the African Heritage Month celebration at Dartmouth High School, organized by staff and students in association with the African Nova Scotian Music Association
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the efforts and kindness of the Take Action Society's Warmth of the Heart initiative for volunteers during their annual winter clothes giveaway…
Mr. Speaker, today marks the last day of African Heritage Month, and all month people all over the province have been attending special lectures, concerts, dinners…
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to once again speak to Bill No. 80, the Traffic Safety Act. I want to echo what the minister has said about how this is a mammoth bill and is…