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Nova Scotia announces program to pay for heat pumps for low-income households
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoNova Scotians with low incomes can now apply to get a free heat pump for their homes. The provincial...
N.S. Health moves to thwart thefts of heating oil from clinics and hospitals
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoNova Scotia Health is putting locking caps on all its fuel tanks following a theft last month from a...
Rising heating oil costs push more low-income Nova Scotians to ask for help, says charity
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe cost of home heating oil is 50 per cent higher than it was this time last year, and low-income...
Rents in Nova Scotia are rising faster than any time since the 1970s
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoThe cost of rental housing is rising faster in Nova Scotia than at any time since publicly available...
Ottawa rejected P.E.I.'s carbon tax plan, triggering 17.4-cent spike in heating oil next July
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoOttawa rejected P.E.I.'s most recent plan for carbon pricing in the province, saying it "does not...
Federal carbon pricing to take effect in Nova Scotia, P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe federal government is imposing its fuel charge — commonly called the carbon tax — on consumers...
Cheap heat in New Brunswick: High tech heat pumps and old school firewood offer consumers best price
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoRobert Kirkpatrick has lived in the same Saint John home for 50 years and even though it has always...
Nova Scotia pitches its own version of carbon tax
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe Nova Scotia government is trying again to avoid having the federal carbon tax imposed on the province, this time by creating its own tax on large...
Opposition attempts to hit reset on N.S. carbon pricing bill
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoOpposition members say amendments to the Environment Act that would price pollution for the two...
Even without carbon tax, heating oil still the most expensive way to heat your home
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoThe surprise announcement last week that Canadians who heat their homes with heating oil will get a...