HALIFAX - Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey is kicking off 2010 with a three-day visit to Digby, Annapolis and Kings Counties starting January 14.

Halifax – There is only one-week to go before 600 CUPE members employed by the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board could join 3,000 other school board support workers on the picket lines. This, according to Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey, an educator and former Minister of Education, could have a lasting negative impact on the province’s education system.

Truro - Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey is calling the situation to close Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital and re-locate patients to other facilities a "crisis of the greatest magnitude." After speaking with Health Authority CEO Peter McKinnon, Casey is more than concerned about the health of the population - something she never would have thought possible in her time as M

HALIFAX – Cumberland South MLA Murray Scott has met with representatives from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and is asking Premier Darrell Dexter do the same in the hopes of averting strike action that could bring operations at the province's health care facilities and schools to halt as early as next week.

HALIFAX –  Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey says she is hoping the new year will bring about a resolution between the province, its district health authorities and 4,100 health care employees represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), who have voted to walk off the job as early as next Monday if they do not receive wage parity with Capital Di

HALIFAX –  Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader and education critic Karen Casey is urging the province to step in to avert the possible closure of Atlantic Canada's only all-girls school, located in Sydney Nova Scotia.
 

HALIFAX – Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey is calling on Premier Darrell Dexter to clarify his position on a carbon tax. Following an interview on CTV Tuesday evening, the premier admitted that “carbon at some point in time is going to be priced.”

HALIFAX – The Province of Nova Scotia is slated to receive an award for being the first to cap emissions on the electric sector, a step put in motion by the previous Progressive Conservative government.

HALIFAX –  Cumberland South MLA Murray Scott is outraged over Justice Minister Ross Landry's claim that his government has not broken its commitment to the Town of Springhill, after stating that he plans to nix the announced construction of a new correctional facility in the community.
 

TRURO– A $500,000 investment in first responder organizations will go a long way to help upgrade facilities and purchase new equipment.
 

TRURO - Applications for the Heating Assistance Rebate 2009-2010 are now available at the office of Colchester North MLA Karen Casey.

Monday, November 16, 2009

TRURO – Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey released the following statement in acknowledgment of Remembrance Day:

Halifax – Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey is happy to be back on schedule as her province-wide tour of all 52 constituencies resumes this week in Cape Breton. The tour was put on hold in September due to the sitting of the House of Assembly which wrapped up November 5.