Taryn Grant

Reporter

Taryn Grant covers daily news for CBC Nova Scotia, with a particular interest in housing and homelessness, education, and health care. You can email her with tips and feedback at taryn.grant@cbc.ca

Latest from Taryn Grant

Renewable energy megaproject on Eastern Shore prepares for environmental assessment

The proposal to produce sustainable aviation fuel in Guysborough County is inching forward, with the proponents saying they plan to submit for environmental assessment before the fall.

Nova Scotia's first land-for-housing project opens, 4 years after program launched

The Progressive Conservatives are making the first delivery of a promise made in 2021 to turn surplus provincial land into affordable housing.

Their neighbours changed the coastline and they want it fixed

Residents of Wards Brook have watched their beloved beach change over the past decade. They think laws were broken, and a lack of government action means their trust in public officials has been broken, too.

Province promises more wood heat, wood buildings in wake of Northern Pulp selling off assets

Days after Nova Scotia's forestry sector was dealt a major blow, the province is promising to use more wood to heat and construct public buildings — although officials deny any connection between the two developments.

Unsanitary conditions, rooms without locks among 'failures' at shelter sites, says official

The government official says the full extent of the problems was not known until the non-profit group in charge of the sites was dismissed last week.

'We didn't see this coming,' says shelter operator dropped by province

Out of the Cold, which abruptly lost its contract with the province to run two shelters in the Halifax area, says it was caught off guard and is left speculating about the reasons why.

N.S. splits from non-profit operator of supportive housing sites in Halifax

The Nova Scotia government has suddenly severed ties with Out of the Cold, a non-profit group that has been operating two modular, supportive housing sites in the Halifax area since 2022.

Nova Scotia looking to revive offshore gas industry

Nova Scotia is giving offshore petroleum another try, issuing a call for bids for exploration licences on 13 parcels around the Scotian Shelf and Scotian Slope.

Chignecto Isthmus work still in planning phase, construction could be years away

Nova Scotia Public Works Minister Fred Tilley says it could be years before construction begins on a project to protect the vulnerable Chignecto Isthmus.

Nova Scotia inks pact with Lebanese university to bring more doctors to province

Lebanese American University in Beirut commits the university to sending 10 ready-to-practise physicians to Nova Scotia over five years.