Media

Media Contacts

Chris O’Neill,
Executive Director,
Ross Creek Centre for the Arts
902-599-2379
chris@artscentre.ca

Jacob Sampson
Associate Artistic Director,
2B Theatre
902 453 6267
jacob@2btheatre.com

Scott Tresham
Chief Executive Officer
​Symphony Nova Scotia
902-421-4763
scotttresham@symphonyns.ca

Rebecca Silver Slayter,
Artistic Director,
​Cabot Trail Writers Festival
902-224-5231
director@cabottrailwritersfestival.com

Press Releases

Nova Scotia Arts Coalition Calls on Tim Houston to Reverse Cuts to Arts,  Culture, Tourism  & Heritage

Press, 2026

Who Really Benefits from Nova Scotia’s Tax Cuts? - CCPA

Maritime Noon - CBC Radio

Levée de boucliers contre les coupures dans la culture​ - Radio-Canada

Compressions budgétaires annulées en N.-É. : des organismes applaudissent |  | Radio-Canada

Budget de la N.-É., la Nova Scotia Arts Coalition dénonce des suppressions | OHdio | Radio-Canada

Nova Scotia reversing course on some budget cuts - CTV News

CBC Nova Scotia News March 10, 2026 | Budget reversal How did the Houston government decide to walk back some cuts and what comes next? | CBC News

Nova Scotia reverses some budget cuts after public backlash - Globe and Mail​

March 4

‘The effect is very real’: Cape Breton bookstore owners, publishers react to budget funding cuts. - PNI Atlantic

Arts, culture supporters pack Annapolis Royal theatre to protest proposed cuts - PNI Atlantic

Hundreds stand ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ at Halifax rally for Indigenous rights, environment, democracy  - Halifax Examiner

First Nation chiefs say Nova Scotia budget cuts appear targeted at Mi’kmaw programs - CityNews Halifax

Budget cuts to 'crucial' school arts program to be felt across N.S. - CityNews Halifax

‘Devastating’: Arts Coalition calls on province to reverse funding cuts - CityNews Halifax

​Annapolis Valley publisher looking at closing after Houston government axes grant - Annapolis Valley Register

'What are they thinking?': Hundreds at Sydney rally protest proposed cuts to arts, culture, heritage funding - Cape Breton Post / Saltwire

Shelburne County rallies against proposed provincial budget cuts - The Tri-County Vanguard/Saltwire

‘The cuts don’t make sense’: Wolfville, N.S., rally demands provincial support for arts, culture, and heritage - Saltwire

CBC Documentary: This is Nova Scotia: Arts Community Fights Cuts

CBC Radio: Commotion:  Nova Scotia's proposed arts cuts hit deep

Bill Black: The Nova Scotia budget is not taking us to a good place

Houston defends characterization of Culture is Critical rally as call to raise taxes, suggests NDP organization - Saltwire

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against N.S. arts cuts: ‘The arts are why I live in Nova Scotia’- The Globe and Mail

Public access to N.S. Legislature limited because 'emotions are high' after budget cuts - CBC News

Nova Scotia Arts Coalition calls on province to reverse arts, tourism budget cuts - CTV News via facebook

Members of Nova Scotia’s arts and culture sector gather to protest recent budget cuts - CKOM

‘What are they think­ing?’ Hun­dreds at Sydney rally protest pro­posed cuts to arts, cul­ture, her­it­age fund­ing - Cape Breton Post

Members of Nova Scotia's arts and culture sector gather to protest recent budget cuts - The Canadian Press

Arts and culture in Nova Scotia left reeling from ‘unprecedented’ cuts - Halifax Examiner

Covering the cuts: a sense of urgency, and a commitment to reporting on what will be lost - Halifax Examiner

All Hands On Deck: Last chance before the budget vote. Friday, March 27 – noon. Province House, 1726 Hollis Street, Kjipuktuk / Halifax. Houston's government must listen. We are all treaty people.