Media
Media Contacts
Chris O’Neill Executive Director, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts 902-599-2379 chris@artscentre.ca
Stephanie Domet Co-executive Director, AfterWords Literary Festival 902-999-5396 info@afterwordsliteraryfestival.com
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
**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
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
