News release

Making A Difference In Southwestern Nova Scotia

Premier's Office

Premier John Hamm is pleased with the economic progress made in southwestern Nova Scotia over the last five years.

"There is a new sense of optimism in this region that I didn't see when I first started making regular visits to the community," Premier Hamm said today, June 8, at a breakfast meeting with Natural Resources Minister Richard Hurlburt, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Chris d'Entremont, MLA Cecil O'Donnell and the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce.

The premier reviewed a number of significant provincial investments in southwest Nova Scotia in recent years, including:

  • a payroll rebate through Nova Scotia Business Inc. to attract register.com to Yarmouth. register.com now has more than 200 employees;
  • the new Southwest Nova Correctional Facility, which has injected two million dollars into the local economy;
  • a $705,000 expansion of the Burridge Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, which will provide new training opportunities to more than 80 local residents;
  • major repaving projects this year on rural roads in areas like Brazil Lake/Pleasant Valley, as well as Hardscratch and Greenville roads;
  • millions of dollars this year towards the completion of the Highway 103 Barrington Bypass and Highway 101 interchanges;
  • multi-million dollar renovations of the Port Maitland Consolidated School and Yarmouth Consolidated High School;
  • a contribution of $100,000 to the Tri-County Women's Centre, offsetting a withdrawal of federal funding;
  • investments in such local cultural organizations as the Yarmouth Regional Arts Centre and th'Yarc.

"The Nova Scotia government is ready and able to work with this region to realize new growth, new opportunities and new jobs," added the premier.

Premier Hamm and Mr. Hurlburt will meet with Yarmouth waterfront officials and register.com employees later this afternoon. Tonight, they are scheduled to meet with local municipal leaders from the Town of Yarmouth, Municipality of Yarmouth County and Municipality of Argyle.

The premier and cabinet will hold their weekly meeting Wednesday afternoon, June 9, in West Pubnico at the Village historique acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse on Old Church Road.

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