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BEAVER BANK:<\/strong> Premier Tim Houston poured water on speculation that there is an impending election during an interview on July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The premier was in Beaver Bank as he began a tour July 9 with Advanced Education Minister and local MLA Brian Wong of the riding, including stops in Windsor Junction, Fall River, and Waverley and spoke with The Laker News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He did the interview before a meeting with the Beaver Bank Awareness Association and the Woodbine Community Nonprofit society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The meeting was held at Brown Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n NO ELECTION FORTHCOMING:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Houston was asked if there was any election call coming soon, given the number of candidates being announced by the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank MLA Brian Wong, who is the Advanced Education Miniter, are two candidates who will be re-offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said there are 55 constituencies across the province so for the campaign team that’s a significant amount of work to nominate candidates across the entire province and have them ready for an election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe campaign team started with our incumbent MLAs to make sure people know who’s re-offering and who’s not re-offering that type of thing,\u201d said Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe’ve nominated I think we’ve nominated most of our incumbents at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said any election call is just speculation, mostly coming from the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAn election’s not something that I’m thinking about or talking about,\u201d he said. \u201cThe folks in the media are talking about it, but it’s not something we are.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe’re just focused on providing good government for Nova Scotians. And the campaign team will be ready when the when the campaign comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut it’s not it’s not it’s not something that’s on my mind right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n ELECTION OF NEW HRM MAYOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Houston said that it will be the people of the Halifax Regional Municipality who will decide on Mayor. He doesn\u2019t have any favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere’s some good candidates that have put their name forward, and we’re looking forward to a productive relationship with whoever is the mayor and whoever is the council,\u201d he said. \u201cNot just in HRM, but across the province in all the municipalities we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think we have a pretty good track record of working with municipalities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the province has been supportive of projects that any municipality puts forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere will be good candidates,\u201d said Houston. \u201cThat means there will be a good mayor, and the people will decide who that is. And we look forward to working with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n a[drotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n STAMPEDE VISIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Houston was asked what the reasoning was to visit the Calgary Stampede last week. He pointed to the N.S. Stampede happening in September in Bible Hill as the main reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt’s a big deal,\u201d he said of the N.S. Stampeded. \u201cIt’s a great opportunity. I’m pretty proud of the people at the at the Rath Eastlink Centre there and the provincial exhibition grounds and the initiative that they’re taking to bring events, their concerts and of course, the Nova Scotia Stampede.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He expects it will be a big economic impact for the Truro\/Bible Hill area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe N.S. Stampede folks met with people out there,\u201d he said. \u201cThey took a look at what works and what doesn’t work. So they did some learning for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was there to support them with that, plus a series of other meetings around energy and opportunities for other events. I would say it was a successful mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hope everyone gets out and supports the Nova Scotia Stampede. It is going to be a great event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The N.S. 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