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School support workers want training, better protection from classroom violence
The union that represents 5,000 school support workers across Nova Scotia is using a recent auditor general's report on violence in schools to bolster its demand for more staff, better training and an easier way to report violent incidents.
Partner groups in provincial homelessness projects plead for more public funding
Two non-profit groups the provincial government relies on to house and support homeless people have told a legislative committee they desperately need more funding.
Number of surgeries being completed on the rise, Nova Scotia Health official says
New figures posted on the provincial government's health dataaccountability websitesuggests surgeons are completing roughly the same number of surgeries as 2019 pre-pandemic levels, but the woman in charge of improving wait times says the number should actually be higher.
N.S. government orders 3,500 employees back to the office
The Houston government is ordering 3,500 civil servants back to the office, unilaterally ending arrangements or agreements that have allowed those non-unionized employees to work from home, at least part of the week, for years.
Some to pay more, others to pay less as N.S. changes short-term rental fees
The Houston government has modified regulations promised last spring to control short-term rentals. The new rules will take effect Sept. 30.
N.S. approves planning area that could see 18,000 new units built in Westphal
Nova Scotia's housing ministerhas added four new sites to the list of Halifax-area lands the province wants fast-trackedfor development, including a large area of Westphal in Dartmouth that could potentially see up to 18,000 new units built.
N.S. Health closes blood collection clinic at Halifax Infirmary
The expansion of the province's largest hospital complex has forced the closure of a blood collection site in downtown Halifax. Officials have permanently shut down the Halifax Infirmary site to make room for a transition unit that is being displaced because of the construction.
N.S. lake patrol results in 1 arrest, 4 alcohol-related tickets, 115 warnings
A patrol by RCMP, federal and provincial enforcement officers on Grand Lake earlier this month resulted in one arrest, four tickets and 115 warnings. Of the 50 operators screened for alcohol use, 40 tested positive.
Halifax maritime museum moving ahead with planned boat school
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is hoping to open a boat school on the Halifax waterfront by fall 2025. The new building will allow the museum to dramatically increase the number of young people it can teach to build and pilot boats.
N.S. opposition leaders question delay in updating family doctor waitlist
Nova Scotia's opposition leaders accused theHouston governmentWednesday of withholding the latest number ofNova Scotianson the need-a-family-practice registry.
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