A strike of the government’s largest public-sector union continues for a seventh day.

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier sent a letter to public servants yesterday afternoon suggesting the government wants to reach a fair deal for employees reflecting their value.

Fortier also identified four areas of disagreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada including wages, teleworking, outsourcing contracts and seniority rules in the event of a layoff.

The union’s national president Chris Aylward has laid the blame for the strike on Fortier over the weekend and called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intervene.

 

 

A Nova Scotia university is under scrutiny over how it handles sexual violence incidents on campus.

It comes after police charged a 22-year-old student at St. Francis Xavier University with sexual assault involving four women.

Officers are investigating the allegations against the former football player.

In a separate case at the university four years ago, two former football players were acquitted of sexually assaulting a female student.

 

 

The annual National Day of Mourning ceremony for those killed or injured as the result of workplace accidents will be held Friday at 6:00 p.m. at Trenton Park.

Twenty- four people died in Nova Scotia in 2022 because of workplace incidents and activities, an increase from the twenty-one fatalities reported in 2021.

Statistics reveal over 1,000 people per year die as a result of workplace injuries in Canada.

 

 

The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Later this week, the centre in Cherry Brook will receive a 15-thousand-dollar donation from former senator Donald Oliver — the first Black man to be appointed to the Senate.

Oliver, who served 22 years in the Senate,  is a founding member and the inaugural president of the museum and cultural centre.

Established in 1983, the centre is the country’s largest and oldest repository dedicated to Black culture and history in Canada.

 

 

Mike Field has been appointed as the new executive director of Hockey Nova Scotia.

Field had been serving as interim director since December, replacing Amy Walsh.

The Truro native has more than two decades of experience in hockey governance in the province and also held the interim executive director position in 2004 and 2018.

Field says he looks forward to finding new ways to make hockey more accessible and fun for all participants.