Long-term care workers across Nova Scotia have resumed a strike that was thought to have ended when a tentative agreement was reached this month.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the strike resumed because unionized employees at three facilities could not resolve some issues with their employers.
When the tentative agreement was reached on June 6th, the union said it was under the impression that any remaining issues would be resolved quickly.
Many workers first walked off the job on April 13th, seeking higher wages.
Gas and diesel prices both went down overnight in Nova Scotia. The price of regular gasoline went down by 4.5 cents per litre, leaving the minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline at $1.66 per litre in the local area. The price of diesel decreased by 1.1 cents per litre, putting the minimum pump price for self-serve diesel at $1.86 per litre locally.
The premier says his government is not actively pursuing data centre projects and would only support them if the province could meet their energy needs.
Data centres are massive operations that require a lot of power to run and cool computer servers, and are often used in artificial intelligence and other high-tech industries.
Tim Houston says there’s no active proposal to bring a data centre to Nova Scotia and it’s not a top priority for his government.
He says he’d be willing to discuss a project when the province’s major energy generation projects become fully operational.
The federal and provincial governments are committing up to 25-million dollars to help the province’s livestock and wild blueberry producers recover from last year’s severe drought.
Provincial Agriculture Minister Greg Morrow says the drought was one of the worst in generations, causing severe financial hardship for farms across the province.
The funding will come from the AgriRecovery disaster relief program.
Agri-Food Canada will contribute 60 per cent of eligible funding, and the province will kick in 40 per cent.
Take note that road closures will be in effect on Sunday for the Johnny Miles Running Event.
Closures include:
Provost Street from George Street to Maclean Street: 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
George Street Bridge: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Terrace and Clyde Streets: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Motorists should expect delays and plan ahead.
In sports, Jacob Shaffelburg of Port Williams scored one of Canada’s goals in Canada’s first-ever win last night in a men’s FIFA World Cup. Canada thumped Qatar 6-0 to now sit atop Group B alongside Switzerland.
