The union representing long-term care workers in Nova Scotia and the provincial government remain in a stalemate as a strike drags on.  Taylor Johnston, a spokesperson for CUPE, says when talks resumed Thursday, the provincial government returned to the table with the same deal for a fifth time.   Barbara Adams, the minister of seniors and long-term care, issued a statement Friday evening saying the union’s proposal is not feasible.   CUPE says more than 31-hundred workers are involved in the strike that began on April 13th.  Among those on strike are workers at Shiretown and Ivey’s Terrace Nursing Homes in Trenton, Maritime Odd Fellows in Pictou, Valley View Villa in Stellarton, and Glen Haven Manor in New Glasgow

 

 

Nova Scotia’s education minister says 150 jobs at regional education centres will be impacted by budget cuts.

Brendan Maguire told reporters last week that 47 positions will be eliminated by cancelling job postings that he says have been vacant for years.

The rest will come from teachers being removed from administrative and specialist roles and returning to the classrooms.

He says there is a need right now for math, science and French teachers, and many of the teachers assigned to special roles have backgrounds in those subjects.

 

 

Four Canadians previously stuck on the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak will quarantine in British Columbia.

They returned to Canada on a chartered flight from West Africa on Sunday.

Health authorities will monitor the Canadians throughout their isolation, which could be extended up to 42 days depending on risk assessment and World Health Organization guidance.

 

 

In a box office battle of the sequels, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” had the slight edge over “Mortal Kombat II” in North American theatres this weekend.

According to studio estimates, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” earned a chart topping 43-million-dollars in its second weekend, while “Mortal Kombat II” took in 40 million in its first.