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Many airlines are struggling to find qualified pilots, due to a limited labour supply and greater demand for air travel. Transport Canada says about 1,100 pilot licences were granted annually prior to the pandemic, compared to under 500 in 2020 and 238 in 2022.
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The former Windsor textile mill could soon become part of Mill Island - a larger hockey-themed development by United Gulf Developments. It would include a museum, restaurant, outdoor rinks, and a new building with 164 residential units and commercial/office space. Construction could begin within a year following approval.
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Ottawa announced a new express entry stream for health professionals in the economic immigration program. Invitations will go to foreign doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, physiotherapists and optometrists to apply for permanent residency in Canada.
cbc.ca
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The N.S. Government has announced funding for a new school to replace Windsor Forks and Three Mile Plains district schools that will fall under the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education. The new school is expected to open in September 2029.
novascotia.ca
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The N.S. Government has announced the new pilot CCA–Practical Nursing Bridging Program that will offer 25 continuing care assistants currently working in Nova Scotia a free 2.5 year practical nursing diploma program starting in January 2024 to build career advancement opportunities in the sector.
novascotia.ca
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The N.S. Government is contributing $10M toward the new Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax that follows the $1.7M previously provided in 2022-23 for new programs and initiatives at the current centre.
novascotia.ca
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New/Coming Soon Businesses: JUKAI Japanese & Thai (Bedford West), Panada Pizza (Musquodoboit Harbour), Flower Street (Dartmouth), Mind Games (Dartmouth); Closures: Greco (Main Street/Dartmouth), Pizza Girls (Dartmouth), Quality Used Books (Dartmouth).
retales.ca
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The N.S. Government has announced funding to build a new French first-language school to serve the historic Acadian community of Tor Bay in Guysborough County. Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial intends to open the new school during the 2023-24 school year.
novascotia.ca
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The N.S. Government has announced funding for a new school to replace Trenton Elementary and Trenton Middle School, under the Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education, which will serve about 280 students. The new school is expected to open in September 2027.
novascotia.ca
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The Government of Canada has announced $56,250 in funding to Coastal Gardens, an Indigenous and woman-owned garden centre in Pugwash. The funding will be used to construct two additional greenouses with automated systems that will triple capacity and increase production by 90%.
canada.ca
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees says it is relieved that after months-long shortage of 911 dispatchers Cape Breton Regional Municipality has hired 2 new dispatchers in training, 6 more in the final hiring stages, and another 16 candidates being interviewed. The positions have been changed from part-time to full-time.
cbc.ca
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The N.S. Government has announced $6.4M in funding for the design and construction of a new 50-km coastal hiking trail, “The Seawall Trail”, within the Polletts Cove-Aspy Fault Wilderness Area north of the Cabot Trail. It will include huts and bridges, as well as marketing, communications and engagement with local Mi’kmaw communities.
novascotia.ca
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Doctors Nova Scotia have reached tentative agreements with the Provincial Government on new 4-year contracts for 3,400 doctors in the province. Details about the contracts to be released upon ratification.
cbc.ca
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The union representing Halifax Regional Police officers reported that in the past 6 months there were 20 resignations, all of which went to the RCMP, and 10 retirements. Reasons for the shortage include burn out, compensation, lack of training/career opportunities, and competition from other municipalities and the RCMP.
cbc.ca
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About 5,000 Nova Scotia health-care workers represented by three unions have voted overwhelmingly to reject the tentative agreement with the provincial government reached back in April. It includes clerks, equipment operators, administrative assistants, transcriptionists and health record technicians in hospitals.
cbc.ca
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Fisheries and Oceans has announced that it will double the redfish experimental quota in Atlantic Canada, but N.S.-based Ka'le Bay Seafoods states that there is already too much redfish in the market and this will cause the price to drop.
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