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Premier shuffles cabinet
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Photo by PETER PARSONS / Staff
Story by DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter
New ministers are at the helms of government's three biggest departments after Premier Rodney MacDonald shuffled his cabinet today.
Karen Casey takes over at health, moving from education. Former health minister Chris d'Entremont goes to community services, and Judy Streatch is the new education minister, moving from community services. |
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14-year-old boy shot in back in drive-by
Witness says car pulled up, window went down and then ‘Boom’
By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter
Wed. Jan 7 - 10:58 AM
A drive-by shooter put a bullet through the back of a 14-year-old boy as he stood on a west-end Halifax street Tuesday evening.
The shooting happened on Romans Avenue near Bayers Road just before 6:25 p.m.
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Report: Air Canada doing internal review on holiday storm troubles
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wed. Jan 7 - 10:59 AM
TORONTO — The Globe and Mail reports that Canada's largest air
carrier is reviewing how it responded after winter storms led to
widespread cancellations and delays during the holidays.
Air Canada had to foot the bill for more than five-thousand hotel
rooms, issue thousands of meal vouchers and conquer a mountain of
luggage at airports.
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Melvin's application to switch residences adjourned
By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter
Wed. Jan 7 - 6:52 PM
Jimmy Melvin Jr.'s application to live at a different address won't be heard by a judge until next week.
Mr. Melvin's lawyer, Josh Arnold, was expected to ask for the change Wednesday in Dartmouth provincial court but instead was granted an adjournment until Tuesday. | |
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School bus drivers reject contract offer
By KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE Education Reporter
Wed. Jan 7 - 6:46 PM
School bus drivers across Halifax Regional Municipality could be putting on their brakes by the end of the month.
Stock Transportation workers, which also include monitors and mechanics, have voted against their employer's latest contract offer, tabled Nov. 17. | |
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So long, cheap prices
Wholesale prices double, fishermen feel cheated
By BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth Bureau
Wed. Jan 7 - 5:21 AM
DIGBY — The price lobster fishermen are getting for their catch
almost doubled overnight Monday, a move that has a lot of angry
captains and crew members scratching their heads. With big
January boat payments coming due, many fishermen feel they’ve been
duped, with the price hike to $6.25 per pound coming at a time when
some of them have tied up their boats to await warmer weather in the
spring. | |
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Study: Past overfishing has left N.S. fishery vulnerable to current economic woes
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wed. Jan 7 - 10:40 AM
A new study says Nova Scotia's fishery is still reeling
from past overfishing and has been left ``vulnerable'' to the global
economic crisis as a result.
The report, by Nova Scotia-based research group GPI Atlantic,
says the province's fishing industry is less diverse than before and
is relying more ``on species lower in the food chain, notably
lobster and other shellfish.''
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Taking it out on their patients?
Nursing home staff involved in 30 of 41 abuse cases; NDP blames heavy workload
By MICHAEL TUTTON The Canadian Press
Wed. Jan 7 - 4:46 AM
Residents of nursing facilities in Nova Scotia suffered 30 incidents of physical, financial or emotional abuse by staff members over a one-year period, which an Opposition politician calls a “disturbing” signal that some caregivers are overworked and undertrained.
The list obtained by The Canadian Press under access to information laws is from 73 investigations the Health Department did between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008. The investigations were done after complaints were filed under the Protection of Persons in Care Act, legislation that has been in force in the province for just over a year.
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