Empire has launched a $500 million cost-cutting plan to help Sobeys, which began struggling after buying the western grocery chain Safeway four years ago. The Stellarton-based parent company says cutting back office staff is one way it’ll happen, but frontline and distribution-centre staff won’t be affected.
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Pilot project to help NS veterans deal with criminal justice system
A pilot project involving Veterans Affairs Canada and the Nova Scotia Mental Health Court is set to get underway. The Veterans Justice Outreach Initiative has a goal of better identifying, tracking and exploring alternatives to incarceration for veterans. A 2015 study by Correctional Service Canada found about 3% of those federally incarcerated were veterans.