Trump and Trudeau talk

Prime Minister Trudeau and President Donald Trump talked by phone yesterday about continued cross-border co-operation, softwood lumber and their women’s business group initiative.

Trudeau’s office issued a statement saying the P-M thanked Trump for a positive and constructive day of talks when they met at the White House last week.

NS Teachers Union comments

The Teachers Union says the $3.4 million which the government saved becauise of the one day strike last week should go into classrooms.

The government says it will be putting that money into grants for extra-curricular activities. The union says the money should go towards reducing class sizes or for greater support for special needs students.