The child poverty rate in Cape Breton is still bad…and a Canadian think tank says it’s getting a little worse. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the rate is 32.8%…up a little from 32.4% in 2013. That compares to 22.5% for the province as a whole, which is the third worst in the country. It’s much worse at Eskasoni at 75.6%.
Category: Halifax
NS Teachers Expect to take Job Action on December 5th
The union that represents nine-thousand public school teachers in Nova Scotia says job action is likely to begin on December 5th. Contract talks between the Nova Scotia government and the union broke off Friday. The two sides agreed to meet this week with a conciliator ahead of a looming strike deadline. Nova Scotia Teachers Union president Liette Doucet says he’s disappointed they failed to reach an agreement.