A pre-primary program for four-year-old’s in Nova Scotia’s schools could be rolled out as early as this fall. Premier Stephen MacNeil says there is no need to wait to include the program in the budget and that pre-primary programs could be rolled out in as many as thirty locations in the province this fall. The program could save parents thousands of dollars in daycare expenses. Once the play-based program is fully in place it’s expected to cost the province 49.4 million-dollars a year.
Category: Halifax
Report Recommends Closing Three Halifax Rinks
A new report by city Staff is recommending three arenas in Halifax should be closed and that council should consider the future of a fourth ice rink. The report suggests closing the Gray and Bowles arena in Dartmouth as well as the Devonshire arena in North end Halifax by the end of 2018. It also recommends studying the potenital closure of the Lebrun Centre in Bedford. All four ice rinks are considered old and outdated. A four ice pad BMO centre opened in Bedford in 2010 and a new four rink facility is currently under construction in Dartmouth.