A new Stephen McNeil government would spend $8 million to expand the START Apprenticeship Program. The Liberals would create more than 700 new opportunities, including investing $18.2 million over four years to help with skills training. Increased support for women, aboriginals, African Nova Scotians, people with disabilities and new Canadians would be part of it, with employer incentives going from $10,000 to $30,000 for those who hire from those groups.
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Advance bookings on CAT well up: Bay Ferries
Advance bookings on the CAT are up over last year. Bay Ferries President Mark MacDonald says it’s a five-fold increase, and that passenger volumes could reach levels seen before the original Yarmouth-Maine ferry was cancelled in 2009. About 35,500 passengers took it last year, about a third of 2007-2008 ridership.