Three People Injured in Highway 104 Crash

A head on crash on highway 104 in Barney’s River sent two people to hospital with serious injuries on Saturday. RCMP say a small car lost control and crossed into the other lane – colliding head-on with a pick up truck shortly before 8:30 am. A man and woman in the car suffered serious injuries. The driver of the truck was unharmed while a passenger in the truck suffered minor injuries. A Section of highway 104 was closed for much of the day.

NDP Promise to Revoke Imposed Teachers Contract

Nova Scotia’s N-D-P leader is pledging to revoke a controversial bill that imposed a contract on the province’s teachers. Gary Burrill says he’ll reopen negotiations with the union representing 93 hundred public school teachers if his New Democrats win the May 30th election. The province’s Liberal government imposed a four-year contract on teachers earlier this year after a protracted labour dispute. At a campaign rally in Halifax, Burrill also promised to introduce class-size caps for all grades