Teachers’ dispute going to concilliation

The province has blinked and asked for conciliation in its contract dispute with teachers.

The McNeil government earlier wanted specific terms before it would agree to a concilliation board and then rejected a union call for a mediator. Now it’s willing to sit down with a concilliator.

The union says the conciliation process will not affect its impending job action…but isn’t saying just what it has planned.

Teenage father charged with beating baby

A teenage father has been charged with aggravated assault on a five week old baby. Police the baby suffered multiple injuries…but they expect him to make a full recovery.

The man’s name is banned from publication to protect the baby’s identity.