Meteorologists say parts of Atlantic Canada will see will temperature swings today as a warm front makes its way through the East Coast. The agency says warmer temperatures will turn snowfall into rain in many regions, posing a risk of localized flooding. Yesterday’s snow storm caused a number of power outages around the province. As of this morning most have seen the lights come back on, however one large outage is still affecting nearly two-thousand customers in the Wallace-Pugwash area of Cumberland County. A number of smaller outages in Cape Breton are also still affecting areas around Port Hood, Inverness and Port Hawkesbury.
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Teachers and Civil Servants Resume Talks with Province
The union that represents seven thousand civil servants in Nova Scotia is headed back to the bargaining table on Monday. The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union requested a resumption of talks on Thursday. On Wednesday union members rejected a tentative agreement by 94 per cent. Meanwhile, the province is also expected to resume talks today with the union representing Nova Scotia’s nine-thousand public school teachers.