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The Nova Scotia government will begin imposing a contract on teachers tomorrow. Premier Stephen McNeil has called the legislature back for an 8pm Monday night session to legislate a contract on the province’s 9,300 teachers. In a release last night, McNeill says the decision was made after ‘considerable soul searching’. However, McNeil says the labour disruption needs to end ‘so the lives of students and parents can return to normal’. The move follows a vote on Thursday that saw teachers reject a third tentative deal that had been reached between their union and the province.

Halifax Police say one of their officers and a paramedic were assaulted by a man wearing nothing but his underwear early this morning. Police say they responded to a report of a man running around outside near Nova Court in Dartmouth wearing nothing but underwear shortly before 2am this morning. An ambulance was dispatched and police placed the 24-year-old man in the vehicle. Police say the man suddenly became agitated and assaulted both the paramedic and the officer. The officer received minor injuries. Police say they are still investigating the incident.