Vacancy rates for health-care professionals in Nova Scotia have increased by almost 200 per cent since 2019, according to data released by the province’s largest union.
More than 20 sheriffs and court administrative employees are refusing to work at the Truro Justice Centre under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a flood earlier this month.
Officials in Cape Breton Regional Municipality say wage increases under a new four-year collective agreement with police were necessary to make the second-largest police service competitive with the nine other municipal forces in Nova Scotia.