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June 19, 2013 - 07:47 — Timothy Gillespie

23 jobs, 17 teachers cut in Tri-County schools

More than 23 jobs, including 17 teaching positions, have been cut in order to balance the Tri-County School Board’s budget for next year.

The board approved it’s 2013-14 $68.7-million balanced budget Tuesday at a board meeting in Yarmouth.

A total of 17 full-time equivalent teaching positions, three full-time equivalent program support positions, two full-time equivalent bus drivers and 1.5 full-time equivalent regional office positions were eliminated.

The Tri-County board was faced with making $1.4 million in reductions compared to the previous year’s budget.

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June 18, 2013 - 14:59 — Timothy Gillespie

Region shows opposition to modernizing economy, says pollster

Atlantic Canadians oppose many recent Employment Insurance policy changes, according to the latest survey conducted by Corporate Research Associates Inc., discussed in a Tuesday news release from the firm

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June 18, 2013 - 14:44 — Timothy Gillespie

Climate change, events promotion, downtown revitalization for Economic Development Committee

The Community Economic Development Committee of the Town of Shelburne met on Monday evening to discuss several items.

Climate not hot button
The Committee heard a report on a study about the effects on tourism of climate change. See previous story here.

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June 18, 2013 - 11:33 — Timothy Gillespie

Arts & Life: Naming the Twins release new CD


photos: Lisa Buchanan
Shelburne duo hitting the road to support "Drifters and Dreamers"

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June 18, 2013 - 11:08 — Timothy Gillespie

Climate change not hot button for tourism operators

More threatened by government action and inaction
University of Waterloo graduate student Saveena Patara gave a presentation to the Town of Shelburne Community Economic Development Committee Monday. Her research project about how climate change might affect the tourism industry in South West Nova Scotia is part of a broad project by twenty-one researchers from universities in Nova Scotia, PEI, Ontario, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

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June 18, 2013 - 10:17 — Timothy Gillespie

$2.7 bill Shel Muni budget approved - no tax increase or new user fees

The Council for the Municipality of the District of Shelburne approved their 2013-14 operating, reserve, and capital budgets at a meeting Monday. According to a news release, Council was able to balance the investment in strategic priorities with the current tax rate.

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June 18, 2013 - 09:42 — Timothy Gillespie

3000% increase in offshore liability caps proposed

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June 14, 2013 - 13:53 — Timothy Gillespie

Pirate County declared in legislature

STERLING BELLIVEAU PRESENTS RESOLUTION TO "PIRATE COUNTY" CREW AT LOBSTYER FESTIVAL OPENING

Shelburne MLA Sterling Belliveau announced recently that in April of this year, he put forward a resolution in the House of Assembly declaring Shelburne County as "Pirate County, Nova Scotia."

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June 14, 2013 - 11:30 — Timothy Gillespie

It's a party!

The public is invited to attend the annual lieutenant-governor's Garden Party on Wednesday, June 19, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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June 14, 2013 - 08:25 — Timothy Gillespie

New guardian for Cape Forchu Light

The iconic Cape Forchu Lighthouse has a new friend in Bruce Bishop, who has been hired for summer duty overseeing operations there from June through September.

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