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Video game maker Ubisoft has closed its studio in Halifax, eliminating 71 jobs three weeks after most staff members voted to unionize.
The Paris-based company issued a statement yesterday saying the move had nothing to do with the union drive, citing the need for cost-cutting as the main reason.
The studio was Ubisoft’s first to unionize in North America.
The company says it has been trimming its global operations for the past two years, well before the union announced in June that a majority of Ubisoft Halifax staff had agreed to file for union certification.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Dog-Attack)
Police have disclosed the dog breeds involved in a weekend mauling that cost a teenage Nova Scotian boy his life.
R-C-M-P say two Cane Corsos and a Rottweiler were responsible for the attack on the 13-year-old near Shelburne, Nova Scotia on Saturday.
The boy was airlifted to hospital in Halifax but died days later.
Police say the dogs have been euthanized and their owners are co-operating with the investigation.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Fraud)
The former chief administrative officer of a rural P-E-I municipality has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for fraud.
Tammy White was the C-A-O of North Wiltshire, about 20 kilometres west of Charlottetown, in 2024 when she wrote herself a four-thousand dollar cheque from the municipality.
During her time on the job she was also serving an 18-month sentence in the community for possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
The judge in the fraud case wondered during her sentencing hearing yesterday how she got hired, given her criminal record.
(CBC News)
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(NL-Driver-Charged)
Police in central Newfoundland say they’ve charged a man for fleeing from police and operating a vehicle while under a Canada-wide driving ban.
R-C-M-P say officers stopped a vehicle Tuesday morning in Grand Falls-Windsor and determined the driver was prohibited from driving.
Police allege he refused to exit the vehicle and then drove away, nearly striking an officer.
The Mounties say they did not pursue him, in the interest of public safety, but they found him later and arrested him.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Power-Hearing)
Nova Scotia opposition parties and an affordable energy coalition say the province’s largest private electric utility is in no position to ask the public to pay more for power.
N-D-P leader Claudia Chender told the province’s energy board that household income is stagnant, the utility’s power grid is unreliable, and public trust in the corporation is at an all-time low in the aftermath of an April cybersecurity breach.
Nova Scotia Power has proposed residential rate increases of 3.8 per cent this year and 4.1 per cent on January 1st, 2027.
The utility says rate increases are needed to support its 1.3-billion dollar plan to strengthen the grid, expand tree-trimming and vegetation management, and improve its storm response.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI- AG-Report)
The provincial auditor general has found payroll issues at Health P-E-I, including some vacation payments that didn’t follow the rules.
Auditor General Darren Noonan says some non-unionized workers at the government’s hospital operator received payouts for vacation time and time-in-lieu that weren’t permitted.
He says some non-unionized jobs were created and filled without the proper classification or notice to the provincial Treasury Board.
The A-G has made 12 recommendations to the Crown corporation, all of which it has accepted.
(The Canadian Press)
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