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@cupenovascotia School Support workers across Nova Scotia have voted 97.5% in favour of taking strike action if an agreement that lifts education workers out of poverty cannot be reached. #nsed #nslab #nspoli #CUPE #canlab @BeckyDruhan @suzyhfx @DannyNSFL novascotia.cupe.ca/2023/02/28/cup…
2) “We are holding a province-wide Day of Action today, Feb. 28, to tell the @TimHoustonNS govt. that our members need to see a deal that will make a meaningful difference in their lives," @melansonchris, President, NS School Board Council of Unions
3) From 2012 to 2022, while inflation in Nova Scotia increased by 23.5%, wages in the sector rose only 14.5%, dragged down by years of legislated restraint under the previous @LiberalPartyNS government.

#WageFreezes #Bill148 #UnionBusting #NeoLiberals
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It's a wee bit cooler today but nothing like 126,000 years ago when the #AtlanticBubble was covered in ice!
The last ice age ended 10,000 years ago but there have been glacial periods in #NovaScotia on and off for at least 500,000 years...
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton @NS_Museum Image
During periods of climatic cooling, ice sheets develop and advance, aided by the reflection of the sun's light from the white snow surface. Sea levels drop as ocean water is used to make ice. The glaciers grow, coalesce and flow all the way out to...
#nspoli #cbpoli #Novascotia Image
...the edge of the continental shelf. There, melting and ice sheet disintegration begin as glaciers become buoyant in deep water. This starts the retreat process, which is accentuated as the sea-level rises, and helps to further destabilize the ice sheets.
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We love getting questions about mining, minerals and geology! We were asked where the stone was quarried for the old #Bridgewater post office on King St. Here’s our answer:
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #capebreton #NS #CB @BernJordanMP @MarkFurey1 @TownBridgewater @DesBrisayMuseum ImageImage
The old #Bridgewater post office was designed by David Ewart and built in 1909 by builders Faulkner and MacDonald. It was built in the federal style, with the ground level windows featuring rounded tops and stone arches.
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It also has a Dentilled Cornice, which is the small tooth like decorative block design that crowns the building. ("Dentil" comes from the Latin word for tooth.)
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #capebreton #NS #CB @BernJordanMP @MarkFurey1 @TownBridgewater @DesBrisayMuseum Image
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