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together. We will attract businesses. And we look at those housing developments. The regional transportation in place and so forth. We need to high density in order to provide these amenities in the services to people. What a lot of folks have realized. I certainly for me. >> Is that we're not going to get there. And last for all. Speaking the same language, unless we're all advocating for the same things. And that means working together as a region for fundy rural district chair ray ridelle working together is critical. >> The district he represents isn't even connected. We are composed of a series of fragments. It's huge. It's absolutely huge and it's none continuous. >> Which is a real problem from the service point of view tourism, transportation and tax reforms were mentioned as topics the area should be working together on. >> With the provincial government for ctv news. St. John. >> A tentative agreement has now been ratified between the nova scotia teachers union and the provincial government. The majority of the 10,000 members voted in favour of the deal when compound interest is factored in. The contract gives teachers a salary increase of 11.4, 7% over 3 years retroactive to august first the province says the new agreement is about an investment in students and student outcomes. Last month, the union voted in favour of a strike mandate. Agreement in principle is reached shortly after. Still to come tonight, kalin mitchell will have your full maritime weather forecast. But up next, paperwork process. So the different >> You know, parts of every one of the program changes slightly every year. >> The ever changing process, making it challenging for some employers to retain foreign workers. That's after the Come along with me for a much needed spa day. Looking your best costs less than you think. First, the staffrecommended a deep cleanse with Olympic deckcleaner. There were lots of Olympicshades to choose from. Luckily, Kent has stain testers to help find the perfect colour. Then it was time for the facial. It gave me thathealthy, radiant glow and long lasting coverage with a protective coat. Confidence level through the roof. Kent. Right products, rightsolutions, right here at home. It's Leon's Storewide Super Sale! Save up to 50% on furniture. Save up to 50% on mattresses. Plus, get an l2 washer and dryer set for only $998 including a 2 year warranty! On now for a limited time! Ram Power Days are here.The power to choose fromthe most awarded truck brand over the last five years. Like Ram Classic.As versatile as it is capable. Ram 1500, voted bestlarge pickup in Canada. Or Ram Heavy Dutywith a no-charge Cummins. And you don't pay for 90 days. The power is yours.The time is now. Get 20% off msrp on Ram Classic for up to $14,200 in discounts. Plus get 4.99% financing. People are winningbig all across the provincewith the Nova ScotiaHeart and Buy your bingo cardsat any Circle k or participatingFarmer Choice locations and join the fun for a greatcause with CTV's 7 p.m. Monday night. Proceeds supportthe Heart and Stroke Foundation. Male Announcer: The Good Stuff with Mary Berg. Weekdays at 10:00, 09:00 Mountain on ctv. >> In 60 seconds on 100 listen for your chance to play the $1000 minute. >> On move 100 s. >> The job market has been struggling quite a bit these last few years, with labour shortages in nearly every sector. But immigrants and new canadians are filling some of those roles. Ctv's hafsa arif has the details. >> Job advertisements online suggests a lot of open positions, but finding a candidate who has the right fit can be challenging, especially for jobs that require more experience. We've been able to track all of the time. We need a from international offence. Something danielle marcel struggle to do following the covid-19 pandemic for 2 years. Many of the positions at its financial technology company remain vacant. But that's changed challenging, especially to get specific it's secure week actually get a lot of people to come. >> As an example from after they bringing banking knowledge. They've worked in the bank for 10 years and they're coming. And joining us here in nova scotia. And we get to take advantage of that, which is why majority of the positions are now filled. >> But to ensure employees stay within canada. The businesses have to submit paperwork. And each year, the process changes. So that different >> You know, parts of every one of the program changes slightly every year. Marcel, along with 100 others attended this employers learning together how

to support each other. Awareness the needs of 5 immigrants in new canadians in the workplace and all the support system stocks out of place for them. It's a complicated process that includes a lot of paperwork, but it's necessary, especially for businesses who want to keep their employees. Hafsa arif ctv news, halifax. >> If you've been to downtown halifax, you've likely seen the demolition zone that used to be the cogswell interchange, the former road to nowhere is about to become a new neighbourhood. And the municipality is asking people what should be in it. Here's ctv's jesse thomas. >> More than a dozen people gathered this afternoon for a public engagement session with halifax planning staff to hash out a vision for the new cogswell district. Neighbourhood council has previously approved the infrastructure design plan, which includes streets of new parks by that's currently under construction. But what we're looking to engage on today is the land use policy side of things that includes discussions on building design, land use and affordable housing, which is high and some priority list. City council has mandated staff to include affordable housing in the neighbourhood plan. That will mean space for 3,400 units of housing. But how much of that is affordable has not yet been determined to talk about things like building height, building design. The kind of materials architectural elements that we might see new buildings as well as land uses like commercial sort of office uses whatever that the public is looking to see in the district. The neighbourhood will connect halifax's north end of the downtown and will include cycling lanes, multi-use trails, parks and other open space. Transforming the car centric area into a livable 16 acre neighbourhood. Jesse thomas, ctv news, halifax. >> Time now for a break. When we come back. We'll have your full maritime weather forecast. But first, it was another warm night around the region. Coming up, kalin will tell us about another round of isolated showers for some . Firefighters... What we do is hard. It's not enough to be strong. You have to be tough. Let's move! Get down! Get into a new station 19 on ctv ( ) When we work to end inequity... ( ) we help start something better. Support Even the Odds. It's Leon's Storewide Super Sale! Save up to 50% on furniture. Save up to 50% on mattresses. Plus, get an l2 washer and dryer set for only $998 including a 2 year warranty! On now for a limited time! So, I know we agreed on price, but this car's taller than I was expecting. Egg? I gotta go. ( ) That's Clutch. ( ) Hey, I'm saving big with td Insurance for being a claims-free, hybrid-driving university grad. Wow Dave! You should have your own jingle. With over 30 ways to save nobody saves like Dave Hm! Td. Ready for you. Four eligible farmers search for real life romance with a new crop of daters farming for love on ctv welcome back. Meteorologist kalin mitchell joins us now with your maritime weather forecast and kalin, we could see a few isolated showers overnight. >> Yeah, that's what comes along with some of the warmth, some of them agyness that has built up around the maritimes for the first part of this week. As soon as we have a weather system arrives, a trigger we can kick off some of those rounds of showers and thunderstorms. And that's what's expected to happen. And parts of the maritimes for tomorrow. The trigger for those showers and thunderstorms is going to be this cold front. That's making its way through parts of southern ontario and southern quebec, eventually in behind that front friday into saturday around the maritimes. There will be some less humid and slightly cooler air that filters into the region. So taking a look at our timeline for cloud cover and precipitation. There's actually a low chance of some showers or some small thunderstorms developing tonight, even around midnight around central areas. New brunswick, including fredericton, then that round of showers. And with that, a chance of some small thunderstorms moves into moncton. The southeast and the north and areas of nova scotia as we head through the overnight hours now, early thursday morning, there will also be around of rain with a

higher chance of thunderstorms. The moves into northern areas of new brunswick and it's going to be a couple rounds of rain and showers for the province of new brunswick for tomorrow. All them with the risk of containing some thunderstorms along with lightning. The thunder storms for tomorrow, where they do occur could produce some localized rainfall totals in the range around 20 to 40 millimetres as we move through thursday morning towards noon, you can see that round of rain and thunderstorms moves across the north of new brunswick. And there's even a chance the southern part of it, they come into around the fredericton area and behind that, they'll be a little bit of a break by about a couple of hours. But near 4:00pm, a second round of showers and thunderstorms moves into the west of new brunswick as we move through the late afternoon into the first part of the evening, that will move across new brunswick from the west off towards the east. We're also be a chance of showers during the day tomorrow for both prince edward island eastern areas of nova scotia and a further chance of showers for nova scotia later thursday night winds in the forecast for tomorrow will be of the south will be sustained 10 to 20 kilometres per hour. Some occasional gusts between 20 and 40. It's another mild night for the maritimes most lows between 9.15 degrees. And despite the fact we have some showers and risk of thunderstorms for tomorrow, temperatures, a lot of cases are still plenty warm, including in the northwest. New brunswick. It does cool for parts of the northeast. Some temperatures there between 15 and 22 26 for fredericton for tomorrow. 18, a grand manan and st. John's will still cooler around the bay of fundy coastline. 26 degrees for moncton, the southeast prince edward island. It's again, most the highs in the low to mid 20's, except 17 to 19 degrees on parts of the coast and eastern areas of nova scotia. It does cool for cape breton for tomorrow with some cloudier conditions and the chance of showers highs there, most of between 12 in 18 10 year in a dish, some low to mid 20's. So for eastern areas of mainland nova scotia except cooler on the atlantic coastline. 24 for amherst on thursday, 27 for truro 21 for the city. Centre's, halifax and dartmouth, the annapolis valley with high temperatures around the mid 20's for tomorrow, low to mid 20's on the south shore of nova scotia, coastal areas. The southwest close to 15 in the 7 day outlook for new brunswick, this lower chance of a shower or thunderstorm on friday. This will be widely scattered in coverage. Saturday cooler, less humid conditions, but a mix of sun and cloud. A chance of showers into the weekend. On sunday. The brain possible monday night into tuesday for nova scotia. The forecast coming up on friday, but a 20 to 30% chance of a shower or thunderstorm. A mix of sun and cloud on saturday temperatures begin to cool down a chance of showers on sunday, increasing cloudiness on monday and then rain possible on tuesday of next week. And for prince edward island about a 30% chance of a shower or thunderstorm on friday cooler, less humid on saturday, a chance of showers on sunday and then looking at tuesday of next week for a chance of rain. Stephanie. >> Thanks kalin. Time now for a break. Stay with us. We'll be (Song in French) ( ) ( ) Oh ( ) ( ) Get a head start with Samsung Galaxy s24 Ultra and Canada's fastest 5g+ network. Emily Tregunno: Gardening is truly a lifestyle and at Halifax Seed, we believe that you reap what you sow, like fresh vegetables in your own backyard! Nurture your child's appreciation for healthy, hand-picked foods by getting their hands in the dirt too! Our urban garden center has every edible vegetable, herb, flower, and berry from seed to transplant. Create a lush green lawn you can get outside and play on with Halifax Seed's Grass seed blends and professional fertilizers. Ready to make your backyard your favorite living space? Grow your own with help from Halifax Seed. (Upbeat instrumental music) >> Thanks with turned megan. Facts is number one hit music station. Virgin radio. >> Food banks, canada's annual poverty report cards are out. And while we haven't received a failing grade mean definitely need improvement. As ctv's ryan macdonald shows us as the cost of living skyrockets, food and security remains top of mind for many maritimers. >> It's only a few weeks old, but a new food delivery program for people living between horns road in lewisburg who are experiencing food insecurity

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