All grades 1 to 5 students will begin classes on September 3rd in the Anglophone South School District.
For all middle and high school students, there will be a “transition day” with only grades 6 and 9 attending on September 3rd.
Some
exceptions to this are schools with Kindergarten to grade 8, grades 6 to
12 and with kindergarten to grade 12 which will have no transition
days. The transition day is intended for students who will be starting
middle or high school in a different building.
For high
schools in Saint John, only the grade 9 students will attend on
September 3rd, grades 10-12 students attend on September 4th and all
grades 9-12 students attend on September 5th.
Mentoring
programs like P.A.L.S. here in the city can help young people who are
struggling with issues. Just ask Gillianne Beaulieu, who was involved in
Big Brothers, Big Sisters when she was younger.
Beaulieu tells Tide News by having a mentor, she felt like there was always someone watching out for her, and she was able to talk to her mentor about problems she didn't feel comfortable bringing to her family.
She says
the program gave her a friend who wasn't judging her or putting any
social or academic pressure on her. Beaulieu just received the CIBC
Youthvision scholarship, and credits her Big Sister for helping her
achieve good grades in high school.
She says she highly recommends the program.
The
National President of CUPE taking this Labour Day to send a message to
the Harper Government that they want to see the retirement security
issue resolved.
Paul
Moist calls the issue one of the most pressing policy issues of our
time. He says a gradual and modest expansion of the Canada Pension Plan
is the best way to ensure retirement security for all Canadians.
Moist says without adequate retirement incomes, we'll pay with a reduced living standards and an increase in seniors' poverty.
Two families displaced after stormy weather caused electrical problems in their apartment complex.
The rainwater leaked into two apartments at 460 Ellerdale Street, on the East side of Saint John, causing the issue.
An electrician being called in to make repairs, and the Red Cross is giving the seven people a place to stay in the meantime.
This
Labour Day is special for the New Brunswick Federation of Labour because
it's celebrating 100 years of existence having been formed in Saint
John on September 16th, 1913.
Provincial
Labour Federation President Patrick Colford tells Tide News there have
been many battles fought and won since then to improve working
conditions for everyone including Medicare, the 8 hour work day,
vacation pay and parental leave.
Colford
says there are still too many seniors in poverty and growing income
inequality with the backlash in recent years against organised labour.
He
points out unionised workers earn, on average, over 7 dollars more an
hour than those employees who are non-unionised. He estimates, for the
provincial economy, that translates into 26.8 million dollars more each
week.
