Classes in Nova Scotia schools will proceed as normal today after the government reached a tentative deal with school support workers.  About 5,500 janitors, librarians, bus drivers and others were set to strike.  CUPE and the province announced the tentative deal Friday night.   Details of the tentative agreement will be presented to union members in the coming days and will still need their approval to be ratified.

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Police have charged a 52-year old Priestville man after seizing fentanyl, other drugs, replica firearms and 3-D-printed firearm parts.  As part of an ongoing investigation, the Pictou County Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit learned that drugs, including fentanyl, had been purchased on the dark web and were to be delivered to an address in Pictou County.  Police were able to intercept the packages and found that they contained fentanyl and methamphetamine.  Investigators searched a home on Walkerville Road and in addition to fentanyl and methamphetamine, police located and seized six replica firearms; two sets of body armour; 3D-printed firearm parts; a 3D printer used to create the firearm parts; and cash.  The man is charged with seven offences including Possession of a Weapon for Dangerous Purpose, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, and multiple trafficking-related offences.

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Signs point to a new trade deal between Canada and the United States.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that the countries have the “concept of a very good deal” and are “very close” to reaching one.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he had a good conversation with Trump about trade between the two countries.

Their conversation comes ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States, where the ongoing Canada-U-S trade war has stood out as a key issue.

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Big Jim MacLellan, one of the founding members of The Men of the Deeps, died Friday at the age of 92.  The performer from Glace Bay was best known for his six-decade involvement with the men’s chorus made up of former coal miners.

With the group, MacLellan travelled Canada and the U-S, delivering monologues about the lives of coal miners and their communities.  He retired from the group this year but was still performing as recently as September.  The Men of the Deeps performed its 60th anniversary show yesterday in Glace Bay, two days after MacLellan’s passing.