Unpublished Newswire

Devices that look for weapons or items that could be used as a weapon were installed at the Halifax Infirmary following a stabbing last year. Some of the items now in the hospital's possession include knives, box cutters, a hacksaw and what one official calls "improvised weapons."

Cost-of-living pressures, changing demographics and financial constraints are some of the factors contributing to the past year of contract discord at several Nova Scotia universities.