4pm Hour – budget cuts in Saint John

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Posted Feb 2, 2012 03:37:27 PM.

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ATU president Ken Wilson sticks with us. Halifax police Cst. Katherine Willet talks about what you can and cannot do during the strike. Rick Mantle from News 88.9 updates us on the pension crisis in Saint John. The sale of St. Patrick’s Alexandra school was stayed by a judge this morning — Rev Rhonda Britton who wants the school turned into a community centre joins us

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