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Tool, Technology Support for Apprentices Announcement

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At Port Hawkesbury Paper today, February 16, Labour, Skills and Immigration Minister Jill Balser announced two grants now available to apprentices. One grant can be used for tools and the other for a computer and accessories. The news release about the announcement is at: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2024/02/16/tool-technology-support-apprentices

Photo of Labour, Skills and Immigration Minister Jill Balser wearing a hard hat and safety vest and standing at a podium

Labour, Skills and Immigration Minister Jill Balser announces a new tools grant worth up to $1,000 and tech supports worth up to $900 for apprentices in Nova Scotia while at Port Hawkesbury Paper today, February 16. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Photo of Bevan Lock, Mill Co-Manager, Port Hawkesbury Paper at a podium in the mill

Bevan Lock, mill co-manager at Port Hawkesbury Paper, addresses media and staff at the government’s announcement on new supports for apprentices. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Photo of an electrical apprentice at Port Hawkesbury Paper

Daylan Samson, electrical apprentice, Port Hawkesbury Paper (Communications Nova Scotia)


Photo of Greg Morrow, Minister of Agriculture, and Jill Balser, Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration, and Daylan Samson electrical apprentice at Port Hawkesbury Paper

Greg Morrow, Minister of Agriculture and MLA for Guysborough-Tracadie, and Jill Balser, Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration speak with electrical apprentice Daylan Samson. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Group photo at Port Hawkesbury Paper

From left, Daylan Samson, electrical apprentice, Port Hawkesbury Paper; Trevor Boudreau, Minister of Community Services and MLA for Richmond; Jill Balser, Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration; Greg Morrow, Minister of Agriculture and MLA for Guysborough-Tracadie; Michelle Bussey, CEO of the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency; and Bevan Lock, mill co-manager at Port Hawkesbury Paper (Communications Nova Scotia)


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