UARB invokes interrupter clause to raise diesel prices
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There was a jump in diesel prices overnight in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board announced the unscheduled adjustment due to what it calls significant shifts in the market price of diesel oil. Diesel prices rose by 6.6-cents per litre as of midnight last night. So, the minimum price for diesel is 167.7 cents per litre locally. The price of gasoline is not affected.
Transcripts tabled at the Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry show an RCMP officer asked early on whether some kind of emergency broadcast might be made to warn civilians. The request was made at 11:15 pm on April 18th, 2020 — just over an hour after the gunman began a rampage that would claim 22 lives before he was fatally shot by police the following morning. Brian Rehill, RCMP risk manager, replied that police were using a 9-1-1 map to call as many residents in Portapique as possible. RCMP sent a tweet at 11:32 pm warning they were responding to a firearms complaint in the area — but it took more than nine hours for them to issue another tweet declaring an “active shooter situation.”
Nova Scotia reports 2 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday
Health officials in Nova Scotia have reported two more COVID-19-related deaths. Officials say the two deaths were both reported in the central zone and involve one woman in her 70s and one in her 90s. There are 48 people in hospital due to the disease, including 11 patients in I-C-U. A total of 217 new Infections were reported.
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser says that on Tuesday he learned he was a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19. In a tweet last night, he says he took a rapid test and tested positive. Fraser says he has very mild symptoms, and will be working remotely until his self isolation is complete.
Acadia University strike ends, classes to resume tomorrow
The month-long strike at Acadia University has ended and classes will resume on Thursday. The university says the decision comes after three days of mediation between Acadia, the faculty association and provincially appointed mediator William Kaplan. No agreement has been reached, but the parties have agreed to send all outstanding items to be arbitrated under Kaplan, whose final decision will be binding. About 350 members of the school’s faculty walked off the job February 1st after negotiations failed to reach a new collective agreement. The university says all classes will return to in-person format, although there may be a few exceptions. Details on exams and any extension to the term will be released as soon as possible.
Anonymous $75,000 donation kickstarts campaign
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A generous donation for The Ship Hector ‘Charting Our Course’ Community Campaign, which has already raised more than $360,000. A Pictou County resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, has boosted the campaign, which began in September and runs until 2023, with a $75,000 contribution over three years. The campaign is aimed at raising $2.5 million to restore the fully rigged wooden replica ship to its original glory in time for the 250th anniversary of the 1773 arrival of the original Ship Hector in Pictou.
