Pictou Landing First Nation to pursue spring moderate livelihood lobster fishery
Netukulimk Livelihood Fishing will be launched during the commercial season. Pictured here is Chief Andrea Paul, Netukulimk Community Liaison Alfred Young and Councillor April MacDonald. (Facebook photo: Pictou Landing First Nation)
Along with the federal government, Pictou Landing First Nation has announced that its members will be fishing lobster, in pursuit of a moderate livelihood under the community’s Livelihood Fisheries Plan, supported by a Fisheries Act authorization, during this spring commercial season. Pictou Landing First Nation will designate community members to harvest and sell lobster fished from Lobster Fishing Area 26A, in their traditional fishing territory. Moderate livelihood fishing is authorized to begin and end at the same time as the commercial fishing season in LFA 26A.
Spring lobster fishing season to open tomorrow
Photo by local fisherwoman Amy Fraser from the Glass Glider’93 out of Skinners Cove (2021 season)
The federal fisheries department says this year’s lobster fishing season in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence will open on Tuesday. Lobster fishing areas 23, 24, 26-A and 26-B South will open at 6am. That includes areas along the northeastern coast of New Brunswick, the north shore of PEI, the western coast of Cape Breton, and part of the Northumberland Strait. The season was supposed to start this past weekend but was postponed due to the weather and the need for dredging at many harbours.
NSTU pleased after premier attends annual council meeting
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The Nova Scotia Teachers Union says it’s pleased after Premier Tim Houston attended its annual council meeting on the weekend in Halifax. Union President Paul Wozney says the province’s public education system faces many challenges, and they won’t be addressed without the government’s cooperation. He says the most pressing issue is a lack of teachers. The union says almost 250 voting delegates debated approximately 60 resolutions at the meeting which ran from Friday to Sunday.
Nova Scotia municipalities reviewing policing models as RCMP costs rise
The president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities says the rising cost of RCMP services is changing the conversation around policing. Amanda McDougall, who is also mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, says many town councils that contract policing to the RCMP are concerned about how they will pay for it. The province recently passed down more than $20 million in increased policing costs to municipalities that use the RCMP, leading to an average rise of 11 per cent per jurisdiction for the 2022-23 fiscal year. According to the province, there are currently five municipalities that have endorsed formal reviews of their policing model. They include the Municipality of the County of Colchester, the Municipality of Cumberland, Town of Wolfville, Halifax Regional Municipality, and Eskasoni.
RCMP warning public about cyber-scam
Nova Scotia RCMP are warning of a cyber-scam targeting people in at least two different provinces using the name of a legitimate member of the force. Police don’t identify the provinces — but say a scammer or scammers are sending out e-mails in French indicating a person is being investigated by the RCMP for fraud and requesting personal and banking information. They say the emails provide contact information with the name of a legitimate Nova Scotia R-C-M-P officer but the e-mail address and phone number included are fraudulent. The Mounties are reminding the public that police don’t inform individuals of an investigation by e-mail.
Mattea Roach now tied for sixth longest streak in Jeopardy’s history
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Nova Scotian “Jeopardy!” super-champ Mattea Roach stands to hit another milestone if she extends her win streak in tonight’s episode. The 23-year-old tutor would move to Number 5 on the list of longest runs on the TV quiz show. She’s currently tied for the sixth spot with 19 consecutive wins. Roach has the longest streak of any Canadian to appear on the show. She’s so far raked in US$460,184, giving her the sixth highest winnings in regular-season play. Roach, who lives in Toronto and was raised in Halifax, has also earned a spot in the show’s tournament of champions, set to air in the fall. (The Canadian Press)
