Gasoline hits record high in Nova Scotia
You’re paying less for diesel today, but more for gasoline as the price of gasoline has reached a new record high in Nova Scotia. Gasoline prices increased by 11.2 cents per litre overnight, while diesel prices dropped by 5.6 cents per litre. Regular self-serve gas now costs you 192.1 cents per litre locally, and diesel costs 242.5 cents per litre in the local area.
Nova Scotia scraps non-resident property tax to protect province’s reputation
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced Thursday the government is cancelling a planned property tax on non-residents because it risked hurting the province’s reputation. Houston told reporters after a cabinet meeting that when the measure was announced in March, he hadn’t anticipated that the province’s image as a welcoming place could be threatened. The annual tax forcing non-resident owners to pay two-dollars per 100-dollars of assessed value of their residential properties is now cancelled. The deed-transfer tax, which requires new buyers to pay five per cent of the property’s value if they do not move to the province within six months of the closing date, will go ahead.
Nova Scotia reports 22 more deaths from COVID-19, 77 new hospitalizations this week
Health officials in Nova Scotia say COVID-19 claimed 22 more lives in the province during the week ending Monday. The government says 77 people were admitted to hospital because of the disease in that week — down from 91 new hospitalizations reported the week before. Officials confirmed three-thousand-415 new cases with P-C-R testing in that time period _ a significant drop from the five-thousand-436 cases reported last Thursday. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang says the declining case numbers are encouraging but people should continue to wear masks.
RCMP officers who shot at Nova Scotia firehall during mass shooting stand by actions
RCMP Const. Terry Brown, left, and Const. Dave Melanson field questions at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry on Thursday, May 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Two RCMP officers who mistakenly opened fire at a man outside a rural Nova Scotia firehall as they searched for a rampaging gunman say they believed they had found the shooter and they defend their actions as consistent with their training. Constable Terry Brown and Constable Dave Melanson made the assertion as they testified yesterday before the inquiry into the April, 2020 mass shooting. Brown says he believes he had identified a threat outside the firehall in Onslow, based on the information he had about the shooter – primarily that the suspect was a man in an orange reflective vest and driving an RCMP replica cruiser. Brown says he believes the situation translated exactly to training he’d done.’
West Nova MP Chris d’Entremont, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, is calling on his colleagues to avoid disrespectful comments and observe the rules of debate and decorum. d’Entremont says he can’t confirm the claims of Conservative MPs who accused the prime minister of swearing during Wednesday’s unruly question period. He says he heard unparliamentary language from both sides, and urged members to “go for a walk” if they feel their “blood pressure is a little high.”
Ground-breaking ceremony takes place for Habitat NS Pictou County’s first build in Pictou County
Facebook photo (Town of Stellarton)
Stellarton Town Council and Staff attended the ground-breaking ceremony for Habitat NS Pictou County’s first build in Pictou County. Mayor Danny MacGillivray was honoured with Habitat’s “Hero Hammer” for his dedication and commitment as Chair of the Pictou County chapter from 2018-2021.
StFX set to celebrate Spring Convocation 2022
St. FX will celebrate the Class of 2022 at its Spring Convocation this Sunday, May 8 with both morning and afternoon ceremonies. The morning ceremony is scheduled to start at 9 am where PhD, master’s, and science degrees will be presented. While the 3 pm afternoon convocation will confer degrees on graduates in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business, Bachelor Arts and Science in Health, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Arts and Science in Climate and Environment. More than 800 students will be getting degrees and diplomas. Masks are required to be worn in all buildings on campus.
The 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship will be held in the Maritimes. Hockey Canada has announced the tournament will be held in Halifax and Moncton after the International Ice Hockey Federation pulled it out of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The tournament will run from Boxing Day to January 5th.
