Gas and diesel prices both rose overnight in Nova Scotia. Gas prices went up by 5.5 cents per litre to 209.2 cents per litre locally. Diesel prices increased by 2.5 cents per litre to 200.2 cents per litre in the local area.
The Nova Scotia government is changing course three weeks after saying another set of short-term measures to help low-income residents cope with rising inflation was coming soon.
Premier Tim Houston is now ruling out more short-term help and says his government is instead seeking measures that will be sustainable over the longer term.
Houston says the province has to ensure that anything done to fight inflation in the short term doesn’t adversely affect the delivery of services in other areas, such as health care and education.
Nova Scotia is reporting nine new COVID-19 related deaths.
The deaths were included as part of weekly data that also identified 41 hospitalizations and one-thousand 563 new lab-confirmed cases for a daily average of 223.
There have now been 400 deaths as a result of the disease since the beginning of the pandemic.
The figures released yesterday are for the seven day period up to May 30th.
The province says hundreds of nurses graduating from Nova Scotia programs will soon be working across the province.
More than 350 registered nurses and licensed practical nurses have started working or have accepted offers to work with Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health between January and September 2022.
Officials say they will be working in all areas of the healthcare system, including medical/surgical units and other areas such as critical care, women’s and children’s health, mental health and addictions, primary healthcare and seniors and long-term care.
Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says it’s investigating after an R-C-M-P officer shot a man wielding an axe early Thursday morning.
The Serious Incident Response Team says officers responding to reports of an armed man uttering threats located him at a home in the Malagash area.
It says one of the officers deployed a conducted-energy weapon and shot the man in the leg when it was ineffective.
The watchdog says the man was taken to hospital for medical treatment.
A chartered flight carrying more than 300 Ukrainian nationals landed at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport from Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday.
While many are expected to stay in Nova Scotia, others will resettle in other parts of Atlantic Canada.
Premier Tim Houston and Labour, Skills and Immigration Minister Jill Balser were at the airport to welcome Ukrainians.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada arranged for the charter flight and income support for basic needs for a limited period of time.
