R-C-M-P Commissioner Brenda Lucki is scheduled to testify today before the public inquiry into Nova Scotia’s mass shooting.

Her testimony is expected to supplement her lengthy interview with commission lawyers, and time has been allotted for her testimony to extend into Wednesday if need be.

Lucki is expected to be questioned about the force’s culture, its own reviews of how it responded to the killings and how it handles communication with the public.

The former commanding officer of the Nova Scotia R-C-M-P confirmed in an interview with the public inquiry that she never considered using the province’s Alert Ready system to advise the public.

Lee Bergerman said she was told information was being released through Twitter, which was H-Division Nova Scotia’s practice.

Bergerman also told inquiry lawyers earlier this month that she first saw the killer’s replica police cruiser in a news report before she went to work on the second day of the rampage.

The inquiry is looking at how 22 people were killed by a 51-year-old gunman on April 18th and 19th, 2020, and ways to prevent such an incident from recurring.

 

 

A “Team Canada” approach — that’s what Premier Tim Houston, the other Maritime Premiers and Ontario Premier say is needed to fix the country’s health-care problems, but none of them is offering any specifics.

The four provincial leaders spoke to reporters Monday after meeting with federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc in Moncton.

They say the country’s leaders need to come together to create a big plan to reduce emergency wait times and surgery backlogs plaguing the health-care system.

But the premiers would not say when or how that would happen.

 

 

The Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission has released its final progress report on the Province’s efforts to address the urgent need for improved affordable housing.

It said that of the 17 recommendations and 60 meaningful actions in the commission’s report issued last year, close to 50 are complete or substantially complete and most of the remaining are in progress.

The commission highlighted the province’s investment to create the Community Housing Growth Fund to support and expand the community housing sector in Nova Scotia.

The Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission was formed in 2020 in response to the province’s affordable housing crisis.

 

 

Northumberland Ferries moves to an expanded schedule today through September 5th for its service between Nova Scotia and PEI.

The interim replacement ferry it secured after July’s fire on the MV Holiday Island begins scheduled sailing today.

The MV Saaremaa 1 started conducting non-scheduled/load-and-go departures between Wood Islands and Caribou over the weekend.

From today through September 5th, there will be 7 crossings daily from each side.