Pictou County is under a Special Weather Statement for a period stretching from Thursday afternoon to Friday morning. Significant snowfall is expected, with upwards of 15 to 25 cm possible.
The Province is banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices effective today (Wednesday).
The Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services, Colton LeBlanc, says there’s no need for the TikTok app to be on government-issued mobile devices, and the TikTok app will be removed from all government-issued mobile devices today and blocked from being accessed to protect the privacy and security of government information.
Officials say TikTok’s data collection methods provide substantial access to the contents of the phone, making those who have downloaded the application more vulnerable to surveillance.
A new report from an economic think tank says the population boom recently recorded in much of the Maritimes will slow slightly in the coming years, but the region’s export sector and tourism will be on the upswing.
The Conference Board of Canada also says Newfoundland and Labrador will have the fastest-growing economy in 2023 as offshore oil production picks up.
The board says the Terra Nova floating production platform will soon be returning to service after its overhaul in Spain. Meanwhile, New Brunswick’s economy is expected to slow down this year despite a surging population and impressive finances.
A performance audit of a Nova Scotia government fund set up to fight climate change has found that only a small portion of the funds transferred to two non-profit clean energy agencies has been spent.
Auditor general Kim Adair says almost 74-million dollars was transferred out of the Green Fund over its first two years of operation — but about 60-million was still sitting in “program partner” bank accounts as of last March.
Adair says virtually all of the cash was sent to the independent agencies EfficiencyOne and the Clean Foundation — but her department was not given a good explanation for why they were given the funds before the money was needed to deliver Green Fund initiatives.
The audit was performed before the provincial government announced a shift last fall to a modified Nova Scotia Climate Change Fund tied to a new emissions reduction plan.
The Public Health Mobile Units are offering testing in a number of communities this week, including:
River John Legion
2506 River John Station Rd., River John
Wednesday, March 1 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Comedy star Jerry Seinfeld will be coming to Halifax this summer as he headlines the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival’s first show in Halifax.
The comedy festival that is usually held in Edmonton and Calgary will come to Halifax for the first time this August.
Seinfeld’s set at the Garrison Grounds on August 11th will kick off the three-night festival.
