Gasoline and diesel prices both went down overnight in Nova Scotia.

The price of gasoline decreased by 9.7 cents per litre,  putting the minimum pump price for regular self-serve gas at 147.7 cents per litre in the local area.

Diesel prices dropped by 5.0 cents per litre, putting the minimum pump price for diesel at 166.7 cents per litre locally.

 

 

Commissioners who conducted the public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting nearly three years ago say it won’t be possible to digest their final report in one day.

The inquiry says the report to be released in two weeks is still being finalized but is expected to be between two-thousand to three-thousand pages long and will be bound in seven volumes.

The inquiry into the fatal shootings of 22 people by a gunman dressed as an R-C-M-P officer and driving a replica police car is expected to make recommendations to improve community safety across Canada.

The commissioners are encouraging

people to take the time needed to read the report before beginning the “sustained” work required to turn the recommendations into reality.

 

 

Colchester County District RCMP have charged a man with Fraud and Theft after two reports of scams.

Last December, Colchester County District RCMP received a report of a man having been scammed by a 57-year-old Valley man.

RCMP officers learned that the victim had paid the suspect over $5,000 for a vehicle that did not exist.

The suspect then ceased communication with the victim.

In February, while that first investigation was ongoing, a second victim reported to Colchester County District RCMP that the same suspect had agreed to restore the victim’s vehicle and ceased communication once money was paid and arrangements were made for the victim to pick up their vehicle.

Last Saturday, RCMP arrested the suspect at a home in Valley and he has been charged with Fraud over $5,000 and Theft of a Motor Vehicle.

Investigators believe that there may be other victims throughout Atlantic Canada.

 

 

Nova Scotia’s nursing regulator is taking steps to cut the licensing period from a year to a few weeks for foreign nurses from several countries.

The change by the Nova Scotia College of Nursing is aimed at addressing the shortage of health care workers in the province.

It says nurses from the Philippines, India, Nigeria, the U-S, the U-K, Australia and New Zealand will only have to pass the entrance exam in order to start practicing in the province.

It says nurses from other provinces will also be eligible to be licensed in Nova Scotia in 24 hours, rather than a prior system that required about five days.

 

 

Nova Scotia is providing nearly 3.5-million dollars to help volunteer and First Nations fire departments and search and rescue organizations cope with rising operational costs.

The provincial government says it will provide one-time grants of 10-thousand dollars to more than 340 organizations.

It says fundraising efforts by volunteer fire departments and ground search and rescue groups can’t keep pace with rising costs and demand for their services – and the grants are aimed at bridging the gap.

Recipients will receive the grants this month without having to apply for them.