The Nova Scotia government says the Health Department’s wait list for surgeries is shrinking.
The department says surgical teams across the province completed thousands more operations and procedures last year than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, the wait list has dropped to just over 20-thousand — a drop of four-thousand in the past year alone.
Health Minister Michelle Thompson says the shrinking list can be attributed to improved scheduling of operating rooms, new acute-care beds and an expanded partnership with the Halifax Vision Centre for cataract surgeries.
Police are investigating a Sunday evening vehicle collision that left a 74-year-old woman dead.
Guysborough County District R-C-M-P say officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Highway 16.
They say investigation shows a pickup truck travelling north toward Antigonish and a car travelling south toward Guysborough ran into each other at a slight curve between Old Monastery Road and Reddys Hill Road.
They say the 50-year-old driver of the truck had minor injuries.
A Cape Breton man is facing charges after police seized seven firearms and police clothing and equipment believed to be from the R-C-M-P and Ontario Provincial Police.
Cape Breton Regional Police say a 30-year-old man in Millville was arrested Friday after police were called to investigate a domestic disturbance in nearby Sydney the day before.
Investigators later obtained search warrants for two residences in Millville, where they seized the firearms, ammunition and police paraphernalia, including an authentic R-C-M-P uniform, two peak caps, a Mountie’s Stetson and two O-P-P Stetsons — among other police gear.
The suspect, who is from Millville, is facing numerous charges including possessing police articles without authorization, pointing a firearm, discharging a firearm, assault with a weapon, careless storage of a firearm and flight from police.
Groups in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are calling for Indigenous-led inquiries after the deaths of First Nations people in provincial jails.
Lawyer Emma Halpern with the Elizabeth Fry Society in Nova Scotia represents the family of Sarah Rose Denny, a 36-year-old Mi’kmaq woman who died in custody on March 26th.
Halpern says Denny died in hospital of pneumonia after she was transferred from the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Halifax.
The River John Pickleball Club, in conjunction with its community partner The Royal Canadian Legion River John Branch 108, has hosted a ceremonial sod-turning to celebrate the establishment of a three-court outdoor pickleball facility for River John and surrounding areas.
During the event, Pictou West MLA Karla MacFarlane, presented a cheque on behalf of Communities, Culture, Tourism & Heritage Minister Pat Dunn for $60,000.
Central Nova MP and Immigration Minister Sean Fraser also took part in the sod-turning event, and the federal government has announced funding for the project through, in part, the New Horizons for Seniors Program.
The River John Pickleball Club will also be continuing with its fundraising efforts.
