At about 2:30 pm on Monday, New Glasgow Regional Police arrested a 45-year-old man on Marsh Street after a vehicle was stolen from a business on Merigomish Road in New Glasgow.

The vehicle was stolen on Saturday, and recovered in Stellarton on Monday.

The 45-year-old man from Pictou County has been charged with Theft of a Motor Vehicle.

He was remanded into custody and will be appearing in Provincial Court in Pictou this morning.

 

 

Pictou County Pride got underway yesterday and there is another flag raising today with the Town of Stellarton at 10:00am at Town Square.

 

 

A Jamaican migrant worker who was diagnosed with cervical cancer has been granted federal health insurance.

Kerian Burnett says she was fired from her job at a Nova Scotia strawberry farm after her cancer diagnosis and left without medical coverage.

Migrants in Nova Scotia must have a one-year work permit to be eligible for care.

The migrant advocacy group No One Is Illegal says Burnett’s case is a win, but highlights the need for a permanent solution.

 

 

It’s been a soaker of a summer.

According to Environment Canada the normal rainfall for the Maritimes is an average of 250 to 300 millimetres from June 1st to August 31st.

But with half of August remaining the region has already picked up 200 to 500 millimetres on average. with a large part of Nova Scotia going as high as 700 millimetres during the recent flooding.

 

 

A Nova Scotia zoologist says the European earwig population across the Maritimes is the highest it’s been in 40 years.

Andrew Hebda, a retired curator of zoology, says a mild autumn and very wet summer have created ideal conditions for the insects.

The wet weather has created a great deal of rotting vegetation, which means a steady diet for earwigs.

Hebda says the harmless insects are great at cleaning up dead plants and devouring other insects, but they also love to eat soft-leafed flowers and some garden vegetables.