New Glasgow Regional Police have charged a suspect in regards to thefts from vendors at the Pictou County Ribfest this past weekend. The police investigation found that the thefts occurred between 3:00am and 6:00am on Sunday. Equipment and food and other items were stolen from a total of 8 vendors. Some of those items have been recovered as part of the investigation. A 56-year-old man from Pictou County was arrested and has been charged with eight counts of Theft under $5000. He’s been released under an undertaking and will be appearing in Provincial Court in Pictou on November 6th.
Treasury Board President Anita Anand is asking federal cabinet ministers to find 15.4-billion-dollars in government spending cuts by October.
The government said in its 2023 budget that comparable restrictions on spending by Crown corporations would lead to savings of 1.3-billion-dollars over four years and 450-million-dollars annually after that.
A spokesperson for Anand says the government wants to refocus its underutilized spending on critical services such as health care.
COVID-19 infections may be on the rise in Canada once again according to new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The agency’s newest epidemiology update suggests that changes to wastewater surveillance may be showing an early sign of increases in COVID-19 activity in Canada.
The update says COVID-19 activity is still low to moderate across the provinces and territories.
Experts say no matter how small, an increase in COVID-19 cases will again take the heaviest toll on seniors and immunocompromised people.
Nova Scotia businesses are being offered a cash incentive to promote the Gaelic language and culture.
The Gaelic Business Initiative will give up to one-thousand-dollars to businesses that incorporate Gaelic into their marketing and advertising.
The pilot project will also cover up to 50 per cent of the cost of events and activities to promote the Gaelic brand, including cultural events, music sessions or storytelling.
Among the one million people who call Nova Scotia home, about 230,000 are descendants of Gaelic settlers who started arriving in the 1700s.
In support of National Acadian Day yesterday, Nova Scotia Health Continuing Care is offering more bilingual continuing care information for Acadian and Francophone Nova Scotians.
The information is available on the Continuing Care website.
According to Statistics Canada, approximately 3.4 per cent of Nova Scotians identify French as their first language, while 10.5 per cent identify as being able to speak both French and English.
