New Glasgow Regional Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man charged in regards to an incident that took place on Tuesday in New Glasgow.
35-year old Dennis Robert Authur Baxter of New Glasgow is charged with Aggravated Assault; Failure to Comply with Release Order; and Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose.
Police continue to investigate to locate Baxter and they are asking for help from the public with further information on his whereabouts.
Anyone who sees Dennis Robert Authur Baxter should refrain from approaching him and call police.
Atlantic Lottery has released its annual report and it shows the organization returned $492.2 million in profit in 2022-23, including $262.8 million from the Destination line of business and $229.4 million from the Retail and iLottery lines of business.
Broken down by province, Atlantic Lottery returned $160.4 million to Nova Scotia to help fund essential services and programs used by Nova Scotians.
Nova Scotia says the Atlantic Loop is no longer part of the province’s plan to reach its 2030 renewable energy targets.
Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton says costs have ballooned for the project, which would have helped Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shift away from coal and instead get hydroelectricity from Quebec and Labrador.
Rushton says capital costs for the Atlantic Loop have increased by 300 per cent to more than nine-billion dollars since 2020.
He says the hike in projected costs and the lack of commitment from Quebec for hydroelectricity has made the project no longer viable to meet the province’s 2030 goals.
A Nova Scotia judge is suing the provincial court and its former chief judge, alleging her rights to judicial independence and medical privacy were violated when she was pressured to reveal her COVID-19 vaccination status.
Provincial court Judge Rickcola Brinton says that in October 2021, Pamela Williams, then chief judge, asked her to share her vaccination status, but Brinton refused, saying it was a matter of
conscience.
The lawsuit says there was never a formal requirement for judges to be vaccinated, and Brinton is alleging Williams overstepped her authority when she insisted judges had to work from home if they
could not share their vaccination status.
None of the allegations in the statement of claim have been tested in court.
