Nova Scotia’s justice minister has appointed Erin Nauss to run the province’s police watchdog, the Serious Incident Response Team.
Nauss has served as interim director of SIRT for the last seven months and was involved in its establishment under the Police Act in 2011.
Her five-year appointment as the agency’s executive director takes effect immediately.
Justice Minister Barb Adams says Nauss has done an “exceptional job” as interim director of SIRT, which she says has an important mandate on behalf of Nova Scotians.
Nova Scotia Health is hosting its first provincial career fair on Friday, offering in-person opportunities for job seekers in 11 communities. Representatives from various departments will be there to discuss career and volunteer opportunities across the organization. The career fairs will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and locations include Summer Street Industries on Park Street in New Glasgow; in Antigonish at the Bloomfield Centre at St. FX University; and in the gym at the NSCC Truro Campus.
The Nova Scotia government has finally released a consultant’s survey on coastal protection. Just over one-thousand coastal property owners participated in the survey conducted by Group A-T-N Consulting between the end of September and early November of last year. About 600 respondents said they were in favour of new rules to protect new buildings or new renovations from coastal erosion, flooding and rising sea levels, while about 240 opposed. But opposition parties say it didn’t address the important question of whether coastal property owners want legislation aimed at protecting the province’s coastline.