Former U-S President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all charges at his hush money trial. The jury deliberated for two days before delivering its verdict late Thursday afternoon. At the heart of the charges were reimbursements paid to Trump’s former lawyer for a hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in exchange for not going public with her claim about a 2006 sexual encounter with the former president.
Gasoline prices and diesel prices both decreased slightly overnight in Nova Scotia. Gasoline prices decreased by 1.6 cents per litre overnight, leaving the minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline at 175.9 cents per litre in the local area. Diesel prices decreased by 0.9 of a cent per litre, putting the minimum pump price for diesel at 175.6 cents per litre locally.
Nova Scotia’s education minister says the province’s school lunch program will be based on a “pay what you can” model when it’s rolled out in October.
Becky Druhan says details are to come, but she adds the payment method will be stigma free in that no one will know who paid or how much.
Both the Opposition Liberals and N-D-P say they are concerned about what the term pay what you can means and they add the program should be completely free of charge.
The province committed 18.8-million dollars for the first year of the lunch program in its 2024-2025 budget.
Meanwhile, Nova Scotia’s Education Minister Becky Druhan says the province has signed a new five-year Mi’kmaq Education Agreement.
The agreement was signed yesterday by the province and Chief Leroy Denny, who is the chair of the Mi’kmaq education board.
Druhan says this agreement represents a renewed commitment to continue ensuring Mi’kmaq students are receiving the programs and services they need in order to learn and grow.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he’ll be watching any action taken by the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to challenge the federal equalization program in court.
Houston says he and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey have similar thoughts about the equalization process, and on the federal government’s obligations to provinces.
Starting next week, some Nova Scotians will be able to apply for funding to cover the cost of sensor-based glucose monitoring supplies used in the management of diabetes. As of Monday, June 3rd, Nova Scotians with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who meet specific criteria — including needing multiple daily injections of insulin — can apply to the Sensor-based Glucose Monitoring Program. The program is income-based, with no deductible for people with an annual household income less than 60-thousand-dollars, while those with a household income between 60- and 150-thousand-dollars will pay a deductible between 500- and one-thousand dollars. The provincial government says coverage for sensor-based glucose monitoring supplies will also be available under existing pharmacare programs starting next week.
The YMCA of Pictou County has announced that effective this past Monday, it is now officially operating the YMCA STFX Early Years Centre, formerly known as Cormier’s Play to Learn. It says the transition represents a significant step forward in its mission to provide safe, high-quality early childhood education and childcare to Antigonish and Pictou County. All current staff members from Cormier’s Play to Learn have agreed to join the new centre.
