A Public Safety Advisory for Town of New Glasgow regarding a bear sighting in the Town.
New Glasgow Regional Police are advising the public that police have received several reports of a black bear in the MacKay-Washington Street area. Be aware bears can travel great distances.
Police are continuing patrols of the area and the Department of Natural Resources has been contacted.
If you spot a bear in the Town of New Glasgow or Town of Trenton you can call 902-752-1941 non emergency line.
Gasoline and diesel prices both increased overnight in Nova Scotia, Gasoline prices rose by 6.8 cents per litre. The minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline is now 158.2 cents per litre in the local area. Diesel prices went up 2.3 cents per litre, putting the minimum pump price for diesel at 172.1 cents per litre locally.
New Glasgow Regional Police are currently recruiting community volunteers to be a part of a community-based crime prevention committee initiative. The New Glasgow and Area Crime Prevention Committee is now seeking volunteers to help keep communities safe. The program has been instrumental in assisting police with community input and implementing crime prevention programs and services.
Anyone interested can contact the New Glasgow Regional Police at crimeprevention@newglasgow.ca with your name, address, and phone number.
Today marks the beginning of Operation Impact 2024. From today through Monday, Nova Scotia RCMP will join police forces across Canada to focus on reducing behaviours that put drivers, passengers, and other road users at risk.
Those behaviours include impaired driving, distracted driving, aggressive driving, and not wearing a seatbelt, all of which can be prevented or mitigated.
This year, the message with Operation Impact is, “Don’t risk lives with bad driving behaviours. Safety is literally in every driver’s hands.”
A team from Nova Scotia Power is heading to Florida to assist in power restoration.
A spokeswoman for the utility said yesterday that 35 people from the company were in South Carolina yesterday and travelling to Tampa to start storm response once they get the all-clear that it’s safe to move in.
The majority are power line technicians, and there are also support staff including logistics experts and mechanics.
The response teams will carry out the same sort of work in Florida as they do in Nova Scotia following a storm, working to restore power and make any necessary repairs.
In the Maritime Hockey League, the Pictou County Weeks Crushers beat the Truro Bearcats 4-1 Thursday night.
