The R-C-M-P and governments have completed only a fraction of the changes recommended by an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. In a new report, the independent progress monitoring committee says the recommendations it reviewed were divided into 14 different groups, only two of which were rated as complete. Committee chairwoman Myra Freeman says she’s pleased with the progress to date despite the numbers, adding the rate of change can never be fast enough. The second annual report released Thursday, comes more than five years after a lone gunman disguised as a Mountie went on a 13-hour rampage, killing 22 people.
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Gas prices went down overnight in Nova Scotia, while there was no change in diesel prices. The price for regular gasoline went down by 2.2 cents per litre, putting the minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline at $1.39 per litre in the local area. Diesel continues to go for $1.56 per litre locally.
Residents who were forced to flee their homes earlier this month because of the Lake George Wildfire in Annapolis Valley are returning home. Officials announced late Wednesday that the wildfire was being held, meaning the fire wasn’t likely to grow. Re-entry to properties was allowed yesterday after an evacuation order that was in place since the start of the month. An emergency measures official with the Municipality of Kings says no structures were lost and power wasn’t shut down while property owners were away, meaning people won’t have to deal with issues such as spoiled food.
Pictou County District RCMP are joining police agencies across Canada in support of Operation Impact this holiday weekend. Operation Impact is a national public awareness campaign aimed at making Canadian roads the safer. This weekend, RCMP will have checkpoints set up as they focus on impaired driving, aggressive driving, distracted driving, and failure to wear a seatbelt.
Canada Post workers are scaling back their countrywide strike to rotating walkouts starting Saturday morning.
The postal union says the change will get mail and parcels moving again while pressure stays on the corporation.
Talks with Ottawa continue after Canada Post announced major cutbacks, including the end of home delivery within a decade.
The union says those changes go too far and should be rolled back.
In sports, in the Maritime Junior Hockey League, the Pictou County Weeks Crushers beat the Truro Bearcats 6-4 on Thursday night.
