Pictou County District RCMP is investigating after a pedestrian was struck by vehicles on Highway 104 at Stellarton. On Thursday at about 6:50 p.m., RCMP, fire services, and EHS all responded to a report of a collision between exits 24 and 25 of Hwy. 104. Police say a 45-year old southwest Nova Scotia man who was walking on the westbound lane of the roadway was struck by vehicles and died at the scene.
At this time, the RCMP says criminality is not believed to be a factor.
Investigators are asking any witnesses who have not yet spoken with police and anyone with dashcam footage of Hwy. 104 in the Stellarton area from approximately 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on November 13 to contact Pictou County District RCMP.
Several items were found during a search for missing children Jack and Lilly Sullivan, but R-C-M-P say so far, nothing has turned up that is relevant to their investigation. Ontario-based non-profit Please Bring Me Home organized a search of the area where the Sullivan children were reported missing in Lansdowne Station in May, focusing on the waterways. The executive director of Please Bring Me Home says he was very impressed with the work already done by R-C-M-P and local search teams, and wanted to contribute to the effort. He says he is compiling a list of all the coordinates searched by volunteers Saturday, which he’ll share with police.
The Town of New Glasgow, the Province, and High-Crest Enterprises are hosting a groundbreaking ceremony this afternoon for the New Glasgow Long-Term Care Home. Among the dignitaries taking part in the ceremony are Premier Tim Houston, New Glasgow Mayor Nancy Dicks, High-Crest Enterprises CEO Marcus Stephenson, and Glen Haven Manor Corporation Board Chair Jocelyn Dorrington. The ceremony is set for 1:30pm.
Statistics Canada is set to release its latest inflation reading today when it publishes its consumer index for October. The annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in September, up from 1.9 per cent in August. Nova Scotia’s annual inflation rate in September was 2.7 percent.
In sports,
The Saskatchewan Roughriders built a 22-7 lead and then hung on to defeat the Montreal Alouettes 25-17 to win the CFL’s Grey Cup.
In the Maritime Junior Hockey League the Crushers beat Edmundston 5-3.
