The four Atlantic Premiers, including Premier Tim Houston, held a virtual meeting on Tuesday.  They agreed to invite Prime Minister Mark Carney to meet with them to help unlock Atlantic Canada’s potential as a leader in energy, defence, and critical minerals development.  The Premiers welcomed the recognition of a number of Atlantic proposals under the major projects initiative, including Ottawa’s commitment to work with Nova Scotia on developing the Wind West offshore wind project.

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The Nova Scotia government says the province needs more money from the federal government to reach their 2021 target of creating 95-hundred new affordable childcare spaces.

A report released yesterday from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says a majority of communities in Nova Scotia are not meeting the childcare targets.

The province has also pledged to have costs average 10 dollars per day.

The new report says that the average cost of daycare services in the Halifax area is more than 20 dollars per day, and those fees can run higher in other areas of the province.

 

 

The Sipekne’katik First Nation has banned Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, Attorney General Scott Armstrong, and Minister of L’nu Affairs Leah Martin from its land.  The First Nation near Shubenacadie calls the politicians ‘undesireables’ in a news release posted to social media yesterday.  The release says that a signed band council resolution declares that the Nova Scotia government has no jurisdiction on reserve lands.  Chief Michelle Glasgow said Houston’s government has violated constitutionally-protected Mi’kmaw rights, and that any trespassing on their land is subject to a 50-thousand dollar fine.

 

 

A 20-year-old woman reported missing from Truro and last seen on December 7th has been located safe. The RCMP thanks the public for assisting through social media shares and offering tips.

 

 

In sports,

Kingsley Austin of the Pictou County Weeks Crushers and his Canada East teammates put their 2-and-o record on the line at the Junior a World Challenge in Trois Riviere today with a game against Sweden.