Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for Pictou County, advising of a wintry mix of weather that’s expected today and tonight.

There’s potential snowfall of 5 to 15 cm or more in some areas, along with a period of 2 to 5 hours of freezing rain.

 

 

A teenager attacked by three large-breed dogs in southwest Nova Scotia over the weekend has died.

Municipal and school officials confirmed yesterday the 13-year-old boy has died from the attack near Shelburne after being flown to Halifax with life-threatening injuries.

R-C-M-P said the boy was attacked Saturday as he passed by the property on his bicycle.

Police say the investigation is ongoing but so far no charges have been laid.

 

 

A youth has been sentenced to probation in connection with an assault involving bleach at Colchester East Hants Health Centre last May.  Investigators said at the time that the 16-year-old suspect was not a patient, but was visiting someone at the hospital.  Truro Police said the youth left the hospital, came back with a bottle of liquid bleach and threw it at two security officers.

 

 

A provincial energy board hearing on Nova Scotia Power’s application to raise residential power rates begins today.

The province’s largest utility has proposed rate increases of 3.8 per cent this year and 4.1 per cent on January 1st next year.

The premier and opposition leaders have slammed the privately-owned utility over the proposed hikes, with Tim Houston calling on Nova Scotia Power to withdraw or “significantly reduce” the request.

The premier has said the company “is out of touch” for requesting a rate hike in the aftermath of a massive data breach that may have impacted all 550-thousand of the utility’s customers.