Nearly one in ten drivers stopped by Nova Scotia RCMP during Canada Road Safety Week enforcement efforts were charged with an offence. Between May 12 and 19, officers conducted more than 2,200 hours of enforcement, checked nearly 65-hundred vehicles, and set up 99 checkpoints across Nova Scotia. The campaign resulted in 29 Criminal Code charges related to impaired driving; 12 roadside suspensions for alcohol and drug impairment; and more than 600 summary offence tickets for aggressive driving, distracted driving, or failing to wear a seatbelt.

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The union representing striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says it offered mediation with the government over the weekend.  Christina Sweeney with CUPE says the union didn’t receive an answer until Monday night, and that the province included too many stipulations. The total number of striking workers across Nova Scotia is now at about 36-hundred.

 

 

Natural Resources officials say the massive Long Lake wildfire that began last summer in Annapolis County is officially out.  The department said recent aerial hot spot scanning confirmed the finding.  The wildfire burned out of control for almost a month, destroying 20 homes, and was considered under control last September.  About 84 kilometres of woodlands went up in smoke.

 

 

Canada’s trade minister, Dominic LeBlanc, met provincial and territorial counterparts Monday to discuss the changing North American trade landscape and the upcoming CUSMA review.

U-S Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says tariffs on Canada and Mexico will remain despite the continental trade pact.

Greer says Canada has resisted U-S tariffs more than most countries making negotiations more difficult, while formal CUSMA talks with Canada have yet to begin.

He has also signalled difficult negotiations ahead for sectors like automobiles, while saying energy, fertilizer and critical minerals trade has remained largely untouched by tariffs.