Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is willing to consider major changes to the Indian Act after a meeting Monday with First Nations leaders and premiers, including Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called for the law to be abolished. Indigenous leaders, meanwhile, disagree on whether it should be scrapped and what would replace it. Some First Nations representatives warn that decisions about governance and treaty rights must come from their own communities, not be negotiated without their consent. Carney says discussions will continue on the legislation, a possible First Nations investment fund and better health and policing services, as tensions remain over resource development and Indigenous rights.
The RCMP is investigating a swatting incident tied to an attempted fraud in Lower Truro. Officers went to a home in Lower Truro after a false report that a woman was being held hostage by three armed people. Police say the woman was safe, and investigators learned she had received a call from someone claiming to work for her bank’s fraud department and was asked to download an app on her phone. The caller then called her back and indicated there was a surprise waiting for her at her door which turned out to be a large police presence.
A committee of Nova Scotia’s legislature is scheduled to discuss the 10-billion-dollar A-I data centre proposed for Cape Breton.
The 18-thousand-600-square metre facility in Point Tupper would draw 95 megawatts of electricity during its first phase.
Nova Scotia’s standing committee on natural resources and economic development meets this afternoon and will hear from EverWind Fuels officials.
Also appearing as witnesses will be the County of Richmond’s warden and chief administrative officer, and officials from the Department of Energy, and the Department of Environment and Climate Change.
In sports,
The Milwaukee Brewers are within one win of a World Series Championship. They pounded the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 last night to take a 3-nothing lead in the series. A win tonight in Game 4 would give the Brewers the championship.
