The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board invoked the Interrupter Clause overnight, lowering the price of gasoline because of what it calls significant shifts in the market price.
Gas prices went down by 6.0 cents per litre overnight to 207.0 cents per litre locally.
Videos of Nova Scotia R-C-M-P officers fatally shooting the perpetrator of one of the worst mass killings in modern Canadian history have been released to the public.
The decision Monday from the commissioners of a public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting reverses their previous decision to shield the videos from publication.
A 56-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Nova Scotia man who disappeared nearly three years ago.
R-C-M-P say Peter Anthony (Tony) Walsh was last seen leaving a home in Colchester County on August 23rd and the vehicle he was driving was later found in a parking lot in Truro.
Investigators determined in March 2020 that Walsh was the victim of a homicide and say human remains believed to be those of the missing man were found in the Londonderry area last Thursday.
The Mounties say John Alfred Cook of Londonderry was arrested the same day and has been remanded in custody pending a court appearance in Truro on August 22nd.
Pictou County District RCMP says it continues to search for 38-year-old Chrissy Power.
Power is described as 5-foot-4, with a thin build, brown hair and brown eyes. It is not known what Power was wearing at the time of her disappearance.
Over the last two weeks, RCMP investigators have worked with a number of partners in an effort to locate Power.
RCMP have also been in contact with her family, who have been in communication with her, however police are becoming increasingly concerned for her wellbeing.
It is believed that Power may be in New Brunswick.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Chrissy Power is asked to contact Pictou County District RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
The Nova Scotia government is expanding eligibility requirements for its Down Payment Assistance Program for first-time homebuyers.
The program will now provide an interest-free repayable loan of up to five per cent of the purchase price of homes costing up to 500-thousand dollars in the Halifax region, up from the previous cap of 300-thousand.
The maximum market value is also increasing to 300-thousand from 200-thousand in northern and eastern regions of the province, and to 375-thousand dollars from 200-thousand in the Annapolis Valley and South Shore.
The province is also increasing the total household income eligibility for the program to 145-thousand dollars from 75-thousand across the province to better reflect rising real estate prices and inflation.
Today, June 21st, is National Indigenous Peoples Day – a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. What was then National Aboriginal Day, was announced in 1996 by then Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc. In 2017 it was renamed National Indigenous Peoples Day.
