The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board invoked the Interrupter Clause overnight, adjusting the price of diesel because of significant shifts in the market price of diesel oil.

Diesel prices decreased by 7.5 cents per litre overnight to 215.0 cents per litre locally.

 

 

A newly released letter from an R-C-M-P communications manager claims Commissioner Brenda Lucki says she faced direct “pressures and conversation” with the federal minister of Public Safety to release firearm details in the Nova Scotia mass shooting.

The letter from Lia Scanlan dated April 14th, 2021 claims Lucki was focused on the Liberal government’s agenda of passing firearms legislation, when she criticized Halifax staff during an April 28th, 2020 conference call.

Hours earlier, Superintendent Darren Campbell had declined to provide the details about the type of guns during a news conference, saying it would interfere with the investigation.

The letter is part of the evidence provided to a public inquiry into the mass shooting in April, 2020.

 

 

Nova Scotia’s Tory government is continuing to put together its buy local program.

The province says it will use a research team that will visit stores and markets across the province to document consumer behaviour and to gather feedback from shoppers.

In addition, the government says it will be working with retailers and will also launch a campaign to hear from people about how the Nova Scotia Loyal program, which was first promised during last summer’s election, should be branded.

Premier Tim Houston says the buy local initiative is to be supported by a rewards program for consumers, but there are no details yet.

 

 

The latest report from the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council says growing the Indigenous economy is beneficial for the entire Atlantic economy and is a key objective for reconciliation.

The APEC report discusses key growth sectors in Atlantic Canada that have strong relevance to Indigenous communities and businesses.

The report’s author says that with a young and growing population, Indigenous people should be a part of the solution to Atlantic Canada’s labour shortages.

 

 

A high-profile sex scandal involving Prince Andrew is prompting a Nova Scotia school to change its name.

Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth will be renamed Woodlawn High School as of August 1st.

The new name is to reflect the name of the street and subdivision where the school is located.

A number of potential names were circulated, and Woodlawn High School was most popular by a wide margin.

 

 

A symbol of Pride is waving over Province House in Halifax.

As part of Pride Month celebrations, Public Service Commission Minister Colton Leblanc and Laura Lee Langley, Head of the Public Service, raised the Pride flag in support of people who identify as two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex or asexual.