Shortly before 1:00pm on Tuesday, New Glasgow Regional Police responded to a report of a robbery at the Needs Convenience Store on East River Road in New Glasgow.

Police located the suspect nearby on MacKay Street, and say that as he was being arrested, the man attempted to assault the officer.

The officer had to use a taser and the suspect was taken into custody without further incident.

A 34-year-old Pictou County man was charged with Robbery; Resisting Arrest; and Assaulting a Peace Officer.

 

 

Nova Scotia has changed its medical assistance in death policy, removing the requirement that someone’s natural death be “reasonably foreseeable” in order to access medical assistance in dying.

A second significant change eliminates the requirement that patients undergoing medical assisted death be completely conscious to provide consent at the time of death.

In a statement yesterday, Nova Scotia Health announced the policy changes, effective immediately, that it says were made to reflect the changing landscape around medical assisted death.

 

 

A Nova Scotia medical clinic for refugees says it’s on sustainable footing now that it was granted a roughly 680-thousand-dollar increase in its annual provincial funding.

The Newcomer Health Clinic says the additional money will help the clinic hire a social worker, a family practice nurse and a coordinator to help families navigate the province’s health-care system.

The clinic says the additional funding comes at a crucial time with Nova Scotia seeing a regular increase in the arrival of refugees and immigrants.

The funding brings the total annual budget to one-million-dollars for the clinic, which has more than twenty-seven-hundred patients.

 

 

Public consultations on Nova Scotia’s aquaculture regulations are now underway.

People can provide feedback through an online survey with six open-ended questions until September 6th.

Since December, the province has been holding discussions with the industry on how best to improve regulations that have been in place since 2015.

According to the province, there are 235 marine and land-based aquaculture sites in Nova Scotia that employ nearly 900 people and contribute 90 million dollars per year to the economy.

 

 

The Maritime Hockey League says it wants to hire up to 10 women as assistant coaches and scouts for the upcoming season in what it’s calling the first such program in Canada.

The League says the new positions will advance the future of hockey.

President Troy Dumville says women don’t enjoy the same opportunities as men when it comes to hockey operations in junior leagues.

The deadline to apply for the program is August 31st.