The Utility and Review Board invoked the Interrupter Clause and diesel prices increased overnight in Nova Scotia.  Diesel prices increased in the province by 11.9 cents per litre. The minimum pump price for diesel is now 199.0 cents per litre locally.  There’s no change in gas prices.

 

 

The federal government is providing a 300-million-dollar fund to help the East Coast recover from post-tropical storm Fiona.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the fund in Dartmouth during his visit to Nova Scotia yesterday.

Trudeau says the funding will be provided over two years and the goal is to get money to people as quickly as possible.

He says it will help communities and businesses in Atlantic Canada and the Magdalen Islands rebuild and will also go toward cleaning up fishing gear.

 

 

Nova Scotia Power Inc. says some of its customers in northeastern Nova Scotia will be waiting until Sunday before they are reconnected to the electricity grid.

That will be two full weeks after the storm arrived.

The utility says the latest delays apply to outages in Pictou, Antigonish, Colchester and Cumberland counties, each of which were exposed to hurricane-force winds and storm surges along the Northumberland Strait.

The company says those customers who have been told to wait until Sunday will also receive a call from Nova Scotia Power “to talk about the situation.”

 

 

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the federal government has delivered about half of the military troops he has requested to help clean up the damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona.

The premier says he’s grateful for the military members deployed to the province so far, but he says more help is needed.

He’s asked for a total of one-thousand soldiers, but he says Ottawa hasn’t come through.

So far, about 550 troops have been sent to Nova Scotia.

 

 

Nova Scotians are being invited to share their thoughts and ideas on the creation of the Child and Youth Commission.

A steering committee will hold engagement sessions across the province over the next month to meet, listen and learn from children and youth, organizations that work with and advocate for children and youth, African Nova Scotian communities, Indigenous communities and the general public. People are also invited to respond to an online survey.

The engagement sessions start Tuesday, October 11th in Annapolis Royal.

There are also sessions on the 14th in Truro, 16th in Antigonish and 17th at the Nova Scotia Community College Pictou Campus in Stellarton.