Gas prices went up overnight in Nova Scotia, while diesel prices dropped significantly.
Gas prices went up 1.5 cents per litre to 172.2 cents per litre in the local area.
Diesel prices dropped 9.9 cents per litre to 242.3 cents per litre locally.
Nova Scotia’s mass shooting inquiry has released partial recordings of a tense R-C-M-P meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the police investigation of the massacre.
In recordings made on April 28th, 2020, R-C-M-P Commissioner Brenda Lucki says she understands the force can’t release details about the make and model of each of the weapons the gunman used to kill 22 people.
But she goes on to say she felt frustrated when she learned the speaking notes used for an earlier R-C-M-P news conference did not include a reference to the weapons as semi-automatic and assault-style.
Lucki says publicly sharing basic facts about the weapons used was a request she received from a minister’s office, though she did not identify the minister.
New Glasgow Regional Police have charged a 42-year-old Pictou County man after a hit and run at the intersection of Riverside Parkway and George Street in New Glasgow.
At about 5:30 on Wednesday night, the driver of a half-ton pickup truck fled after hitting another truck.
New Glasgow Regional Police located the driver on Stewart Street in New Glasgow with help from the public and charged the man with Impaired, Operating a Motor Vehicle without insurance, and Failing to Stop at Scene of an Accident.
He’ll be in court in Pictou on December 19th.
No one was injured in the collision.
On Thursday, the province confirmed 17 COVID-19 related deaths in Nova Scotia over a seven-day period ending October 17th.
That’s the most for a one week period since early June.
Over that same time period there were 1,172 new cases confirmed by PCR tests, which is up from 942 the previous week.
There are 196 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 39 patients who are in hospital because of COVID-19.
Six people are in the ICU.
The Nova Scotia government is being urged to create a voluntary province-wide registry of people with disabilities linked to the province’s emergency management system.
Advocates for those with disabilities say post tropical storm Fiona showed the need for a system to provide first responders with the locations and other information about vulnerable residents.
Justice Minister Brad Johns says the province is open to the idea of a registry and could amend legislation to update emergency management and 9-1-1 service before it’s voted on.
