Pictou County is under a Wind Warning and Rainfall Warning.
Very strong southerly winds are expected on Thursday with maximum wind gusts of 90 to 100 km/h.
Those winds will be accompanied by 25 to 50 mm in rainfall.
On Monday afternoon, New Glasgow Regional Police arrested a Pictou County man who was wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant out of New Glasgow.
Police say the arrest was made in Pictou County and was in regards to a traffic stop on Park Street in Trenton during which the passenger fled the scene.
Police say he had an arrest warrant for a Breach of a Conditional Sentence Order.
Two municipalities and a community group in Cumberland County will receive provincial funding to help bring more healthcare professionals to their communities and support those already living and working there.
The Pugwash Physician Recruitment/Appreciation Committee will use the funds to develop marketing materials to recruit healthcare professionals to their community, host appreciation events for healthcare workers already living in the Pugwash area and host an education/retreat day for doctors enrolled in Dalhousie University’s rural residency program.
The Town of Amherst and the Municipality of Cumberland will work together on a promotional campaign to attract healthcare professionals.
The funding is from the government’s new Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment Community Fund.
A total of 28 groups across Nova Scotia applied by the December 19 deadline, and more successful applicants will be notified in the coming weeks.
The Prime Minister and the Liberal cabinet are examining Canada’s economy as it faces a “turbulent” year ahead.
Despite the threat of a recession, the federal government says there is still some spending room for big priorities, including a new health-care deal with the provinces,
Associate Finance Minister Randy Boissonnault says a recent Bank of Canada report is one of many the government will look over as it makes its economic forecast ahead of the next budget.
He says he thinks the fiscal reality will fall somewhere between the best- and worst-case scenarios laid out in the fall economic statement.
Madd Pictou County is recruiting volunteers . If you would like to join MADD Pictou County, a registration night is being held this coming Monday at the New Glasgow Regional Police Station at 225 Park Street in New Glasgow from 6:30pm until 8:00pm.
If you require more information, you can call 902-755-8318.
Artists from Nova Scotia earned the most nominations for the 35th annual East Coast Music Awards coming up in May.
Nova Scotians on the mainland scored 86 nominations while musicians on Cape Breton nabbed another 20.
Newfoundland and Labrador is next with 58 nominations, followed by New Brunswick with 40 and P-E-I with 29.
Nova Scotia-based rapper Classified and PEI pop-folk trio The East Pointers lead the nominations with six each, including entertainer of the year and video of the year.
