Three teens were taken to hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Pictou County early Sunday morning. 

According to an RCMP news release, emergency services responded to a report of a crash in Eden Lake at 12:15 a.m.  

A Toyota Corolla was travelling on Sherbrooke Road when it left the road and struck a ditch. 

Police said one of the passengers was ejected from the vehicle during the crash and had life-threatening injuries. 

The 16-year-old from Pictou County was taken to hospital by ambulance and was later airlifted to Halifax. 

The driver, an 18-year-old from Scotch Hill and another passenger, a 17-year-old from Pictou, had minor injuries and were taken to hospital. 

Sherbrooke Road was closed following the crash but has since reopened.  

 

 

Hundreds of Nova Scotians were without power following frigid temperatures and high winds over the weekend. 

The freezing temperatures broke cold weather records in all four Atlantic provinces Saturday, with temperatures feeling like -40 C to -50 C, before warming up on Sunday 

The cold snap caused frozen pipes and broken water lines across the region, displacing around a dozen people. 

Several schools across the province were closed or had early dismissals because of heating or water issues on Monday morning as well. 

 

 

The federal government will propose a decade-long plan to fund and reform the health-care system when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the premiers in Ottawa later today.  

The federal proposal will include a top-up to the planned across-the-board increase to the Canada Health Transfer and substantial funding for provinces and territories to deal with their specific needs.  

Canada’s premiers will meet in Ottawa with Prime Minister Trudeau today to discuss plans to deal with both long- and short-term challenges facing the delivery of health care in Canada.