Pictou County District RCMP are investigating a fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision in Granton.

On Saturday at about 7:30 p.m., Pictou County District RCMP, fire and EHS responded to the collision on Granton Abercrombie Rd. Once on scene, police learned that a car merging onto Granton Abercrombie Rd. from the Hwy 106 off-ramp struck a pedestrian on the roadway.

The pedestrian, a 74-year-old Granton man, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.  The driver, a 30-year-old Abercrombie woman, and an infant passenger of the car, were not physically injured.

The RCMP Collision Analysis Reconstruction Service was brought in to assist with the investigation, which is ongoing.

 

 

The House of Commons will vote for a new Speaker this morning after Anthony Rota resigned in the wake of asking M-Ps to honour a man who fought for the Nazis.

Steven Chaplin, who used to be a House of Commons lawyer, says the election is unprecedented because Rota’s exit was so sudden.

Only two other Speakers have left mid-session in Canada’s history

— one died and the other left to become governor general.

 

 

The provincial government has released some details of the security fears identified by staff at the provincial youth detention facility in Waterville in the aftermath of violence that broke out seven years ago.

This comes after a challenge by The Canadian Press to obtain even the limited release of information after the Nova Scotia government said last year it would not make the documents public.

The case goes back to September 4th, 2016, when a melee erupted at the facility in Waterville when staff were attacked by a group of residents, leaving three seriously injured.

Released documents say there should be improved ways to assess whether youths belong on the same unit before transfers are made.

 

 

Lawyers in Nova Scotia will soon start mandatory Indigenous awareness training.

The Nova Scotia Barrister’s Society says the training is in response to calls for action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Officials say it’s meant to offer better representation for all clients.

Six units are being offered in the course, each lasting about an hour.

 

 

Indigenous leaders, members of the Halifax regional council and residents gathered out front of city hall to mark Treaty Day.

Treaty Day was proclaimed in Nova Scotia in 1993 to commemorate the centuries-old Peace and Friendship Treaties between the Mi’kmaq and the Crown.

In recognition of Mi’kmaq History Month and Treaty Day, which was on Sunday, a Mi’kmaw flag was raised at Halifax’s Grand Parade yesterday.

Acadia First Nation Chief Deborah Robinson spoke at the flag-raising about the importance of honouring treaties across all levels of government.