Meteorologists with The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax are keeping an eye on tropical storm Phillippe.
The centre says the storm could merge with a larger, low-pressure system over Quebec and New England this weekend, but it remains unclear what will happen after that.
Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement indicating areas in Nova Scotia are expected to see heavy rain and strong winds with maximum wind gusts of up to 80 km/h or stronger in some exposed areas.
As for rainfall, Nova Scotia could possibly see 50 millimetres or more in areas of heaviest rain.
We should see the effects from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
New Glasgow Regional Police are investigating as multiple vehicles were the target of significant vandalism.
The investigation is in the preliminary stages after vehicles were spray painted in the area of Alexander Street in New Glasgow.
It happened sometime late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning.
Police are also asking residents to check camera footage, dash cams, photos and other video devices that may assist investigators in solving the crime.
Pictou County District RCMP are warning the public about scams occurring in rural Nova Scotia, instructing victims to provide money.
Since last year, police have received numerous complaints of frauds, which are sometimes referred to as the ‘grandparent scam’ or ‘emergency scam.’
Victims are contacted in a perceived urgent situation and instructed to provide money to alleviate a bad circumstance of a loved one such as, but not limited to, being in jail or in a car accident.
Pictou RCMP received a report this week from a senior couple that they provided fraudsters $22,500 over 3 days in a similar circumstance.
Pictou County District RCMP urges everyone to speak to their parents and grandparents as well as neighbours about these scams.
Nova Scotia’s unionized paramedics are voting on a new three-year tentative deal that was reached last week.
No details have been released, but Charbel Daniel, of Emergency Medical Care, says the result of the vote is expected tomorrow.
The current contract expires October 31st.
An auditor general’s report released last week, found wages for paramedics in 2022 were comparable with those in the other three Atlantic provinces, although the union has said paramedics continue to leave for province’s like Ontario where wages are much higher.
Nova Scotia is promising to fine its ambulance service if it fails to meet its contractual performance standards for response times.
A Health Department official made the comments on Wednesday at a legislature hearing in response to last week’s report by auditor general Kim Adair.
Adair said there was a lack of accountability in the ambulance service because no fines had been levied since the province’s contract was renewed with Emergency Medical Care in 2021.
Associate deputy health minister Craig Beaton says his department is now accumulating system data that can help determine when poor ambulance performance can be attributed to the company.
