The Progressive Conservative government has released a housing plan it says will help address new projections the province will face a shortage of more than 41-thousand homes by 2028.

A housing needs study by consultant Turner Drake & Partners says rapid inflation, shortages of labour and one of the fastest population growth rates in the country has already created a shortage of 27-thousand-300 units in the province.

Housing Minister John Lohr says Nova Scotia will spend $1-billion dollars over the next five years “to create the conditions” for additional housing, which includes helping community groups build 17-thousand-250 more affordable units.

The province has made no firm commitment to build more publicly owned housing.

 

 

A 13-year old youth, who was the subject of an assist-to-locate request by New Glasgow Regional Police on Monday night, has been located in New Glasgow and is safe.

New Glasgow Regional Police are thanking the public for sharing information in the community and on social media.

 

 

New Glasgow Regional Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver of a vehicle of interest in connection with an incident in New Glasgow.

That incident happened on September 27th on Riverside Parkway in which the suspect vehicle collided with another vehicle and the driver left the scene.

The vehicle is described as a red Toyota Yaris and the suspect driver was wearing a red hoodie and black hat.

Police are asking anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident and who may have photos, videos, or dash cam footage; or any nearby businesses or homes that may have surveillance footage from the afternoon of September 27th, to contact the New Glasgow Regional Police or Crimes Stoppers.

 

 

The Nova Scotia government is offering 50 cash prizes of one-thousand dollars to those working in health-care who have ideas for improving the system.

The Healthcare Improvement Challenge started Monday and will be open for submission until November 22nd.

Premier Tim Houston issued a statement saying the ideas should be simple and easy to implement with little to no funding.

Eligible submissions will be entered into a random draw for up to 50 prizes of one thousand dollars each.

 

 

Pumpkin farmers in Nova Scotia say this year’s extreme weather has led to a small crop yield.

Danny Dill, farmer and owner of Howard Dills Enterprises in Windsor, says this was a rough season for pumpkins.

Dill says they typically have an abundance of pumpkins ready to sell, but it became clear at the end of the summer that his yield would come up short.

The Horticulture Nova Scotia Association says it’s been a bad growing year for many crops due to this summer’s significant rainfall.