Few details have been released about what led to a fiery crash and vehicle explosion at the Canada-U-S border crossing in Niagara Falls, but officials say there is no evidence that it was an act of terrorism.
A car hit a median at breakneck speed, soared through the air, crashed and exploded, killing two people inside the vehicle, said to be a husband and wife.
The crash prompted the closure of three other area border crossings between Ontario and western New York for hours as Mounties, the Canada Border Services Agency and Ontario Provincial Police, along with the U-S F-I- Joint Terrorism Task Force and New York State Police, scrambled to contain the possibility of expanded threats.
Colchester County District RCMP responded to a vehicle fire in Kemptown Tuesday night a little after 9:00pm.
Valley Kemptown Fire and EHS also responded to the report of a vehicle on fire in the eastbound lanes on Hwy. 104 in Kemptown.
Police say a vehicle was parked on the side of the road when it caught fire causing a road closure.
The fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported.
Hwy. 104 was closed for several hours, while firefighters worked to extinguish the fire.
Truro will see the construction of a new roundabout at a busy intersection in the community.
The Province, federal government and Town of Truro will invest a total of $2.8 million in the project at McClures Mills Road and Willow Street.
The project will be designed to ease the current traffic congestion for almost 40,000 vehicles passing through daily and is expected to be completed by late 2024.
Nova Scotia will spend 20-million-dollars to acquire two new machines that deliver a unique type of radiotherapy for cancer treatment.
The Ethos therapy system protects organs from potential damage by using artificial intelligence to pinpoint tumour sites for radiation.
Health Minister Michelle Thompson says the treatment could reduce the number of treatment sessions needed to complete a course of therapy from the standard 20 to just five.
Thompson says treatment using the province’s current machine is set to begin in January, and the two new machines are expected to arrive in the coming months.
The Pictou County Partnership is announcing a significant leadership transition. The organization’s Chief Executive Officer, Scott Ferguson, is making the move to a new career opportunity within the technology sector, effective December.
Ryan Fraser, Chair of the Pictou County Partnership Board of Directors, says that since Ferguson joined the organization in November of 2021, he has played a crucial role in guiding the Partnership through a period of notable growth and achievement.
The Board will launch a comprehensive search for a new CEO in December.
In the meantime, effective December 1, Wade Tibbo will assume the role of Interim CEO.
Wade Tibbo is currently the Director of Business Development and Innovation at the Partnership.
