Students are returning to school and New Glasgow Regional Police are asking drivers to be aware that buses are back on the roads.

Remember, when a school bus flashes its red lights, this means drivers must stop at least six metres away and not pass the school bus.

Drivers must also be aware of students crossing streets especially where school crossing guards are working.

 

 

Nova Scotia’s police watchdog agency has been called in to investigate an R-C-M-P shooting of a man during an arrest at a home in Pictou Landing First Nation.

R-C-M-P say the shooting occurred late New Year’s Eve and that the man was provided first aid and transported to hospital where he was treated for his injuries.

An RCMP release doesn’t give specifics on the nature of the injuries, saying they won’t provide details while the matter is being looked into by the Serious Incident Response Team.

The Mounties allege in their release that that the man was threatening people he knew at the time of the arrest and the police gun being fired.

 

 

Less than 1.3 million of the roughly 14.3 million dollars in restitution orders issued in Nova Scotia have been paid in the last five years.

The figures are in documents from the provincial Department of Justice obtained by C-B-C.

Restitution orders require an offender to pay their victim for any financial losses suffered because of their crime.

It’s up to the victim to secure the payment, and the orders are often made as a result of nationwide scams that target peoples’ finances.

 

 

A survey out of Dalhousie University suggests more Canadians are limiting food waste as grocery prices climb higher.

The survey by the university’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab suggests more people are planning their meals in advance and eating leftovers where possible.

Program co-ordinator Janet Music says reducing food waste is also good for the environment.

She says cutting back on food waste reduces the amount of food that ends up in landfills, which impacts greenhouse gas levels.

 

 

Ottawa has announced that Canada is set to accept one-thousand applications from people looking to get out of Gaza who have Canadian relatives, but advocates are saying the number of available applications is too low.

The special extended family program is set to launch next week after Palestinian Canadians pleaded for months for federal help to rescue their loved ones.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims says it has already been in contact with more than a thousand people who have reached out about getting their families out of Gaza, and the cap should be removed.