We have a Wind Warning and Rainfall Warning continued this morning. Heavy rain this morning before it turns to a few flurries near noontime. Wind gusts of 90 to 100kh are expected before diminishing to 60kh later this morning. Nova Scotia Power is reporting some scattered outages in our area.
A majority of Nova Scotians are satisfied with the performance of the provincial government led by Tim Houston, according to the latest survey by Narrative Research. 52% of residents are satisfied with the Government’s performance, while 40% are dissatisfied. Among decided voters, the Progressive Conservatives have 49% support, down slightly from 52% in November. The Liberals have 25% support, the NDP 20%, while the Greens have 5% support.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says his government will spend 7.2-million dollars on diabetes care. The bulk of the money will go toward sensor-based glucose monitoring supplies, which will be funded through a new income-based program and existing pharmacare programs. The funding options will be open to people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes who need multiple daily injections of insulin or who need insulin pumps to manage their disease. The province is expanding the insulin pump program by removing the age cap, which had been set at 26 years and under.
There are still questions about how a 36-year-old woman and a three-year-old boy ended up dead along a waterfront in a community northeast of Halifax. Police said the two were last seen on Ruth Falls Road on Monday evening and initially believed they were on foot because investigators found a vehicle known to have been used by the woman, named Holly Cooper. But on Wednesday, an R-C-M-P spokesperson said Cooper and the toddler were last seen at a residence on that street in Ruth Falls. The deaths are not considered suspicious and it’s unclear how the two were related.
The union that represents Nova Scotia teachers says a survey of 35-hundred members has found that in the last five years, 84 per cent of them had considered quitting or moving to another province or country to teach. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union says only 14 per cent of those surveyed said those options had not crossed their minds. As well, the survey found that the top reasons why teachers considered quitting were burnout, heavy workload, lack of resources and lack of support from their employer. Union president Ryan Lutes says the results highlight the need to improve learning and working conditions in the province’s schools.
A sports note, the Pictou County Weeks Crushers host Amherst tonight in the Maritime Junior Hockey League.
