The Nova Scotia RCMP has arrested a man who was wanted in relation to multiple offences that occurred between September 2022 and June 2024 in Pictou County, Colchester County, and East Hants.
Last Wednesday, 28-year old Aaron Eildert Rice of Lyons Brook was arrested after a traffic stop on Hwy. 102 in Shubenacadie. The arrest was a result of a consolidated effort by Pictou County District RCMP, Colchester County District RCMP, Sipekne’katik RCMP, Halifax Regional RCMP Detachment and East Hants District RCMP.
Rice was wanted in relation to multiple property crimes, including break and enter, possession of stolen property and theft, across the province, and is facing charges related to those incidents as well as the incidents on June 5th.
Pictou County District RCMP is seeking information on the whereabouts of a man currently wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant.
30-year old Justin Daniel Graham from Pictou County is presently wanted for Assault, Uttering Threats, Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance, snd Flight from a Peace Officer.
Graham is described as 5-foot-10, 180lbs. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
Graham is known to frequent Pictou, Colchester, Hants, and Cumberland counties.
Investigators have made several attempts to locate Graham and are requesting assistance from the public.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Justin Daniel Graham is asked to not approach him and to contact the Pictou County District RCMP or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers.
A historic sawmill and museum in southwestern Nova Scotia has been destroyed by a weekend fire.
The chief of the Meteghan Fire Department says early Saturday morning the volunteer department was alerted to a blaze at the Bangor Sawmill Museum.
Kevin Saulnier says when firefighters arrived the museum was already engulfed in flames, and it took more than four hours to put out the fire.
No one was injured in the blaze, and Saulnier says it’s not yet clear what caused the fire.
The federal Liberals are planning to table a motion in the House of Commons today that will get the ball rolling on increasing the capital gains tax.
The government says it wants to increase capital gains taxation to two-thirds, boosting the inclusion rate for individuals to 250-thousand dollars.
The higher inclusion rate will automatically apply to all capital gains earned by corporations, with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland noting the move will improve tax fairness for Canadians.
Liberals have also argued for the increase, saying Canada needs to raise more revenue to pay for things like housing and health care.
A Nova Scotia community planted seven palm trees as an experiment in 2018, and all of them have now died.
Halifax Regional Municipality decided to try planting the palm trees in various locations throughout Dartmouth.
Municipal spokesperson Ryan Nearing says the goal was to see if the tropical trees could adapt to the local climate, and it turns out they cannot.
