Canada’s 13 premiers are scheduled for three days of meetings in Halifax beginning today.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is the current chair of the Council of the Federation and is hosting the event in downtown Halifax.
Houston told reporters last week that premiers will be focused on discussing key issues like affordability, housing and infrastructure.
He also says he expects to have conversations about the relationships between the provinces and the federal government.
New Glasgow Regional Police are searching for suspects involved in taking a photo or photos of a woman that was using the washroom at a pool facility on Trenton Park Road in Trenton. Police say the incident took place in a washroom/changing room at the pool in the Trenton Park facility on Sunday at approximately 4:15 pm. Preliminary investigation has indicated that the woman was in the washroom stall when she noticed a bright pink and black case cell phone held over her taking a photo or photos. The suspects then fled. .Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects involved in taking the photo(s).
A retired Environment Canada meteorologist says it’s well past time for Nova Scotia to work with the federal government to build a robust prediction, detection and alert system for flash flooding. A young person was killed Thursday night when they were swept away by a flash flood in Wolfville. RCMP say the youth was pulled into a flooded ditch at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and the province issued an emergency alert about flash flooding about an hour later. Jim Abraham, who was the first manager of the Canadian Hurricane Centre, says if Nova Scotia had a well-developed flooding alert system, emergency notices may have gone out much sooner. He says such a system would involve educating the public about the risks of flash floods and making sure they know which parts of their neighbourhoods might be the most dangerous during flooding
Nova Scotians living with Type One diabetes can now apply for funding to cover insulin and supply costs. Nova Scotians of all ages can apply for the program, which previously only applied to those under 26 years old. More than 450 people will be eligible for the program. Insulin pumps cost around 63-hundred dollars and supplies cost four thousand dollars each year.
