New Glasgow Regional Police are investigating after someone broke into the Tim Hortons on Main Street in Trenton at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday and stole a safe with an undisclosed amount of money.  Police want to hear from anyone who witnessed any people in that area at about that time of the morning.  Police are also asking motorists to check dash cams for any video in that area from that time period.

 

 

Six clean electrical energy projects in Nova Scotia are receiving more than 192 million dollars in federal funding.

Federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the investment yesterday at the Halifax headquarters of Nova Scotia Power.

Wilkinson says 117.6 million will fund three 50-megawatt battery storage systems to be operated by the utility in Bridgewater, at Spider Lake near Waverly and in White Rock.

He says three wind farm projects will receive 25 million each from Ottawa’s 4.5-billion dollar Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program.

This includes the Benjamin Mill project near Windsor, the Higgins Mountain project and the Wedgeport wind farm in the District of Argyle.

 

 

Nova Scotia Power is warning customers about phone scams and fraudulent websites posing as Nova Scotia Power. If you are unsure about the legitimacy of any contact, you can check with their Customer Care Centre.

 

 

Dalhousie University says it expects to reopen today after its Halifax campuses were closed late Monday night.

The school announced the closures after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a building on its Studley Campus.

The university says Halifax Regional Police responded to the protest and the building was cleared after regular business hours.

University president Kim Brooks says the day was taxing and emotional.

 

 

An expert who tracks Canada’s mainstream media industry says Postmedia’s pending purchase of Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain is almost certain to result in job cuts and a reduction in local content.  April Lindgren — a journalism professor with Toronto Metropolitan University — says Postmedia has also made a habit of closing unprofitable publications, having shut down 57 news outlets since 2008.  On Friday, Postmedia announced plans to buy “certain businesses” belonging to SaltWire Network Incorporated and The Halifax Herald Limited.  Saltwire owns New Glasgow’s The News.  In March, the two insolvent media companies were granted court-ordered protection from creditors who were owed more than 90-million dollars.