The provincial government has announced an investment of 18.6 million dollars to upgrade Nova Scotia’s spotty cellular infrastructure in rural areas. In an announcement Wednesday, Public Works Minister Kim Masland says the plan is to add 27 new provincially owned telecom towers in unserved areas. In addition, Rogers has been chosen to upgrade 27 existing sites and connect them to a cell network. Last October, the province announced an initial investment of 47.3-million dollars, to provide cellular to 20-thousand unserved civic addresses and over one thousand kilometres of unserved primary roads.
The RCMP says a man missing from New Brunswick may be in Nova Scotia. The Codiac Regional RCMP is trying to locate 42-year-old Benjamin Sullivan, who was last seen on January 5th in downtown Moncton. Police believe that there is a possibility that he may be in Nova Scotia, PEI, or Quebec. He is described as being approximately five feet four inches tall, and weighing approximately 150 pounds. He has brown eyes and brown hair.
Dozens of oysters have been placed in a waterway near Boat Harbour to see if the small mollusks can act as a nature-based cleaning system. Ramon Filgueira — an associate professor in Dalhousie University’s marine affairs program — is leading the study into the potential of oysters for water filtration. The mollusks are capable of increasing water clarity and helping reduce algal blooms. The project — which is being done in collaboration with Pictou Landing First Nation — will help decide if the area near Boat Harbour is a suitable spot for a water remediation project using oysters.
Some Atlantic universities are voicing concerns about shrinking enrolment of international students.
Nova Scotia has so far accepted less than four-thousand international students for the upcoming year, down from last year’s 19-thousand, 900 foreign students.
Some university officials say the number of international students who actually choose to study in the province may be even lower than that.
Association of Atlantic Universities president Peter Halpin says his group’s members are worried about what Atlantic Canada’s low numbers will mean for regional universities’ finances and diversity.
The Town of New Glasgow is advising that the Emancipation Day Flag Raising Ceremony and proclamation reading is postponed. The celebration will instead be held on Tuesday, August 6th at 12.30 p.m. at the Glasgow Square Theatre. The Pan-African flag will be raised today in honour of the Emancipation Day. The change is being made in collaboration with partner agencies.
The Canadian women’s soccer team will face Germany in a quarterfinals match in Marseille on Saturday after overcoming that six-point penalty from the drone spying scandal to advance past the group stage. Canada beat Colombia 1-0 on Wednesday on Vanessa Gilles’ goal in the 62nd minute, going unbeaten in group play. The team was docked six points because of a drone-spying scandal
