Shortly after 2:00pm on Saturday, Pictou County District RCMP responded to a report of an abandoned burned vehicle on MacLean Rd. in Greenhill. Responding officers located human remains inside the vehicle. The RCMP says the circumstances around the incident are considered suspicious. The investigation is now being led by the Northeast Nova Major Crime Unit, and supported by the Pictou County District RCMP, Southwest Nova Major Crime unit, RCMP Police Dog Services, RCMP Forensic Identification Services (FIS), the Office of the Fire Marshal and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service. Police say there is no evidence at this time to suggest there’s any risk to the public.
Atlantic Canadians braved the elements and showed up in droves to mark Remembrance Day at ceremonies across the region. New Glasgow’s Remembrance Day Service was held at Carmichael Park. In Halifax, a crowd formed in the rain at the downtown Grand Parade. Hundreds of people lined the streets at the National War Memorial in St. John’s, Newfoundland, bowing their heads as a cannon blast signalled the start of two minutes of silence to honour the country’s departed veterans. Remembrance Day events were also held in Charlottetown, in front of Province House, and in Fredericton, at the downtown cenotaph.
Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives say if they are re-elected to govern on November 26th, they will impose a cap on electricity rate increases. Party leader Tim Houston confirmed that if Nova Scotia Power is given approval for a rate increase, a Tory government would calculate the average of rate hikes across the country and then order the utility not to exceed that number.
Liberal Leader Zach Churchill has highlighted several measures contained in their party platform — aimed at improving women’s health. Churchill promised the Liberals would create a minister of women’s health to ensure that a “gender lens” is applied to the delivery of health care — if elected.
N-D-P Leader Claudia Chender has promised to boost provincial equalization payments to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and says her party would double the municipal finance grant to 30-million-dollars in their first year of government.
As Nova Scotia politicians make their fall election promises, a New Glasgow woman is urging them to commit to helping people on income assistance stay cool during heat waves. Julie Leggett recently won an appeal board decision granting her a 450-dollar reimbursement for an air conditioner, and she’s hoping the victory will become a wider policy in the Department of Community Services. The 44-year-old bought the air conditioner with a loan from a friend this summer because she couldn’t face another stretch of weeks during which the heat increased her chronic pain and added complications to her multiple sclerosis. However, the Department of Community Services refused to pay for the unit, leading her to take her case to the Assistance Appeal Board.
On the campaign trail today, the Liberals are expected to be in Sydney to announce their plans for what they say is a better deal for the Cape Breton region.
P-C Leader Tim Houston is scheduled to make a small business tax announcement in Halifax.
NDP Leader Claudia Chender will make a housing announcement in Dartmouth.
The province heads to the polls on November 26th.
