The RCMP Northeast Nova Major Crime Unit is seeking information in relation to two deaths that have been ruled as homicides in Colchester County. On December 19, Truro Police Service received word that a 27-year-old Truro man and a 25-year-old Pictou Landing First Nation man attended hospital with serious injuries consistent with stab wounds.
On December 21, police were called about a man in medical distress at a home in Upper Onslow, and the 25-year-old man died at the scene.
Then, on December 22, police responded to a man in medical distress at a home in Truro, and the 27-year-old man died at the scene.
The men were identified as the victims of the stabbings, and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service has ruled the deaths as homicides.
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Gasoline prices and diesel prices both decreased slightly overnight in Nova Scotia. Gasoline prices decreased by 0.7 (7-10ths) of a cent per litre. The minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline is now 155.3 cents per litre in the local area. Diesel prices went down by 0.6 (6-10ths) of a cent per litre, meaning the minimum pump price for diesel is 177.2 cents per litre locally.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly travelled to Florida Thursday to talk border security and trade with incoming U-S president Donald Trump.
This comes as Indian law enforcement agencies say they’re investigating alleged links between dozens of Canadian colleges and two “entities” in Mumbai accused of illegally ferrying international students through Canada to the U-S.
Trump has threatened to slap a 25 per cent tariff on both Canada and Mexico once he takes office over the flow of illegal migrants and illicit drugs from those countries into the U-S.
Nova Scotia’s Premier is on board with the federal government’s Team Canada approach to the tariff threat from U-S president-elect Donald Trump. Tim Houston says it’s because of the vital trade relationship his province has with its southern neighbour. He says Nova Scotia wants to be part of a positive resolution because it exports a range of items from seafood and agricultural products to lumber and tires. Nova Scotia government statistics show the province’s exports to the U-S accounted for nearly 70 per cent of all exports between January and September of 2024.
Canada’s top doctor has her eye on H-5-N-1 bird flu for the new year. It’s an emerging virus carried by wild birds that had its first human case in Canada this year and has been on the rise globally. At the same time, Dr. Theresa Tam is closely monitoring measles– a virus that was eliminated in this country more than two decades ago– but is making an accelerated resurgence. There have been close to 170 measles cases in Canada in 2024, compared to 59 cases last year.
Sports note,
Carter George made 31 saves as Canada defeated Finland 4-0 in the opening game for both teams at the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa. Canada’s next game is tonight against Latvia.
