Prime Minister Mark Carney says getting the best deal with the United States is more important than Donald Trump’s August 1st deadline in trade talks.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says while he’d like to see a deal that eliminates tariffs altogether, “we’re not in that world right now” with Trump imposing levies on trade partners around the globe. Carney says a deal would be one “that preserves, reinforces and stabilizes” the trade relationship between Canada and the U-S, and doesn’t tie Canada’s hands in terms of other things that we can do.
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This morning, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is to release the report from the investigation into the fire that happened aboard the M-V Holiday Island ferry in 2022.
About 230 people were evacuated from the ferry after a fire broke out in its engine room on July 22nd, 2022.
The 50-year-old vessel was later declared to be damaged beyond repair.
The safety board says it will also launch a national investigation into marine vessel fires.
The RCMP is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a gas station in Lower Truro.
Shortly after 12:30am Monday, police responded to a report of a robbery involving a utility knife. Investigators learned that a man entered the store wearing a mask and demanded money from the till and cigarettes while holding the weapon. The man placed the money into a garbage can then left the store and ran off. The employee did not report any injuries.
The man is believed to be between 5″8 and 5″10; and was wearing a green bucket hat, a long green coat that went to below the knees, black pants, black rubber boots, and a mask covering his face.
Nova Scotia’s police oversight agency has charged an R-C-M-P officer in Inverness County with sexual assault.
The Serious Incident Response Team said yesterday it has reasonable and probable grounds to believe Constable Manas Parray committed the offence, though the allegation has not been tested in court.
The police watchdog says it received a referral from the R-C-M-P in May after a woman alleged she was sexually assaulted by one of their officers.
Nova Scotia R-C-M-P chief superintendent and criminal operations officer Dan Morrow issued a statement Tuesday saying Parray is currently suspended with pay.
A public information session is being held from 6:30-8pm on Tuesday Aug 12 in the Glasgow Square auditorium in New Glasgow to give the public a chance to provide feedback regarding Eastlink’s proposal of a Telecommunication Tower.
Eastlink is proposing to build a forty-five metre self-support telecommunications tower on a portion of property located off Park Street in New Glasgow. The proposed tower will be located approximately two-hundred-ten metres from Park Street on an existing commercial property.
