A member of the Nova Scotia legislature says he’s being blackmailed by criminals who hacked into his email this week.
Rick Burns says hackers have accessed files on his devices and have released personal images of him and his wife after he refused to provide the requested payment.
A former I-T worker and the M-L-A for Hammonds Plains-Lucasville since 2024, Burns says it’s a gross violation of the couple’s privacy and law enforcement is investigating.
Premier Tim Houston says targeting people in public life with extortion is unacceptable.
Police say two youths — one in Nova Scotia and one from Manitoba — were allegedly planning simultaneous attacks at their local schools. Police in Bridgewater say they received information on Friday from Interpol and the F-B-I that a 15-year-old from the town and a Manitoba youth were talking online about attacking students at two schools. They say the attack was not believed to be imminent, but that some thought and planning went into the idea. Officers searched a Bridgewater home and found handwritten plans, imitation weapons, a roughly made imitation pipe bomb and an assault rifle, as well as clothing with hate symbols. The youth was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, uttering threats, and police say they are investigating whether charges relating to hate crimes and other offences can be laid.
The Bank of Canada has held its key interest rate steady on Wednesday at 2.25 per cent for the third time in a row.
Governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank is in a dilemma with U-S trade uncertainty keeping the economy soft, but the Iran war sending global oil prices higher.
He says the energy price surge will almost certainly push inflation higher in the coming months.
The central bank will update its forecasts for inflation and the economy at its next interest rate decision set for April 29th.
In sports,
The Crushers host the Truro Bearcats tonight in a must-win Game #4 of their first round Maritime Junior Hockey League playoff series. The Bearcats lead the best-of-7 series 3-0, so the Crushers need to win to extend their season.
