Pictou County District RCMP announced the official start of construction of Pictou County’s new RCMP detachment at a groundbreaking ceremony last week. Elder Linda Francis and Drew Francis, Pictou Landing First Nation; Robert Parker, Warden of Municipality of Pictou County; and Jim Ryan, Mayor of the Town of Pictou, all  participated in the ceremony.    The detachment will be located at 20 Heritage Ave. in Stellarton.  Construction is expected to be complete in 2026.

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The latest budget update from the provincial government is forecasting a deficit of 247.5 million dollars this fiscal year.  That’s a 219.9 million dollar improvement from the 467.4 million deficit predicted in last February’s budget.  Finance Minister John Lohr says the uptick is due to increases in provincial tax revenue of 642 million dollars.  However, he says the revenue growth is offset by an increase in spending in health care and for support programs to address the cost of living.

 

 

Ottawa police say 10 people are in hospital after a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning case.  Police say the fire department and paramedics were called to a home where a car was running in the garage with the garage door closed.  Six adults and four children were treated and taken to hospital for potential carbon monoxide exposure, with one adult listed as in critical condition.  Police say the family was new to Canada and didn’t know the door needed to be open when warming up the car.

 

 

Today is the final sailing day of the season for Northumberland Ferries and its service between Caribou and Wood Islands.  There will be three crossings on this final sailing day.  The schedule will see sailings go from Wood Islands at 7:00am and 10:00am, and from Caribou at 8:30am.