The RCMP said Tuesday that it continues to investigate the disappearance of 6-year old Lilly Sullivan and 4-year old Jack Sullivan.  They were reported missing from their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station on May 2nd.  An intense, multi-agency search was scaled back on May 7th.  Staff Sergeant Curtis MacKinnon of Pictou County District RCMP says they are exploring all avenues in the missing persons investigation, and to this point, more than 180 tips have been received from the public and are being followed-up.  Officers have so far identified 35 people for formal interviews as part of the investigation, including community members and those closest to the children. The RCMP says that on May 8 and 9, its Underwater Recovery Team scoured bodies of water around Lansdowne Station and did not uncover any evidence.  Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lilly and Jack is asked to contact Pictou County District RCMP or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers.

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A new federal cabinet was sworn-in Tuesday and includes two Nova Scotia MPs.  Central Nova MP Sean Fraser is back in cabinet as the new Minister of Justice and Attorney General.  He’s also the Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.  Lena Metlege Diab, the MP for Halifax West, was named Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.  Kings-Hants MP Kody Blois, who was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development by Prime Minister Carney in March, is not a member of this cabinet.

 

 

Security experts say the data breach against Nova Scotia Power and the theft of customer data has all of the usual hallmarks of an extortion attempt by cybercriminals.  The utility announced near the end of April that customers’ personal information was compromised by an unauthorized third party after an intrusion.  Nova Scotia Power has refused to say whether it has been the victim of a ransomware attack.

 

 

Nova Scotia’s provincial parks start opening for the season this coming long weekend.  Seven of the province’s 20 camping parks and all of the day-use parks will open on Friday — and the rest of the camping parks will open by June 6th.  Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton says more than a million people visited provincial parks last year.  The minister is reminding campers that alcohol and cannabis are not permitted at any day-use parks.