New Glasgow Regional Police have laid charges against a man in connection with a hate-motivated crime that occurred earlier this year in New Glasgow.  On July 5, Police responded to a report of a truck parked in the lot of a local grocery store on Westville Road, displaying two large Anti-Semitic signs on its tailgate. The signs included derogatory language and an offensive caricature targeting individuals based on religion.  As a result of the investigation, a 59-year old man from Pictou Landing has been arrested and charged with Wilful Promotion of Hatred.

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Financial support is being offered to residents of Kings County who have been forced to evacuate their homes because of the wildfire near Lake George.

Officials say more than 350 properties have been evacuated in the area near Aylesford in the Annapolis Valley.

The province is offering 500 dollars per adult and 200 dollars per youth who have been displaced from their primary residence for between four and seven days – the funding will be available until the evacuation order is lifted or until the wildfire season is considered over on October 31st, whichever comes first.

As of yesterday, the Lake George blaze was about 2.9 square kilometres in size.

 

 

Canada-U-S Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says our countries are working toward reaching trade deals quickly on steel, aluminum and energy before dealing with other sectors.  LeBlanc says talks behind closed doors with U-S President Donald Trump, while part of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s delegation at the White House on Tuesday, were more detailed than in the past.  Trump lavished public praise on Carney and promised the P-M would walk away “very happy” from their working meetings — even as he sent aggressive signals on trade and joked about annexing Canada.  Carney didn’t address the media as he left the White House, but there was word he was to be a dinner guest of Vice President J-D Vance.

 

 

Nova Scotia is eliminating the five-year certification renewal requirement for journeypeople in most skilled trades effective immediately.  The tradespeople affected include occupations such as plumbers, construction electricians and boilermakers.  As well, experienced professionals in more than 70 occupations will pay less for their certification exam.  The government says the cost will drop from 644 dollars to 350 dollars, bringing Nova Scotia in line with other provinces.

 

 

In sports,

Aaron Judge hit a tying homer and drove in 4 runs as the New York Yankees staved off elimination by rallying from 5 runs down to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 in Game 3 of their A-L Division Series. The Jays lead the best-of-five series 2-1 with Game 4 today in the Bronx.