An update from New Glasgow Regional Police as they continue to ask for the public’s help in locating 73-year-old Adair Townsend.  Adair had last ben seen on Monday at approximately 12:00 p.m. on Brookside Avenue in New Glasgow.  Police continue to follow up on several leads to try and locate Adair Townsend. According to witnesses she was now last seen near the Mount William Road area off Highway 106 on Monday between 3:30pm to 6:00pm and was also seen near the Trenton Park at 8:30pm. Police are asking for residents in this area to check backyards and sheds and check for video.  Adair Townsend also has a medical condition of a mild case of Alzheimer’s and takes regular walks on her own.  She is described as 5 foot 2 inches tall, 110 pounds with gray medium length hair.  She was wearing a gray/blue coat, black Doc Martin boots and glasses.  Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Adair Townsend is asked to contact New Glasgow Regional Police or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers.

 

 

M-Ps are expected to vote today on a Conservative motion that calls on the prime minister to defend his carbon pricing policy in a televised “emergency meeting” with the country’s premiers.  The motion tabled Tuesday demands that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sit down with provincial and territorial leaders within five weeks.  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he believes Trudeau is “too scared” to hold the televised meeting because he knows the Liberal government is losing the carbon pricing debate.  Trudeau has said that the leaders complaining about the federal carbon pricing program haven’t presented alternatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

 

 

Brian Comer, the provincial Minister of Addictions and Mental Health, is in Stellarton today for an announcement.  He will be announcing new Integrated Youth Services sites.  The Minister will be joined by representatives from IWK Health, the IWK Foundation, other funding partners, community organizations, and youth and caregivers.

 

 

As part of the Province’s plan to grow the skilled trades workforce, a new bursary will support 320 students starting training in Nova Scotia Community College construction programs in September.

Students with financial need can apply for the $5,000 Growing Nova Scotia’s Skilled Trades Workforce Bursary to help pay for tuition and living costs while training in high-demand construction trades programs at NSCC campuses across the province.  Applications are open until July 18th, and NSCC students can apply through the college awards portal.