Pictou County District RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 18-year-old Sonya ‘Skye’ Leah Hubley. She was last heard from on June 20.

Hubley is described as 5-foot-7, 150 lbs. She has dark brown hair and blue eyes with tattoos on wrist, forearm and shoulders. She was last seen wearing a long black top, denim jeans and a black backpack.

When someone goes missing, it has deep and far-reaching impacts for the person and those who know them. We ask that people spread the word through social media respectfully.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Skye Hubley is asked to contact Pictou County District RCMP at 902-755-4141. Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips app.

 

 

The number of people in the province without a doctor has made another steady increase.

The latest numbers posted on Nova Scotia’s need-a-family-practice registry show 160,234 people are on it as of June 1st.

In the month of May, 4,917 people were added to the registry while 3,058 came off of it, a difference of 1,859.

Colin Stevenson, the chief of system integration with Nova Scotia’s Department of Health and Wellness says “The actual growth of the registry is actually starting to level and flatten,” as in previous months the increase has been around 3000.

The amount of people all-time high and there was a net increase of just 10 family physicians in Nova Scotia last year.

A six-year analysis of more than 10,000 Canadian drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions suggests cannabis has edged out alcohol as the most common impairing substance detected through after-crash blood testing.

The National Drug Driving Study 2024, produced by the University of British Columbia, analyzed blood samples from drivers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador between 2018 and 2023.

They found 54 per cent of the injured drivers tested positive for at least one impairing substance, and among that group 16.6 per cent had cannabis in their blood stream while 16 per cent had alcohol. 

The study also found that Atlantic Canada led the country in the proportion of injured drivers more likely to have used weed.

 Of the 624 injured drivers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador who were tested during the study period, 26 per cent of drivers tested positive for cannabis while 22 per cent tested positive for alcohol. Overall, 70 per cent tested positive for drugs or alcohol, which was also higher than the national average.

 

 

Public Health officials are urging anyone who ate or drank at a Tim Hortons in Amherst, earlier this month to see a primary health-care provider if they develop symptoms consistent with those of a hepatitis A infection.

Nova Scotia’s health authority said it is investigating a single confirmed case of the virus in the area, and while the risk to the public is low, it issued a public warning Monday to customers who were at the Tim Hortons at 118 South Albion St. between May 30 and June 15.

A news release says symptoms of hepatitis A are generally mild, and include fever, loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal discomfort. The person’s urine can darken and their skin and eyes can yellow, after a few days.

They wouldn’t confirm whether the infected person is an employee of the Tim Hortons, as that is personal health information. 

 

 

The Florida Panthers have done it. Last night they defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in game 7 of the NHL Playoffs to take the Stanley cup for the first time in the teams 30-year history. 

The Oilers Connor McDavid won the MVP Conn Smythe trophy.