On Tuesday night, the RCMP Emergency Response Team and Police Dog Services assisted New Glasgow Regional Police in responding to a sighting in New Glasgow of a Hants County man wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant – 47-year old Andrew Scott Barker.  Barker is wanted and charged with Unlawful Confinement; Assault; Assault with a Weapon; Administer or Cause Drugs to be Taken; Uttering Threats; Robbery; and Theft of Motor Vehicle.  In responding to the reported sighting of Barker, police contained and closed to vehicle and pedestrians an area that included Chisholm Street, Nelson Street, MacDonald Street and Pioneer Trail.  Police asked residents in the area to stay in their home and shelter-in-place.  That shelter-in-place order in New Glasgow was lifted shortly before midnight and the investigation by New Glasgow regional Police and the RCMP continues.  Officers have located and seized a red Fiat that they believe Barker had been travelling in.

Barker is described as 5-foot-11 and 170 lbs with green eyes, short brown hair and a beard.

Barker may be armed, and anyone with information on the whereabouts of Andrew Scott Barker is asked to refrain from approaching him and to call 911, Police or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers.

 

 

RCMP say that the 48-year-old man who was reported missing from Linacy, Pictou County, on Monday has been located safe.

The RCMP thanks the public for assisting through social media shares and offering tips.

 

 

Earlier this month at a meeting of Trenton Town Council, it was announced that the Town of Trenton will be transitioning its policing services from the New Glasgow Regional Police to the RCMP.

 A Public Meeting is scheduled for tonight with members of the RCMP, Department of Justice and Town Council in attendance to answer any questions and/or concerns from residents. All residents can attend the public meeting which will be from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at Trenton Rink Annex.

 

 

Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation held steady at 1.7 per cent in May as cooling shelter costs helped tame price pressures.  It says shelter costs like rent and mortgages rose three per cent last month — marking a slowdown from 3.4 per cent in April.  Meanwhile, the removal of the consumer carbon price continues to drive down prices at the pump.  The cost of food from the grocery store rose 3.3 per cent annually in May.  Nova Scotia’s inflation rate held steady at 1.3 percent in May.

 

 

A reminder that Northumberland Ferries has cancelled some sailings today between Caribou and Wood Islands, PEI due to unusually low tides this week.   Northumberland Ferries says the 1:30pm crossing from Caribou and 3:15pm crossing from Wood Islands are cancelled again today.  Also, the 5:00pm from Caribou and 6:30pm from Wood Islands are cancelled today, Thursday and Friday.  The 6:30pm from Wood Islands is also cancelled on Saturday.

 

 

The Town of New Glasgow is advising that Dalhousie St. (Archimedes St. – James St.) will be closed to traffic today and Thursday from 8:00am to 5:00pm. The road will remain closed during the evening hours tonight.  The closure is necessary to install new watermain infrastructure.