The Snowfall Warning is continued for Pictou County with 5 to 15cm more possible before it tapers off this afternoon. Winds gusting 40 to 6okh causing blowing snow and reduced visibilities.
Nova Scotia Power says its grid is back to normal after asking customers to conserve power over the weekend. The utility was asking people to scale back on running big appliances, like dishwashers and dryers, and to turn the thermostat down as much as possible to save power for heating. Nova Scotia Power says there were some localized issues on Sunday, but it was able to avoid system-wide rationing and rotating outages.
Ottawa is boosting the G-S-T rebate to counter the high cost of groceries. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the 25 per cent hike to the G-S-T credit is being branded as the “Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit,” and it’ll begin this year and last for five years. Carney says his government will also issue a one-time payment this year worth 50 per cent of the credit. He says the cost of essentials has been too high for too long and many Canadians are feeling daily financial pressure.
The Province is revamping the way its family doctor wait-list works and says it will connect patients to a health-care provider more quickly.
Health Minister Michelle Thompson says the old list was just a static collection of names that didn’t have much information about the patients or their health status.
Now when people join the list, health officials will speak with them about their needs, which the government says will provide better and faster care.
There are almost 66-thousand Nova Scotians on the wait-list, down from more than 160-thousand about 18 months ago.
Thanks to a new community partnership with the Glasgow Square Theatre and Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library, library patrons will have an opportunity to attend selected upcoming performances at the Glasgow Square Theatre, for free. Starting in February, they will be able to reserve a Moments for Everyone Arts Pass at the library, for several upcoming performances at the Glasgow Square Theatre in downtown New Glasgow. In December, the Glasgow Square Theatre approached the Regional Library with the idea, as an initiative of the theatre to give back to the community.
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