Pictou County News, May 9th 2024
Some Nova Scotia disability advocates say they can't trust the government's word because the province continues to admit people with disabilities to institutional environments that are slated for closure. The province agreed to act on recommendations released last year that say the province should end new admissions b...
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Pictou County News, May 8th 2024
Nova Scotia's auditor general is questioning the government's commitment to implement her office's recommendations from performance audits done in 2019, 2020 and 2021. In a new report, Kim Adair says the government has implemented just 60 per cent, a score she says is "unsatisfactory." Adair is particularly...
May 08, 2024
Pictou County News, May 7th 2024
A head-on crash has claimed the life of a 70-year-old woman. The R-C-M-P in Antigonish County say that around 3 p-m on Sunday, a vehicle was travelling north on Highway 7 near Lochaber when there was a collision with an SUV. The lone passenger in the SUV, a woman from Bickerton West, was pronounced dead at the scene....
May 07, 2024
Pictou County News, May 6th 2024
Statistics Canada will be releasing its labour force survey for April this week. It comes after more people looking for work sent the country's unemployment rate in March to its highest level in nearly two years. The agency said the unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 per cent in March, up from 5.8 per cent in February. Th...
May 06, 2024
Pictou County News, May 3rd 2024
Gasoline prices and diesel prices decreased overnight in Nova Scotia. Gasoline prices decreased by 3.3 cents per litre, leaving the minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline at 185.2 cents per litre in the local area. Diesel prices decreased by 3.1 cents per litre, putting the minimum pump price for diesel a...
May 03, 2024
Pictou County News, May 2nd 2024
An independent committee has released its first report on the response to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, but there's no assessment of the progress made to date. The report includes a thorough accounting of the actions taken by the federal and Nova Scotia governments and the Mounties, but chair...
May 02, 2024
Pictou County News, May 1st 2024
An update is expected today from the committee overseeing how governments and the R-C-M-P are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. Shortly after the 16-member group met for the first time last September, chairwoman Linda Lee Oland said the group can't force the Mounties and government o...
May 01, 2024
Pictou County News, April 30th 2024
The three major political parties have named their candidates for the upcoming byelection in Pictou West. The N-D-P will be represented by Melinda MacKenzie and the Liberals have named Mary Wooldridge-Elliot as their candidate. The Progressive Conservatives will be represented by Marco MacLeod. The byelection will b...
Apr 30, 2024