Pictou County News, April 26th 2024
Gasoline prices rose overnight in Nova Scotia, while diesel prices dropped. Gasoline prices increased by 2.3 cents per litre, leaving the minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline at 188.5 cents per litre locally. Diesel prices decreased by 4.9 cents per litre, putting the minimum pump price for diesel at 18...
Apr 26, 2024
Pictou County News, April 25th 2024
A funeral has been held a 16-year-old Halifax boy who police say was the victim of a homicide earlier this week. The service was held yesterday at a Mosque in suburban Bedford, followed by a burial at a Muslim cemetery in nearby Hammonds Plains. The injured boy was found Monday next to the Halifax Shopping Centre aro...
Apr 25, 2024
Pictou County News, April 24th 2024
A PEI woman has died after a crash on Highway 104 near Amherst on Monday afternoon. The head-on collision between an SUV and pickup truck happened just before 12:30pm. The driver and sole occupant of the SUV, a 61-year-old PEI woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, a 59-year-old Stellarton...
Apr 24, 2024
Pictou County News, April 23rd 2024
Pictou County Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit has charged three people with drug and weapon offences after executing a search warrant at a home in Three Brooks. During the search last Wednesday, police arrested a man and two women, and then located and seized methamphetamine, hydromorphone, cocaine, psilocybi...
Apr 23, 2024
Pictou County News, April 22nd 2024
Voters in the Pictou West riding will be heading to the polls in a byelection next month to fill the seat left vacant by the retiring Speaker of the House. Premier Tim Houston issued a statement Sunday saying the byelection will be held on May 21st. Progressive Conservative Karla MacFarlane, Nova Scotia's first femal...
Apr 22, 2024
Pictou County News, April 19th 2024
Gasoline prices took a big jump up overnight in Nova Scotia, while diesel prices dropped. Gasoline prices increased by 9.8 cents per litre, leaving the minimum pump price for regular self-serve gasoline at 186.1 cents per litre in the local area. Diesel prices decreased by 3.0 cents per litre, putting the minimum pump...
Apr 19, 2024
Pictou County News, April 18th 2024
Pictou County RCMP say two men face charges in connection with a home invasion in Durham. Police say they responded on April 9th to a report that two men had forced their way into a home and had assaulted its three occupants - a 62-year-old man, a 30-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman. Police say some vehicles that...
Apr 18, 2024
Pictou County News, April 17th 2024
The Liberal government says it met all of its fiscal goals in Tuesday's federal budget, including keeping the 40-billion-dollar deficit from rising, even as it introduced tens of billions of dollars in new spending. The Budget features 535-billion-dollars in spending and a 39.8-billion-dollar deficit. Conservative Le...
Apr 17, 2024