The price of gas went down slightly, overnight.
Gas dropped by seven tenths of a cent and now goes for a minimum of $125.8 cents a litre in Cape Breton.
Meanwhile, diesel went up by seven tenths of a cent and now costs a minimum of $1.24.2 on the Island.
Analysts are predicting another drop in the price of gas, this week.
A dip of a between 1 and 2 cents a litre is being forecast.
Meanwhile, the price of gas in New Brunswick went down by 2.2 cents a litre, last night.
Diesel there fell slightly by nine tenths of a cent.
The minimum price for a litre of regular gas in Cape Breton is now $1.26.5.
Diesel now costs a minimum of $1.23.5 cents a litre on the Island.
A 23-year-old Sydney man who pleaded guilty to two arson fires in Sydney is due back in court today for a sentencing hearing.
Kristopher Michael John Clark entered guilty pleas in March to fires that happened in October at a software and propane company.
A third count of arson was withdrawn.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of careless storage of a weapon.
He’s been released on conditions.
RCMP say part of Highway 4 in Sydney Forks is closed as they investigate what’s become a fatal two-vehicle crash.
Traffic heading out of Sydney is being detoured through Coxheath to Blackett’s Lake Road by Exit 5a on the 125 Sydney Bypass.
Traffic coming to Sydney is being detoured at Blackett’s Lake to Coxheath Road.
Police say they got called to the intersection of Highway 4 and Blackett’s Lake Road in Sydney Forks, shortly after 4:00 on Monday afternoon.
They say a car and pickup truck collided at the intersection.
Police say the 76 year-old driver of the car was airlifted to Halifax hospital where he died from serious injuries, yesterday morning.
A 67-year-old man who was a passenger in the car suffered what police describe a non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck was not hurt.
Regional Police say the driver of the car that hit and killed a 17-year-old North Sydney boy was not impaired.
Joneil Hanna died after he was hit by a car while walking along Highway 223 in Leitches Creek, early Sunday morning.
Police say they continue to investigate and are waiting for results of an analysis of the car.
Police also say they were called twice about a party with young people at a home on the Leitches Creek Highway between 1:00 and 3:00 on Sunday morning.
Police say they did not go on to the property but made regular patrols of the area throughout the night.
They say officers also monitored people leaving the party to make sure drivers were sober.