Gas And Diesel Up
The price of gas went up by 2.3 cents a litre overnight and gas now goes for a minimum of a dollar a litre in Cape Breton.
Diesel went up by 1.9 cents a litre.
It now costs a minimum of $100.4 cents a litre on the Island.
The price of gas went up by 2.3 cents a litre overnight and gas now goes for a minimum of a dollar a litre in Cape Breton.
Diesel went up by 1.9 cents a litre.
It now costs a minimum of $100.4 cents a litre on the Island.
A dog that went missing after a fatal crash on the Trans Canada near Bucklaw earlier this month has been found and is home safe.
A member of the Baddeck and Area Cat Rescue says the three-year-old boxer named Tank was found yesterday.
A 31-year-old woman from North Sydney died in the crash.
A group that includes the Nova Scotia Lost Dog Network said they had been in contact with the woman’s husband and were trying to find her dog to bring it back home.
A North Sydney man charged after a fatal single-vehicle crash on the 125 Sydney Bypass will be going to trial.
27 year-old Adam Alexander Fraser had a preliminary hearing today and the case is due back in court on Monday to set a trial date.
Fraser faces eight charges, including impaired driving causing death and bodily harm, dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm and driving while prohibited.
29-year-old Billie Jean Blanchard from Glace Bay died in Halifax hospital five days after the crash.
Police say her four children suffered moderate to minor injuries in the crash that happened near Leitches Creek in September of last year.
Fraser continues his release on conditions.
The province is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 today.
Three of the new cases are in the Central Zone.
One is a close contact of an earlier reported case, one is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada and the other is under investigation.
There are also two new cases in the Western Zone and both are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada.
The other case is in the Northern Zone and is a close contact of an earlier reported case.
There are now 50 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.
No one in the province is currently in hospital with the virus.
Finance Minister Karen Casey says the province is forecasting a slightly smaller deficit than in July in today’s budget update.
The projected deficit for 2020-21 of $778.8 million.
That’s down from $833.9 million in July.
The government was forecasting a $55 million surplus in February before the pandemic hit.
The government says it’s increasing its authority to borrow by an extra billion dollars to respond to COVID-19 if required.