(NS-New-Riding)
The Nova Scotia government is creating a new electoral riding in Cape Breton.
Justice Minister Scott Armstrong says the current riding of Inverness will be split in two to create a new seat called Cheticamp-Magarees-Pleasant Bay.
The riding will be the smallest in the province with about 39-hundred voters and will also increase the head count in the provincial legislature to 56.
It will also become the fourth protected seat in Nova Scotia that recognizes a traditional Acadian community.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Sask-Moe-India)
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is joining Prime Minister Mark Carney on his trip to India this week.
The four-day trip started today and will include stops in Mumbai and New Delhi with a focus on expanding trade and investment.
The trip will also focus on supporting talent and education partnerships and reinforcing long-term economic ties between New Brunswick and India.
Holt will take part in meetings with business leaders and government officials in India, where she’s expected to highlight her province’s strengths in technology, advanced manufacturing, forestry and education partnerships.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Spending-Cuts)
Book publishers in Nova Scotia say they’re being slammed by provincial government cuts to the arts and culture sector.
This after the Progressive Conservative government tabled its new budget this week that cuts more than 130-million-dollars in government grants, including the 700-thousand-dollar publishers assistance program.
Nimbus Publishing co-owner Terrilee Bulger says her Halifax-based company has already lost about 80 per cent of its American sales due to library cuts and general market uncertainty.
Bulger says the elimination of the program will mean that fewer Nova Scotian books are printed.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Mass-Casulty)
The Nova Scotia government is cutting funds from mental health programs aimed at dealing with fallout from a mass shooting in 2020 that claimed the lives of 22 victims.
The cuts are part of a 130-million-dollar reduction in government grants to non-profit and community groups that were in a provincial budget tabled Monday.
Premier Tim Houston’s government is cutting a total of 110-thousand dollars from two mass shooting-related programs, including trauma-informed care.
Both programs stem from recommendations drafted by the public inquiry that investigated the 2020 shootings.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Weather-Watcher)
A Newfoundland and Labrador resident who’s been keeping people informed about snowfall in the province says he never imagined the media would be interested in an “old guy with a ruler.”
Lloyd Leaman has been measuring snowfall in his backyard in Paradise and posting the results to social media since January of 2024.
Environment Canada meteorlogists regularly cite the 62-year-old retiree from eastern Newfoundland’s careful measurements.
Leaman says storm watching it in his blood as a resident of a province known for rainstorms, hurricanes and blizzards.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Film-Screening)
A movie buff in Halifax says his monthly movie screenings sell out on a regular basis because people are hungry for more physical media.
Ian Matheson runs Propeller Arcade out of a former indepdent cinema that’s just steps from the Halifax Citadel.
The 37-year-old says he’s happy to offer up a chance for film lovers to unite, with fans of the movie nights saying they trust Matheson’s taste and judgement.
At a recent screening of the 1986 sci-fi horror classic “Aliens,” Matheson sourced an original 35 millimetre film reel.
(The Canadian Press)
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