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CTV News
08-07-2025
- CTV News
N.S. RCMP searching for 3 men after alleged assault outside restaurant
Police have released this photo of three suspects following an alleged assault in New Minas, N.S., on May 29, 2025. (RCMP) The Nova Scotia RCMP has released a photo of three suspects following an alleged assault in New Minas two months ago. Police say a man was assaulted by three men he did not know outside a restaurant on Commercial Street around 9:30 p.m. on May 29. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital by EHS. Police searched the area but did not find the suspects, who are described as being in their 20s. One man was wearing shorts with a floral pattern, a green shirt, and a ballcap. Another is described as being about five-foot-six with a shaved head. He was last seen wearing a white shirt and gray sweatpants. The third man was wearing a blue shirt and light-coloured shorts. The RCMP is asking anyone with information about the incident, or the men's identities, to call them at 902-679-5555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The investigation is ongoing. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CBC
23-06-2025
- General
- CBC
Valley firefighters urge caution after charging e-bike leads to house fire
An Annapolis Valley fire department is urging the public to leave firefighting to the professionals after an electric bike caught fire in a White Rock, N.S., basement and two people suffered smoke inhalation trying to remove the bike and get the fire under control themselves. "Our advice during a fire is to get out immediately, call 911 and stay out," Greenwich Fire Department Chief Jason Ripley said in a release Sunday night. According to the release, fire crews responded to the incident on Deep Hollow Road in the community near New Minas at around 5 p.m. Sunday. The fire department said an unattended e-bike was charging in the basement when one of the occupants of the home heard the battery exploding and rushed downstairs to drag the bike out of the building. The occupants told the Greenwich department they initially had difficulty calling for help because of poor cellphone reception in the area. When crews finally arrived, the fire that had spread into the basement ceiling had already been mostly extinguished, but a man and woman had to be transported to hospital after inhaling smoke while trying to put it out. "While the actions of the homeowners no doubt prevented further damage, firefighters do not recommend attempting to remove burning items from their homes," the release said. The department said people who have devices like electric bikes and scooters with lithium-ion batteries should be present when they're plugged in and charge them outside the home and away from combustible materials. Fire damage was limited to the basement, but the remainder of the home sustained smoke damage, the release said.
CBC
23-05-2025
- General
- CBC
This town smells terrible. Can it be fixed?
Residents in New Minas and Kentville say they are fed up with the recurring pungent odours from the nearby sewage treatment plant. And they want the Municipality of the County of Kings to come up with a solution. The CBC's Meig Campbell reports.
CBC
23-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
'It's nauseating': Residents in Kentville, New Minas raising big stink about recurring sewage plant odour
Social Sharing Spring is in the air and so is a familiar stench in New Minas and Kentville. Some residents in the neighbouring Annapolis Valley communities are fed up with the recurring pungent odours from the regional sewage treatment plant in New Minas and say it's time for the Municipality of the County of Kings to come up with a solution once and for all. "It's nauseating, it's overwhelming. I'm sure it's not good for our physical health. And it's been going on for too long," said Sue Smiley, an avid cyclist whose outings frequently take her past the plant, which sits adjacent to the Harvest Moon Trail that connects several Valley communities. The regional treatment plant in New Minas is the municipality's largest, and services Kentville, New Minas, Coldbrook, Greenwich and several private industries. The smell comes and goes, residents say, but when it arrives, it makes outdoor activities unbearable. It is particularly troublesome in hot, humid weather. Dawn Noakes of New Minas, who owns a dog grooming business in Kentville, said she started smelling the odour about a year after she moved to the area. "In 2018, we noticed an outhouse type of odour. It went on for a few days and we didn't think much about it, but then it went on for a month," said Noakes. Seven years later, the smell persists. "We've settled in this subdivision and we love it there. Our neighbours are great. The properties are lovely. I love where I live, but I can't enjoy where I live," said Noakes, who created a Facebook group where residents have taken their complaints about the situation. Kristin Lohnes, a student at the Nova Scotia Community College in Kentville, is a member of the Facebook group. She describes the odour as being similar to rotting food. "It can get to a point where it's making people physically sick, myself included. We get headaches and nausea and it's not a good scene. And where I myself have asthma, it's been rough," said Lohnes. In a statement to CBC News, chief administrative officer Scott Conrad said the municipality is working with "outside experts" to determine the cause of the odour and resolve it as quickly as possible. The municipality has identified a problem that "appears to be a lack of oxygen in the first of five lagoons wastewater cycles through during the treatment process," the statement said. "The community is understandably asking for prompt action and long-term improvements, and the Municipality is determined to deliver." But Kentville resident Robyn Joys questioned whether the system is equipped to handle a slew of new housing developments. "They don't have the infrastructure in order to upkeep all the 200 more or so toilets that are flushing and they should have never been approved before they addressed the sewage system," said Joys. The municipality's website details a number of upgrades to the treatment plant amounting to $9 million in improvements since 2017. It's not enough for Noakes. "It's the same rhetoric. It's like this is what the problem is and this is what we've done, but we haven't resolved the problem yet," she said. The municipality posted another update after a recent council meeting. It said it is working with "engineering firms with experience in wastewater treatment" to get the odour at the plant "under control," and outlined short- and long-term solutions. But residents like Joys are still waiting for results. "It's been too many years where we've had this issue.… And I'm very tired of excuses and I just would like to stop smelling the stink," she said.
