Wanted Halifax man arrested on south shore

A 51 year old Halifax man is in custody on the south shore on a number of charges after a complaint called into the Mounties about an impaired driver.

RCMP pulled the car over on Highway 103 in the Bridgewater area and discovered the driver gave them a false name. Turns out he was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a parole violation. So they arrested him for that…and then discovered pills in his vehicle. So further charges are pending against Paul Michael Lucas of Halifax.

Changes needed to Access to Information law

Information and Privacy Commissioner Catherine Tully wants more power to get the government to comply with her orders to release information.

Tully says it should be up to the government to have to go to court to block the release of information and not on citizens to get it released.

Tully has provided 34 recommendations to modernize and strengthen access and privacy laws and allow for electronic disclosure..