A man is dead after the lawn tractor he was driving was hit by a car on a road in Debert, N.S.

The RCMP&nbsp;say the collision happened around 5 p.m. Sunday on Masstown Road.

A 64-year-old man from Debert&nbsp;was crossing the road when he was struck by a&nbsp;Chevrolet Cruze that was travelling on the road.

He was&nbsp;pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver&nbsp;and lone occupant of the sedan, a 60-year-old Debert woman, was uninjured.

Housing developers say they can't keep up with population growth in N.S. without big changes

The Nova Scotia government wants to double the province's population to two million by 2060. But housing sector professionals say the industry isn't building nearly enough to house the increased population.

Protected sidewalks around a development on Spring Garden Road were supposed to be in place in 2021, but cannot be installed until subgrade work on the road is complete.

Construction 

There is a huge demand for housing in Nova Scotia, yet construction starts on new homes declined in 2022 compared to the year before.

How did Lee compare to previous storms?

CBC Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon looks back to see how Lee stacks up to the many previous storms that have tracked through the Maritimes.

Satellite image as Post-Tropical Storm Lee nears landfall on Saturday September 18th

Post Tropical Lee - Sept 18th

Satellite image as post-tropical storm Lee nears its landfall at Long Island, N.S., on Saturday.

Nova Scotia schools remove The Hate U Give from curriculums due to profanity

Nova Scotia’s Department of Education says it has dropped the American young adult novel, The Hate U Give, from its Grade 12 curriculums after a handful of complaints about profanity.

Three Black students, two young women and one young man, sit in a recording booth at CBC. 

Students Damini Awoyiga, left, Elo Ag-bada and Jayreece Whiley spoke with CBC Radio's Information Morning about the removal of The Hate U Give from Nova Scotia's Grade 8 curriculum.

Damini Awoyiga, Elo Ag-bada and Jayreece Whiley

From left, students Damini Awoyiga, Elo Ag-bada and Jayreece Whiley spoke with CBC Radio's Information Morning about the removal of The Hate U Give from Nova Scotia's Grade 8 curriculum.

Nova Scotia biologist adapting COVID-19 technology to detect oyster disease

A biologist at Cape Breton University is hoping a piece of technology used to keep people safe in the pandemic can help protect Nova Scotia's oysters against the effects of warming waters.

Beresford says a rapid test to detect parasites could help processors such as Potlotek First Nation get their product from the Bras d'Or Lake to market much quicker.

oysters

Biologist Rod Beresford says a rapid test to detect parasites could help oyster processing facilities like the one owned by Potlotek First Nation get their product from the Bras d'Or Lake to market much quicker.

Cleanup from Lee continues as thousands remain without power in Nova Scotia

Cleanup work continues after post-tropical storm Lee blew through the region, with tens of thousands of residents still without power in Nova Scotia.

A power worker stands in a bucket on a truck surrounded by trees. There are fallen trees and a pylon in the foreground.

Nova Scotia Power says 277,000 customers were affected by outages throughout the storm.

Nova Scotia Power Lee

Masstown Road in Debert, N.S., was closed for several hours due to the police investigation.

Man, 64, dead after lawn tractor hit by car in Debert

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