Man Accused Of Pointing Gun At People In Port Hood

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

RCMP say a 48 year-old man is facing weapons charges after being accused of pointing a gun at people in Port Hood yesterday evening.

They say they got a call just before 6:30 after a woman says the man pointed a gun at her and her family while they were in their vehicle.

Police say they surrounded the man’s home and arrested him after he tried to flee in a vehicle.

The man’s name has not been released.

Police say their investigation continues.

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Crown Prosecutors On Strike

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Provincial Crown prosecutors in Cape Breton are on strike today.

They’re holding a protest outside the office of Sydney-Whitney Pier MLA Derek Mombourquette on Victoria Road.

They’re also planning a march down Charlotte Street in Sydney at noon.

The Crown attorney’s association says it’s done its best to cover serious and significant cases already before the courts, such as murders and sexual assaults.

But it also says there are hundreds of more files that likely will not be dealt with.

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Weather Forces Changes To Marine Atlantic Schedule

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Marine Atlantic is changing it schedule because of weather conditions.

The Crown Corporation says this morning’s crossing from North Sydney is leaving 45 minutes earlier.

Meanwhile, crossings from North Sydney and Port aux Basques tonight have been postponed until tomorrow morning.

There’s a gale warning in effect for the Cabot Strait with seas forecast to build to between 3 and 5 metres, this evening.

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Marine Atlantic Warns Tomorrow’s Crossings Could Be Affected By The Weather

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Marine Atlantic says all of tomorrow’s crossings from North Sydney and Port aux Basques could be affected by the weather.

There’s a gale warning in effect for the Cabot Strait.

Seas are forecast to build to between 3 and 5 metres by tomorrow evening.

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Liberals Hold On To Cape Breton Seats

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Cape Breton is still Liberal red this morning after a minority win for the party in the federal election.

Mike Kelloway holds on to Cape Breton-Canso for the Liberals after defeating the Conservatives’ Alfie MacLeod by more than 16-hundred votes.

Jaime Battiste is the new Liberal MP for Sydney-Victoria.

Battiste will be the first Mi’kmaq Member of Parliament and first indigenous MP from Nova Scotia.

He took Sydney-Victoria with more than 13-hundred votes than Conservative challenger Eddie Orrell.

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