Mayoral Debate, Tonight

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The two candidates for Regional Mayor will go head to head in a debate, tonight.
The Cape Breton Post and the CBC have teamed up with the Sydney and Area Chamber of Commerce to host the debate at Centre 200.

Some of the questions for incumbent Mayor Cecil Clarke and New Dawn Enterprises president Rankin MacSween will come from the crowd, during the event.
The debate will be held in the lower bowl of Centre 200 because organizers had to turn people away from the 2012 event when the main concourse was the venue.
The debate is due to get underway at 7:00 with the doors opening at 6:00.

In the 2012 municipal election, Clarke got 59 percent of the vote while MacSween picked up 38 percent in a five-person race.

Municipal and school board elections will be held on October 15^th.

Advanced voting takes place form Oct. 5-12.

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Gas and Diesel Down in New Brunswick

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

We don’t yet have gas price predictions, this week.

However, the price of gas in New Brunswick went down by 2.6 cents a litre, last night.

Diesel there fell by 1.1 cents.

The current minimum price for a litre of regular gas in Cape Breton is $107.5 cents.

Diesel now goes for a minimum of 95.3 cents a litre on the Island.

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Board To Revisit New Waterford Elementary Name

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board is reconsidering a decision to rename Greenfield Elementary, New Waterford Elementary.

The Board voted in favour of the name change because of the consolidation of all area elementary schools at Greenfield Elementary.

But people in the area say the name change hasn’t gone over well with some because it leaves out River Ryan and Scotchtown that are also served by Greenfield Elementary.

The Board will vote on a motion to change the name back to Greenfield Elementary at its meeting on October 24^th.

School board chair Lorne Green says the motion is the result of the reaction they got from the community.

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Corrections Centre Worker Arrested On Drug Charges

Written by Dave Desveaux. Posted in Local News

The provincial Justice Department says a staff member at the Cape Breton Correctional Centre has been arrested on drug charges.

Regional Police say the 46 year-old Sydney Mines woman was arrested at the facility at about 6 o’clock yesterday morning following a joint investigation with correctional officials.

The woman is charged with trafficking in marijuana and possession for the purpose of trafficking in marijuana and hashish.

She’s since been released from custody and is due in Sydney Provincial Court at a later date.

Police say their investigation continues, and the Justice Department says the woman will not be allowed at her workplace until the matter is resolved.

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Missing Man Found, Airlifted To Halifax Hospital

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

RCMP say a missing 54-year-old Ontario man has been found in woods near the Margaree Valley Bed & Breakfast where he was staying.

 

However, they add Mark Pawson has been airlifted to Halifax hospital in critical condition.

 

Police say they can’t release any more information about his condition because of privacy concerns.

 

They add he was spotted in woods by a Department of Natural Resources helicopter that was involved in the search for him.

 

RCMP had issued a public appeal for help in the search for Pawson who they say was last seen leaving a home he was visiting in Margaree Valley.

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