Drug Addiction Meeting Tonight in Glace Bay

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The second public meeting organized by a group concerned about drug addictions in the Regional Municipality will take place in Glace Bay, tonight.

More than 300 people came out for the first meeting organized by A Town That Cares in New Waterford, last month.

The group is also pushing for a mental health and addictions facility in the Regional Municipality and has started a petition on its Facebook page.

It says it plans to hold other public meetings in the municipality.

Among the speakers tonight will be board member and Sydney doctor Venkata Puppala.

Several speakers are expected to share personal stories about mental health and addictions.

The meeting is due to start at 7:00 at the Glace Bay Fire Hall.

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Last Day to Vote For Cabot Trail in an Online Survey

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

There’s just hours left to vote for the Cabot Trail in an online survey of the most scenic drives in Canada.

The survey can be found on USA Today’s 10best.com website and voting ends at 1:00, this afternoon.

The Cabot Trail had been in the lead in voting, last week but the leader board has since been taken down from the site.

People can submit one vote per day in the contest.

The top ten scenic routes out of 20 nominees will be announced on Friday.

Other nominees include New Brunswick’s Acadian Coastal Drive, the St. Lawrence Route in Quebec and the Alaska Highway that runs through BC and the Yukon.

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Sydney Mines Fire Leaves Three Homeless

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Three people are out of their home after a fire damaged a two-storey apartment complex on Huron Avenue in Sydney Mines yesterday.

Paul MacCormick from the Sydney Mines Fire Department told The Coast the fire began at around 11:00 yesterday morning and sustained “severe damage to an area of the second and third floor.”

MacCormick also said the fire department was at the scene for between two and three hours.

The Red Cross says volunteers arranged emergency housing and food and clothing for the three people.

They lived in two of the four apartments. The other complexes were vacant at the time of the blaze.

MacCormick says the provincial Fire Marshall is at the scene trying to determine the cause of the fire.

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Man Charged With Second Degree Murder Extradited From Venezuela

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

A man charged with a 2011 murder has been extradited back to Nova Scotia ahead of a court appearance tomorrow.

44-year-old Steven Douglas Skinner faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of Stacey Adams from Dartmouth.

Adams was found dead at a Lake Echo home in April 2011.

Skinner left the country the day after Adams’s death and eventually was found in Venezuela last year where he’s been in custody since.

Skinner also faces two counts assault with a weapon and uttering threats as well as aggravated assault, forcible confinement and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

RCMP say they’ve been working with Venezuelan authorities for the past year.

Adams’s family is thankful to Venezuela’s government for agreeing to extradite Skinner back to Nova Scotia.

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Gas and Diesel Down, Again

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The price of gas fell by more than predicted, overnight.

Gas dropped by 4.8 cents a litre and now goes for a minimum of $1.02.8 in Cape Breton.

Diesel went down by 2.3 cents and now costs a minimum of 94.8 cents a litre on the Island.

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