Man Rescued From Woods In Mira Area During Yesterday’s Storm

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Regional Police say a police K-9 unit found a man lost in the woods during yesterday’s snow storm.

 Police say they got a call from the 22 year-old shortly before 10:15 in the morning.

The man told them he was lost in woods near Ducker Lake, between Hills Road and Dutch Brook in the Mira area.

Police called in Cape Breton Ground Search and Rescue to help in the search.

The man’s cellphone battery died but police say he was found at around 2:15 in the afternoon.

Police say he was checked out by paramedics and was found to be okay.

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Many Cancellations With Winter Storm On The Way

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

There are a number of cancellations this morning as a winter storm heads to Cape Breton.

The Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education says school is cancelled for all students and employees, today.

Etoile de l’Acadie in Sydney and the Marconi Campus of the community college are also closed for the day.

The Cape Breton University campus is closed for morning and afternoon classes.

CBU says the status of evening classes will be announced by 4:00 this afternoon.

And, several flights to and from the McCurdy Sydney Airport are cancelled, this morning.

However, the province says there are no government office closures, today.

Meanwhile, Marine Atlantic is warning its schedule could again be disrupted by the weather with tonight’s crossings from North Sydney and Port aux Basques affected.

There are now gale and freezing spray warnings in effect for the Cabot Strait with wind gust of up to 120 km/hr this evening.

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Mark Eyking Not Re-offering

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

One of Cape Breton’s two, long-time Liberal MP’s won’t be running in the fall federal election.

Sydney-Victoria MP Mark Eyking says he’s decided not to re-offer.

Eyking has held the seat for 19 years.

He says the decision not to run again has not been easy for him.

But he also says it’s time to move on to the next chapter.

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Resumption Of Marine Atlantic Ferry Crossings Could Be Brief

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Marine Atlantic ferries are due to sail again today after being tied up since Friday because of high winds and rough seas.

But the Crown Corporation is warning the resumption of service could be short-lived.

It says it expects tomorrow night’s crossings will be affected by the weather.

There are now gale and freezing spray warnings in effect for the Cabot Strait with winds of up to 83 km/hr tomorrow evening.

More than 200 tractor trailer loads are waiting at the Marine Atlantic terminal in North Sydney for the next crossing that’s due to leave at 12:30, this afternoon.

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Health Committee Meets Again, This Afternoon

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The Legislature’s new standing committee on health meets for a third time, this afternoon.

The committee was formed after the government changed the rules of the public accounts committee so it would only hear subjects from reports by the auditor general.

The health committee has quickly become divided between Opposition and government members.

At the last meeting, both sides wrangled over what topics they’d deal with.

Members disagreed on how often the committee should meet at their first get-together.

Health Authority President and CEO Janet Knox is a witness at this afternoon’s meeting that gets underway at 1:00.

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