Howie Centre Man Charged After Fatal Accident

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

RCMP have released the name of the Cape Breton man charged after a fatal crash in the Halifax area community of Hubley yesterday.

28-year-old Corey Richard Patrick Blinkhorn from Howie Center is facing four counts of breaching court orders and single counts of Theft of a Motor Vehicle and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.

A 28 year-old man who’d been living in Halifax died in the crash yesterday morning and Blinkhorn was arrested near the scene.

Police said yesterday the man they arrested was being charged with impaired driving but they now say he’s not facing that charge.

This comes after police say witnesses came forward with new information last night.

Police are now trying to find out who was driving the vehicle.

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Province Warns Of Possible COVID-19 Exposure On Another Flight

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The provincial Health Authority has singled out another recent Halifax-bound flight as a high COVID-19 risk.

It says the flight out of Toronto landed in Halifax shortly after 11:00 on the night of June 26th.

Another flight earlier that day prompted another Health Authority advisory last week.

Anyone on the later flight could have been exposed, but the Health Authority says passengers in rows 29-33, seats A to C, are more likely to have been exposed.

Those people are being asked to call 811 for advice.

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NS Reports New COVID-19 Case

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Health officials say they found a new case of COVID-19 in the province yesterday.

They say the person is a truck driver who traveled outside the country as an essential worker.

There’s now a total of five confirmed active cases of the virus in the province.

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Charges Laid After Assault Reported In New Waterford

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Regional Police say a 50 year-old man has been arrested after an assault and possible weapons threat in New Waterford overnight.

Police say they got a call at about 4:00 this morning to the area near Hudson Street and Ellsworth Avenue where a man is thought to have assaulted a woman and then drove away.

The woman was brought to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say their investigation led them to a property on Smith St. where a man was found outside of his vehicle and refused to obey officers’ commands.

They say the man claimed to have a weapon and went into the home.

The man was arrested at about 5:30 this morning and police say charges are pending.

They say their investigation continues.

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CB Man Charged After Fatal Crash

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

RCMP say a Cape Breton man has been arrested after a fatal single-vehicle crash in the Halifax area this morning.

They say they got a call shortly after 5:00 this morning about a crash on Highway 3 in Hubley.

They say a 28 year-old man who’d been living in Halifax was found dead in the vehicle and a 28 year-old man from Cape Breton was found nearby and brought to hospital.

The man, who hasn’t been named, is facing a number of charges, including Impaired Driving Causing Death and Theft of a Motor Vehicle and police say more charges are expected.

RCMP say they’ve learned there may have been three other passengers in the vehicle and they also have information suggesting two women were on the scene but left before officers arrived.

Police are asking all of those people to come forward.

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