The Glace Bay Library is temporarily closed starting today as staff prepares to move to a new location.
The library is moving from Main Street to the former Pharmasave building on Commercial Street.
The new space is bigger than the current location.
It’s not known when the Library will reopen in its new home.
In the meantime, people are being encouraged to use the library branches in Dominion, Reserve Mines or New Waterford.
An arrest warrant will not be issued for a former nurse who didn’t show up in court yesterday.
48 year-old Valerie MacGillivray from Glace Bay was charged with forgery after the death of a man on the grounds of the Regional Hospital in Sydney last year.
Her lawyer was in court on her behalf today, when a four-day trial was set to begin on December 16th.
MacGillivray continues her release ahead of a pre-trial conference on October 9th.
42 year-old Tammy Carrigan-Warner from Sydney River has also been charged with forgery in the case and is due back in court on April 30th to set a trial date.
Both have been fired from their nursing jobs.
The 79 year-old man was a patient at the hospital and was found unconscious on the sidewalk outside the building in February of last year.
Police say documents on the man’s status at the hospital were forged.
The Regional Municipality says this year’s heavy garbage pickup will start on Monday, April 29th.
People are being asked to have their large, heavy or bulky household items placed at the curb no later than 6 o’clock in the morning on that day.
A number of items will not be picked up, including TV’s, computers, and other electronics included in the Electronics Recycling Program, as well as used vehicle tires, propane tanks and cylinders, insulation and construction and demolition material.
For more information, people can phone the Solid Waste Management Hotline at (902) 567-1337.
A former nurse charged after the death of a man on the grounds of the Regional Hospital in Sydney will have an arrest warrant issued for her if she doesn’t appear in court today.
48 year-old Valerie MacGillivray from Glace Bay was scheduled to have a trial date set yesterday on a charge of forgery.
However, she didn’t show up in court.
42 year-old Tammy Carrigan-Warner from Sydney River has also been charged with forgery in the case and is due back in court on April 30th to set a trial date.
Both have been fired from their nursing jobs.
The 79 year-old man was a patient at the hospital and was found unconscious on the sidewalk outside the building in February of last year.
Police say documents on the man’s status at the hospital were forged.
The Healthcare Redevelopment Plan for the Regional Municipality will be discussed at Province House, later this morning.
The Plan is on the agenda at today’s meeting of the Legislature’s standing committee on health.
It includes the/an expansion at the Regional Hospital in Sydney as well as the closures of the hospitals in North Sydney and New Waterford.
They’ll be replaced with Community Health Centres that don’t have emergency departments.
The plan will also see renovations at the Glace Bay Hospital’s Emergency Department.
The Health Committee meeting starts at 9:00 this morning.