New Deputy Mayor To Be Elected

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The Regional Municipality will get a new deputy mayor when council meets at City Hall in Sydney at 1:30 this afternoon.

And that person could find themselves serving as mayor on a temporary basis.

If Mayor Cecil Clarke wins the provincial Progressive Conservative leadership later this month, the deputy mayor becomes mayor if Clarke steps down.

That person will serve as mayor until a special election for mayor is held.

Councillors can’t be deputy mayor for more than two consecutive years.

And Councillor Eldon MacDonald has served as deputy mayor for the past two years.

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Sydney man arrested for stabbing

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

A 19-year-old man has been arrested after a stabbing in Sydney early yesterday morning.
Police say they responded to a disturbance at a house party on Rockcliff Cres. shortly after midnight, and found a 17-year-old boy had been stabbed. He was taken to hospital by Emergency Health Services and is being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect was charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public. He was remanded and will appear in court tomorrow morning.

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Shark expedition heads home

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

A research team which spent the past month searching Nova Scotia waters for an undiscovered mating site for great white sharks is heading home satisfied.
The Ocearch team, which includes 26 researchers from 19 U.S. and Canadian universities and labs,hoped to capture and tag one shark on their first trip to Nova Scotia.
Instead, they saw more than 10 sharks, collected samples from seven, and tagged six.
Expedition leader Chris Fischer called the expedition “historic” and says the search offered an “enormous breakthrough.”
Fischer says the age and sex ranges of the sharks found here have marked Canadian waters as an untapped gold mine for researchers.

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Seal Island Bridge Work To Begin Next Week

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The provincial Transportation Department says drivers may encounter delays at the Seal Island Bridge beginning next week.

Starting on Monday, the bridge will undergo a detailed inspection and the department says that will require lane closures and some short full closures.

The work takes place between 7 am and 7 pm

Traffic control will be in place.

The work is scheduled to run until the end of November.

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Man Facing Several Charges After North Sydney Car Chase

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Regional Police have laid a number of charges against a 31-year-old North Sydney man after police chased a car in North Sydney, yesterday morning.

Jason Kenneth Wayne Timbury faces counts of Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Impaired Driving, Failure to Remain at the Scene of an Accident and Flight from Police.

He also faces charges of a Taking a Motor Vehicle without Consent, Operating a Motor Vehicle without a Valid Driver’s License, Mischief and Breaches of Court conditions.

Police say they first got called about a Mazda car being taken from a North Sydney home at 7:00 yesterday morning.

They say when officers later found the car, the driver wouldn’t stop.

The officers continued to follow the car at what police say was a safe speed and distance.

However, police say the car rear-ended a police vehicle and a vehicle parked on the street at King and High Streets at around 9:30.

They say no one was hurt and a man was arrested.

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