Anti-Poverty Campaign in Three Local Communities, Today

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Sydney, Glace Bay and Sydney Mines will be the target of anti-poverty campaign, today.

People will be handing out paper lunch bags with the phrase “Chew on This” written on them between 11:30 this morning and 2:30 this afternoon.

Inside the bags will be a granola bar and a postcard urging the federal government to eliminate poverty.

Numbers from Stats Canada show one in three Cape Breton children live in poverty.

Today’s campaign is part of a nationwide effort.

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Woman Charged in Sydney Bypass Fatal Hit and Run Due in Court, Today

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

A fifth person charged in connection to the hit and run death of Cheticamp veteran Jackie Deveau is due back in court today to enter pleas.

23 year-old Chelsey Anne Marie Pinkston from Sydney Mines and Balls Creek faces a count of being an accessory after the fact to the offence of failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
She’s accused of helping Thomas Smith by trying to delete evidence from his cellphone and co-ordinating the destruction of his car.
26 year-old Smith from Sydney faces a number of charges in the case, including dangerous driving causing death, criminal negligence causing death and obstruction of justice.

Desveau was killed on the Sydney Bypass in March while trying to flag down cars near the Mira Road exit.

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Bain Moved to Regional Hospital in Sydney

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The Progressive Conservative Caucus office says Victoria-the Lakes MLA Keith Bain has been moved to the Regional Hospital in Sydney after suffering a medical emergency, last week.

64-year-old Bain had been in Halifax hospital in stable condition since the incident on Tuesday.

The P-C’s say Bain continues to undergo medical tests in Sydney.

The party says his constituency office will remain open but it’s not clear when he’ll return to his regular duties.

Bain regained his seat in May after losing to Liberal Pam Eyking in 2013.

He was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2009.

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Preliminary Hearing For Man Charged In Fatal Pedestrian/Vehicle Crash

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

An Eskasoni man charged with manslaughter after a fatal pedestrian/vehicle crash in Sydney is due back in court today for a preliminary hearing.

34-year-old Larry Daniel Stevens is charged in the death of 37-year-old James Bonar.

Regional Police say they got called to Argyle Street near Wentworth Park, shortly after 3:30 on the morning of August 31st after getting a report of a person being hit by a vehicle.

Police say Stevens punched Bonar and left him unconscious on the street, before Bonar was hit by a vehicle.

They also say Stevens was not the driver of the vehicle.

Stevens has been released on 20-thousand dollars bail.

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SS Caribou 75th Anniversary Today

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The North Sydney Historical Society held a memorial service yesterday commemorating the 75^th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Carribu today.

136 people died on October 14, 1942 when the passenger ship left North Sydney for Port Aux Basque, NL.

The ship was torpedoed by a German boat patrolling the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

101 people survived the sinking.

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