Glace Bay Man Dead After A Duplex Fire

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Regional Police say a 54-year-old man is dead after a house fire in Glace Bay early this morning.

Police say they and the fire department were called to a duplex on Concord St. at around 1 am.

Police go on to say they saw a man inside the home and was taken to Glace Bay Hospital where he died from injuries.

Nobody else was in the home at the time and there were no other injuries.

The Fire Marshal’s Office and Regional Police’s ID section are investigating to determine  the cause of the fire.

 

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Ontario Pair arrested in North Sydney

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Cape Breton RCMP say an Ontario man and woman face 58 charges after they were arrested in North Sydney on Monday.

Alicia Maureen MacDonald, 33, from Scarborough and Rommel Jimenez, 41, from Toronto are facing charges ranging from possession of property obtained by crime, breach of conditions and possession of break-in instruments.

Jimenez also faces additional weapons and forgery charges.

RCMP say their Cape Breton Traffic Services division was told of two suspects travelling to Nova Scotia from Newfoundland on a Marine Atlantic ferry and were arrested on April 9 in North Sydney.

RCMP go on to say they took stolen items during the arrest including several identification and credit cards, a stolen purse and multiple wallets.

RCMP add they also took a rental truck.

MacDonald and Jimenez appeared in Sydney Provincial Court on Monday and are in custody.

They are due back in court on Tuesday.

 

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RCMP Release Impaired Driving Statistics

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The RCMP released the quarterly provincial impaired driving statistics this morning.

The RCMP say they charged 184 drivers with impaired driving-related offences from January 1 to March 31, 2017.

RCMP go on to say they responded to 19 crashes involving serious injuries and seven fatal crashes during the same time.

They add they have suspended the licenses of 88 people for operating a motor vehicle while having consumed alcohol.

Inspector Dan Murchison says in a news release they hope releasing the information will keep the topic top of mind for drivers in Nova Scotia.

RCMP says they will now release these stats every quarter.

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Price of Gas Goes Up

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The price of gas went up overnight.

Gas went up by two cents a litre and now costs a minimum of $1.16.8 in Cape Breton.

Diesel rose by 1.9 cents and now goes for a minimum of $1.07 on the Island.

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Chronicle Herald Buys The Cape Breton Post

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The owner of The Chronicle Herald has bought all of Transcontinental’s newspapers in Atlantic Canada, including the Cape Breton Post.

The agreement also includes four of Transcontinental’s printing plants, as well as its distribution system in Atlantic Canada.

It will lead to the creation of a new media company called SaltWire Network.

Halifax Herald Limited CEO and Glace Bay native Mark Lever won’t reveal how much the deal cost them but he does say they got a good price.

He adds all 650 Transcontinental employees in the region will be offered jobs in the same capacity with the same salary and same benefits they have now.

He also acknowledges the 15 month strike with their own newsroom workers, including two in Sydney.

Lever says the company’s latest offer is fair and adds he hopes to reach a settlement soon.

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