CHRISTMAS SCAM TARGETS VIOLA’S PLACE
Viola’s Place Homeless Shelter board members say it appears someone has been going door to door soliciting donations for the shelter. Viola’s Place is in no way involved with a door-to-door donation campaign. So if somebody approaches your door asking you to help out Viola’s Place, please contact police and report it.
WHO YOU LIKE TO RIDE YOUR BIKE TO EVERYDAY NEW GLASGOW SITES?
TAKE THIS QUICK SURVEY AND HELP IT HAPPEN!
This winter, the Town of New Glasgow is working with Bicycle Nova Scotia to create a plan for a cycling network. The plan is to help us travel to everyday destinations by bike. The link to the survey can be found on the Town of NewGlasgow social media profiles for residents to give their feedback on where they currently travel, and what could help more people who want to cycle travel safely around New Glasgow. The survey closes Monday, January 11th, 2021. Here is the direct survey link.
Blue Route Hub Bikeway Study – New Glasgow (office.com)
This is the first stage of the Hubs project, which aims to create a network of safe cycling infrastructure that allowspeople in New Glasgow to make their everyday journeys by bike. Additionally, this project aims to determine the path through New Glasgow of the Blue Route, the province wide network of cycling infrastructure. The Hubs project has previously been completed in Lunenburg, Mahone Bay and Bridgewater. This year, Bicycle Nova Scotia is working with Port Hawkesbury, Wolfville and New Glasgow.
The federal government has also signaled its interest in supporting active transportation this year. So an updated bike network plan could help New Glasgow secure federal funding for active transportation in the months to come.
COLD STORAGE FOR VACCINES COMING TO TRURO, VALLEY, YARMOUTH AND SYDNEY
Four more COVID-19 vaccination cold storage sites will be setup across Nova Scotia this week. That means the hospitals in Truro, Kentville, Yarmouth and Sydney will house the serum from Pfizer-BioNtech, with new sites on the way in the new year to expand the vaccine system. All four sites are set up for ultra-cold temperatures. Just under 4-thousand new doses of the Pfizer vaccine are expected this week, as well as doses of the yet to be approved vaccine made by Moderna later this month. Almost 15-hundred people in the Halifax area have already been inoculated for the first time.
TWO NEW CASES OF COVID IN NOVA SCOTIA
Public Health reported two new COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia yesterday. Officials say one of the new cases is in the Western Zone, and the other is in the Central Zone. Both are close contacts of previously reported infections. There are currently 38 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, but no one is receiving treatment in hospital.
ANDRE’S PIZZA COVID EXPOSURE DATES ADDED
Public Health has broadened the dates for possible exposure to COVID-19 in Stellarton. The province had originally warned anyone who was at Andre’s Pizza on South Foord Street back on the afternoon and evening of December 10th and the 11th to monitor for COVID symptoms. That’s now been updated by public health to last from December 10th to the 14th, with no specific times listed. If you were exposed to the virus at Andre’s Pizza in Stellarton on those four days, you could develop symptoms up to, and including, December 28th.
Nova Scotians will have the option of receiving a phone call with their negative COVID-19 test results as of today. (Tuesday) Anyone tested is asked to provide an e-mail and/or phone number, along with a health card or student-military I-D which will be needed to get your test results.
PARTIAL RE-OPENING FOR BERWICK POULTRY PLANT
The poultry plant in Berwick that was ordered down earlier this month because of a COVID-19 outbreak has restarted partial operations with about one-quarter of its staff under strict conditions. Just over 100 staff members Eden Valley Poultry returned to work yesterday with the blessing of health officials. Public Health originally called for a two-week shutdown, but plant operators and the chicken farmers who rely on Eden Valley to process their birds advocated for an earlier reopening, citing concerns for animal welfare and food supply. Plant managers say they feel very fortunate to be back on site. Workers who are back inside have been given special permission to travel between home and work without making any stops, but they’re expected to continue self-isolating once they get home – until the full 14 days have expired. (Google Photo)
CROWN WANTS NS RAPE CASE REINSTATED
Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to reinstate a sexual assault charge that was stayed because the case took too long to complete. The charge against 34-year-old Jordan Michael Ellis of Hillsburn, Annapolis County relates to an incident on April 21st, 2017. A woman says Ellis raped her when they met for a first date.
The woman submitted to a rape kit after she lodged her complaint, but police misplaced evidence photos. The delay in finding the photos pushed the trial past the 18-month maximum.
The Crown plans to file paperwork early in the new year in a move to appeal the case to Canada’s highest court.
PREMIER SAYS “DON’T GO INTO POLITICS JUST TO MAKE SPEECHES”
Since he’s leaving his job in less than two months, Premier Stephen McNeil is getting increasingly candid in his year-end interviews. He told CBC in his latest summary of his time in the Premier’s chair that “If you’re in it to make a speech or be popular, you’re in it for the wrong reasons.” McNeil says if people are thinking of entering politics, they need to think about what they’ll be leaving behind when it comes to positive change. He also joked that being Premier tends to add to a person’s crop of grey hair. He’ll be stepping down from the top job in early February.
SNOWMOBILE PLUNGES THROUGH THIN ICE IN NORTHERN NS
Two men posted a narrow and chilly escape on the weekend when the snowmobile they were riding plunged through thin ice on a lake near the Cumberland-Colchester County line, north of Londonderry. That’s prompting provincial RCMP to warn people using snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles to think about safety. RCMP Sergeant Andrew Joyce says “There were two sets of footprints coming from the ice to the shore.” Luckily, the two people onboard were not seriously hurt. The water near where they plunged into the “paper-thin ice” was about two meters deep. (FILE PHOTO)
