R-C-M-P in Antigonish are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man believed connected with hate-motivated threats last month.  Police initially received a report on July 24th about a man who the day before racially admonished a woman in a park who objected to his using a mobile device to record a group of women and children.  On July 28th, police say they received another report that a man was observed leaving garbage at the entrance to a mosque in the town.  The Mounties say that based on witness statements, photos, and surveillance footage, officers believe the same man is involved in both incidents.

 

 

Communities that are losing out on bids for federal help to protect against climate change say they are left wondering where to pursue funds to keep their towns safe.

Eighty-nine-year-old Dave Davies is a volunteer with the Hall’s Harbour Community Development Association.

He says it was hard to learn earlier this summer that Ottawa’s Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund had rejected his Nova Scotia town’s bid for 4.8-million dollars.

The funding was to be used to strengthen seawalls and build a breakwater, while extending a wharf in the community

 

 

The union representing workers at Atlantic Canada news company SaltWire is acknowledging that job cuts are coming after a sale to Postmedia was approved in court.

C-W-A Canada says in a letter to its members it negotiated that some money owed by SaltWire to the Chronicle Herald pension plan would be paid.

The letter confirms the Chronicle Herald’s pension plan will be wound up according to pension plan legislation.

The union says the collective agreements and bargaining rights will continue for operations acquired by Postmedia. SaltWire and The Herald publish newspapers and online content in Nova Scotia, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador – including The News in New Glasgow.

 

 

A star-studded show closed out the Paris Olympics after an extraordinary two and a half weeks of competition.  American actor Tom Cruise made a grand, Mission Impossible-style entrance from the top of Stade de France before shaking hands with athletes inside the stadium.  Paris handed over hosting duties for the Summer Games to Los Angeles, host of the 2028 Olympics.  An Olympic athlete who trained in Nova Scotia won gold this weekend during the final full day of Olympic events in Paris.

Twenty-eight-year-old Katie Vincent won a gold medal after a photo finish in the women’s 200-metre sprint canoe final on Saturday.

She crossed the finish line with a world-record time of 44.12 seconds.