Pictou County District RCMP have seized a firearm and charged a man following a weapons incident near Elmfield.   Last Thursday afternoon shortly before 4:00pm, officers responded to a report of a man pointing a firearm at another person on Porter Rd.  Police say they learned that during a roadside argument between two people, a man pulled a shotgun out of his truck and pointed it at the other person. There were no reports of shots fired and the suspect had fled the scene into a wooded area before police arrived.  Police located and arrested the man on Macbeth Rd. and then located and seized a firearm concealed underwater in a creek.

A 25-year old Central Caribou man is facing several weapons and firearms charges.

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An assault case involving the stepfather of two missing Nova Scotia children is expected to proceed to a judge-only trial in provincial Supreme Court.  During a brief court appearance Monday morning, the lawyer for Daniel Martell elected a judge-only trial.  Martell is charged with assault, sexual assault and unlawful confinement involving an adult victim who cannot be identified.  His next court appearance is scheduled for December 3rd.

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More than 200 municipal leaders are gathering in Halifax this week for the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities.  Among other things, delegates will be talking about climate change, provincial politics, economic outlooks, municipal finances and infrastructure investment.  The meeting will also feature a panel that will include provincial cabinet ministers.  The four-day meeting starts today.

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It’s election day in the U-S, where voters who haven’t cast early ballots will head to polling stations today in the pivotal midterm elections.

Meanwhile, the U-S Supreme Court yesterday rejected a push for California to set aside thousands of mail ballots from people the Trump administration has accused of being non-citizens.

The high court refused to intervene in a case involving 20-thousand people President Donald Trump’s team flagged as likely non-citizens on the largely Democratic state’s voter rolls.

Years of evidence have shown voting by non-citizens is rare.