POSSIBILITY OF A PRIVATE PROBE INTO TRENTON ELECTION RESULTS
The uncertainty over the Trenton municipal election saga will remain the focus for a lot of people this week. Returning officer Josephine MacDonald’s report on suspicions of wrongdoing has been delivered to Trenton CAO Wayne Teasdale. Teasdale has given a terse “no comment” in questioning from our newsroom. Shannon MacInnis lost by 62 votes to Town Councillor Don Hussher just over a week ago. Town Solicitor Greg MacDonald says with the Town of Trenton as his client, he can’t comment, even though we pointed out to him that the returning officer’s report is a taxpayer-funded document. The man who won, Don Hussher says “if there are any concerns, they’ll have to be addressed. “ If the town of Trenton doesn’t launch an official appeal of the voting results, one could still be spearheaded by private citizens. That includes individual voters, or members of Trenton Town Council.
NEW GLASGOW POLICE SAY SUSPECT STILL ON THE LOOSE
New Glasgow Regional Police spent their weekend trying to track down a man from a home invasion early Friday morning. At 330 Friday morning, a man burst into a residence on Temperance Street in New Glasgow with the force of his body and used a hatchet to threaten the person inside by demanding money, then taking off empty handed. Police say there were three other people sleeping upstairs at the time and no one was injured. The suspect is described as a white male standing 6′ tall and weighing around 150 lbs who was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with an unknown logo on the front, a ball cap and khaki coloured pants.
Investigators are asking people to check their security cameras to help identify the suspect, adding anyone with information should call New Glasgow Regional Police or Crime Stoppers. (NG Regional Police Photo)
SIX ACTIVE CASES OF COVID IN NOVA SCOTIA
Public Health says no new COVID-19 cases were reported in the latest update from Sunday. The health authority says as of this morning, there’s confirmation of 6 active cases across the province, with the latest three announced Saturday. Those three are all related to travel outside the Atlantic Bubble. Two of the weekend cases are in the Central Zone, which includes Halifax, the Eastern Shore and Western Hants County. The third case is in the Eastern Health Zone, and that’s a person who was diagnosed outside the province and is now on the road to recovery in the health zone that includes Antigonish, Guysborough County and Cape Breton. There were two deaths from Coronavirus in New Brunswick yesterday, with two new infections reported as well.
If you or someone you know has been in Toronto this month, health officials say there’s a possible exposure to COVID-19 on another flight from Toronto to Halifax. WestJet flight 254 left Toronto at 9:45 p.m. on October 17th and landed in Halifax at 12:47 a.m. on October 18th.
The province says passengers in rows 1 to 5 seats A, B, C, and D are more likely to have had close contact. Passengers in these seats are asked to call 811 for advice and to continue to self-isolate. Public Health says people on that flight could develop symptoms up to, and including, October 31st.
The provinces hardest hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic released sobering numbers on Sunday, with Quebec’s overall case count passing the 100,000 mark and Ontario registering more than 1,000 single-day cases for the first time since the start of the worldwide outbreak.
Despite registering comparable daily tallies, the two provinces long at the epicentre of Canada’s COVID-19 cases appeared to be on opposite trajectories.
Public health experts noted that Quebec’s long-standing high case counts appeared to be levelling off, while stressing the week ahead will be crucial to bring Ontario’s surging numbers back under control. (Canadian Press)
HALLOWEEN SIGNS AND TIPS AVAILABLE FROM TOWN OF NEW GLASGOW
Help make trick-or-treating accessible for children of all abilities. Free Accessible Trick or Treating signs are available for pick up at New Glasgow Town Hall from 8:30am until 4:30pm today Monday October 26, 2020 until Friday October 30, 2020.
Here are some tips on how you can make your home accessible while handing out Halloween treats:
🎃 Place an Accessible Trick or Treating sign on your front lawn
🎃 Create a trick-or-treating station at end of your driveway
🎃 Clear driveway and pathways
🎃 Make sure the path to your trick-or-treating area is well lit
🎃 Refrain from the use of strobe lights
🎃 Move cars out of the driveway to allow better accessibility for trick-or- treaters
🎃 Make sure any pets are kept safely away from the front of the house
🎃 Follow provincial covid-19 Halloween guidelines www.novascotia.ca/halloween
For more information visit: www.treataccessibly.com Treat Accessibly
NDP WINS PANDEMIC ELECTION IN B-C
The NDP won a majority government in the British Columbia election over the weekend as voters rewarded John Horgan with a second term. That, after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 80 per cent of the polls reporting results, the NDP won enough seats to form a majority government. The final count won’t be available for three weeks due to the record number of ballots cast by mail, which have not been counted. People in Saskatchewan are voting in their own provincial election today.
E-COURT PROJECT ALLOWS VIRTUAL JUSTICE IN NOVA SCOTIA
If you have an ongoing family legal issue, you’ll soon be able to use a new online eCourt system aimed at people in HRM at first, and eventually spreading to the rest of the province.
The provincial justice department says eCourt is a pilot project. And it’s set up as an alternative to the in-person court process aimed at solving simple family legal issues. The program is the first of its kind in Canada and allows for the virtual filing and exchange of court documents, online conferencing, and realtime exchanges between lawyers and a judge. The pilot is being launched with judges of the Unified Family Court in Halifax and there are plans to expand to the other counties as the proper resources are put in place.
PEOPLE CLOSE TO U-S VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19
At least five aides close to U-S Vice President Mike Pence, including his chief of staff, have tested positive for coronavirus The news comes just over a week before Election Day amid a blitz of campaign stops for Pence, who leads the White House coronavirus task force. Despite Pence’s close proximity to the virus, he plans to continue his electioneering this week to help out the Trump campaign, where insiders say the President is worried about the outcome.
Marc Short is Pence’s Chief of Staff, and has been seen on the campaign trail actively downplaying the need for masks over the past few months. Neither Pence nor Short wore a mask on Pence’s trips last Thursday and Friday. (Image courtesy CBS News)
NASA TO UNVEIL LUNAR ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY
NASA plans to announce an exciting Moon discovery today. (Monday) The space agency has been dropping very sparse hints on what it’s about, leading to a wide range of speculation on social media.
A local sports note….
The Fundy Highland Subway Selects U13-Triple A’s met with the Quad County Bulldogs and the Cape Breton East Blizzards over the weekend, posting a victory and one tie in exhibition play.
On Saturday, the Selects travelled to the Keating Centre to meet the Bulldogs. That game ended in a 1-1 tie. Scoring for the Selects was Chloe Ferguson assisted by Brooklyn Moore.
On Sunday, the Selects hosted the Blizzards at the RECC in Truro where the Selects came out on top with a 5-0 victory.
Kenli Ross and Alana Palmer split the time in nets for both games.
