TRUMP WANTS TO TAKE U-S VOTE TO COURT, BIDEN LEADING
(UPDATED 11:40 AM)
In the words of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Donald Trump will be never be accused of possessing too much diplomacy. That, in the wake of today’s news that it could still be another day or two until all the ballots are counted in the U-S election, especially in the key states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. Trump says he’s taking the results to court, in an effort to stop the early mail-in ballots from being counted – and most of those are widely seen as Democratic votes.
Joe Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon is calling Trump’s statement that he will “be going to the U.S. Supreme Court” and that he wants “all voting to stop” “outrageous, unprecedented and incorrect.”
O’Malley Dillon says the Biden campaign has “legal teams standing by ready to deploy to resist that effort.” And she says, “They will prevail.”
Political science professors are calling it “strangely predictable.” They say the only thing Trump is trying to do is stop the vote. Anti-Trump protestors have been rallying near the White House. Scott Lucas is an American Politics professor at the University of Birmingham and says Republicans need to step up to Trump and tell him what he’s threatening to do is wrong. (Reuters News Agency Photo)
MISS VICKIES POTATO CHIPS RECALLED
There is a possibility you might find pieces of glass in their potato chip bags…and that has prompted Miss Vickie’s Canada to recall a number of its Kettle Cooked Potato Chips brand of chips from store shelves.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the recall warning this morning. They say the chips should not be eaten and retailers should pull them off the shelves.
The products affected have been sold in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec and through Internet sales.
The bags of chips affected range from 24 g to 550 g, in a multi-pack and in a number of flavours. They include:
- Applewood Smoked BBQ Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
- Jalapeño Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
- Original Recipe Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
- Sea Salt & Malt Vinegar Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
- Spicy Dill Pickle Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
- Sweet Southern BBQ Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
The best before dates listed on the products goes from Dec. 15, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 with the majority showing Jan. 12, 2021.
INDIGENOUS LEADER WHO LED LOBSTER DISPUTE RE-ELECTED
A Mi’kmaq chief who has battled for his band’s treaty right to fish lobster in southwestern Nova Scotia has been re-elected. It will be a third term for Chief Mike Sack in the non-coastal community of Sipekne’katik, formerly known as Indian Brook, located about 65 kilometres north of Halifax. Sack has been accused by some of using the fishing dispute to further his election chances, but he says that’s not the case. ( with files from CBC, Cdn Press)
NOVEMBER’S 4-H MONTH IS BEING CELEBRATED
4-H has and continues to play a major role in today’s society, which is why they’re celebrating this month.
Valerie Stone, who is Chair of 4-H Canada’s Board of Directors says the core values of 4-H have played a key role for so many Canadians.
“The role of 4-H is to create caring and contributing youth to create a positive change in the world around them. “ She says members have the opportunity to learn to do by doing through a series of life skills and livestock opportunities along with leadership skills to help them become the kind of global citizens who care and make positive contributions.
People are encouraged to wear green today ( Wednesday, November 4th,) to celebrate and give back to one of Canada’s most longstanding and impactful youth organizations.
Stone says the day highlights the incredible things 4-H youth are doing in their communities and how the 4-H program is creating responsible, caring and contributing young leaders.
LATEST NS COVID UPDATE….ONE NEW CASE AND CHARGES FOR PARTY-GOERS
Nova Scotians are now dealing with 16 COVID-19 infections, with one new result coming back positive yesterday. (Tuesday) in the Northern Health Zone. And there are harsh words coming from Dr. Robert Strang and the Premier with word that 9 people are facing charges for disobeying pandemic health regulations and other charges stemming from three very large house parties in Wolfville on Halloween Night. RCMP Constable Jeff Wilson says the people involved are of university age. Two of the parties drew more than 50 people and one of them was attended by more than 80 people. (NS GOV’T PHOTO0
CHURCHILL PARTIALLY OPENS SCHOOL GYMS, WITH COVID CLEANING STAFF ADDED
Provincial Education Minister Zach Churchill is allowing community groups to return to using school gymnasiums for non-school sports activities. He says $5.5 million from Ottawa’s Safe Return Fund will be spent to hire extra staff, so the gyms and school washrooms will be cleaned according to protocol, in order to keep COVID-19 to a minimum. Use of any other parts of our schools will remain off limits for the time being.
Nova Scotia ordered almost half-a-million doses of flu vaccine this fall, and with fears of the pandemic turning into a “Twin-demic”, that protection from the flu is very popular. A few isolated stories have emerged about some pharmacies running out of the flu shot, but the province says a new vaccine shipment is expected today. (Wednesday)
SUPREME COURT RULES IN NS PIZZA DRIVER MURDER APPEAL
The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial for a Dartmouth man who was convicted in 2018 of second-degree murder in the death of a pizza deliveryman.
Randy Riley was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years last year for the death of 27-year-old Chad Smith, who was killed on the evening of Oct. 23, 2010.
Smith was found with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the upper right side of his body and his red pizza delivery bag nearby.
During the Nova Scotia Supreme Court trial, the Crown called a witness who confessed to committing the murder and said Riley wasn’t involved, but the judge cautioned the jury against considering that evidence.
Riley appealed his case to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, and they ruled against him.
But the Supreme Court of Canada is now unanimous in granting the appeal and ordering a new trial. (Cdn Press)
Federal regulators have approved the first HIV self-test in Canada, in a long-awaited move that experts have called critical to reaching people who don’t know they have the virus.
Health Canada granted a medical device licence on Monday to a one-minute, finger-prick blood test manufactured by Richmond, B.C.-based bioLytical Laboratories.
Canada follows dozens of other countries in greenlighting the technology, which has been endorsed by the World Health Organization as a tool to reduce the number of people with un-diagnosed HIV.
The Class of 2020 from Nova Scotia Community Colleges will be honoured in a convocation ceremony as unique as their graduates this coming Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The ceremony will be a virtual event shared online. Attendees will hear from Premier Stephen MacNeil, NSCC President Don Bureaux and 15 campus valedictorians province-wide, with special appearances by former students, with musical guests Neon Dreams and Ria Mae.
