Mid-May is when Northumberland Ferries says the MV Saaremaa 1 will return to duty with the ferry service between PEI and Nova Scotia. The ferry is owned by STQ out of Quebec, and once it’s finished with its requirements with STQ, the MV Saaremaa 1 will set sail for Caribou in mid-May. Once in Caribou, it will complete some final preparations and training before entering service for Northumberland Ferries – initially as a backup on stand-by for the MV Confederation until two vessel service starts on June 16th. Then, MV Saaremaa 1 will remain in service until MV Fanafjord, the ferry purchased for the route by Ottawa, goes into service. The charter agreement with STQ does have an emergency recall provision in the event of a disruption on STQ’s ferry route.
Police dogs helped locate three teenage boys who got lost in a wooded area of Cape Breton, about eight-kilometres northeast of Sydney. The boys called for help before 1:00am Tuesday, saying they lost their way while walking on a trail. Dispatch operators were able to get G-P-S co-ordinates from the cellphone they called with, and the K-9 team tracked towards their location while officers also called Cape Breton Ground Search and Rescue for additional help. The police dogs located them on the trail and the boys were uninjured, but cold and wet.
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation has released its third-quarter financial results and says total sales between October and the end of December were up 1.8 per cent. The increase puts sales at 232.2-million-dollars for the quarter. The uptick is driven by cannabis sales increasing by 12 per cent, hitting 30.9-million-dollars. Beverage alcohol sales were up by less than half a per cent, at 201.4 million dollars between October and December 31st.
Today is the nomination deadline for the New Glasgow 2024 Volunteer Awards. The Awards are an opportunity to recognize volunteers residing in New Glasgow, and volunteering in Pictou County or New Glasgow. If you know individuals contributing to the community as volunteers, nominate them for the Volunteer Awards 2024 by filling out a survey available through the Town of New Glasgow Facebook page or at the Town Hall.
