A family of seven has been displaced after an afternoon fire at a home in Lunenburg.
According to the Canadian Red Cross, the fire on Kinley Drive was reported yesterday around 2p.m.
The home of an adult couple and five children was heavily damaged by the fire.
Volunteers with the Canadian Red Cross assisted the family with emergency lodging, and funds for food, clothing and other basics.
No injuries were reported.
Curling Fans on the South Shore will get to cheer on one of their own at the Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials.
Liverpool native Jill Brothers has earned a spot competing in her hometown where the Pre-Trials are being held next month.
The Brothers’ rink won five straight must-win games in Ottawa including Sunday’s 8-6 victory over Team Hunkin.
Brothers has had previous success competing in Liverpool where she won the provincial mixed and Scotties events.
The Pre-Trials will take place at Queens Place Emera Center from October 26th to October 31st.
The top two women’s teams will advance to the Roar of Rings in Saskatoon with an Olympic curling berth on the line.
A Queens County beach is now more accessible to those with disabilities and mobility challenges.
The Region of Queens Municipality has installed an accessible picnic table and a MOBI mat at Beach Meadows Beach.
The MOBI mat allows those using a wheelchair, walker, or stroller easier access to enjoy the beach.
Sand barriers have also been installed in order to reduce the amount of sand on the boardwalk leading up to the MOBI mat.
The mat and sand barriers were partially funded by a $20,000 grant from the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.
These upgrades were recommended by the Municipality’s Accessibility Advisory Committee as part of the Queens Municipal Accessibility Plan.
It’s another day of more COVID-19 cases with unknown sources than not.
The source of 20 of Friday’s 34 new cases are being investigated.
There are 169 active infections. 14 people are in hospital, one of them in ICU.
Two people are facing charges after a search warrant was executed in Bridgewater.
On Thursday around 12:30p.m., members of the South Shore Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit, Bridgewater Police GIS, RCMP GIS, and Bridgewater Police Patrol conducted a search warrant on King Street.
According to a release from the Bridgewater Police Service, the search resulted in the seizure of imitation firearms, cocaine, methamphetamine, and cash.
Police say as a result, James Allen Backman has been charged with, Possession for the Purposes of Trafficking in Cocaine, Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to Public Peace Bear Spray, Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to Public Peace Imitation Hand Gun, Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to Public Peace Imitation Assault Rifle and Breach of a Recognizance.
Backman was remanded as is scheduled to appear in Bridgewater Provincial Court on Friday.
Kaila Clements has also been charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in Cocaine.
Clements was released on conditions and is scheduled to appear in court in December to enter a plea.
The source of more than half Wednesday’s new COVID-19 cases aren’t known.
Of 19 new today, 11 are still being traced.
We have 127 active infections with 10 people in hospital.
Wednesday marks a change in how the Town of Lunenburg will address planning around land use going forward as the town’s new Municipal Planning Strategy, Land Use Bylaw and Subdivision Bylaw officially comes into effect.
Lunenburg Mayor Matt Risser says the new documents will improve issues in the town such as the need for housing.
“We are a very attractive, high demand place to live which puts pressure on our housing stock,” explained Risser. “Our old documents didn’t allow for nearly the addition to our housing stock that our new documents will allow.”
Risser said that the plan includes up-zoning parts of the town.
“We have up-zoned considerable portions of the town for new development to enable new housing options to be provided, so there’s a lot more opportunity for density,” said Risser.
Risser says in the Victoria Road area of the town, a six story mid-rise development can now be developed to create more opportunities for multi-unit housing developments.
The plan also includes the removal of minimum parking requirements and the adoption of broader “as-of-right” provisions, which Risser says will allow for a greater variety of work to be done without special development agreements.
To read the Town of Lunenburg’s Municipal Planning Strategy, Land Use Bylaw, and Subdivision Bylaw click HERE.
Our COVID-19 numbers are holding steady.
25 new cases today. After 17 recoveries we’ve got 137 active infections.
Most of the cases, 14, are in the Halifax region. The source of six aren’t known.
The unvaccinated cluster in the Truro area continues to grow, five new in that region, only one with an unknown source.
Three each in the east and west. Two each being investigated.
Nine people are in hospital with the virus.
Bridgewater’s Mayor is weighing in after the federal election saw the riding of South Shore-St. Margaret’s make the switch from red to blue.
Conservative Rick Perkins won the riding with 41.0 per cent of the vote over Incumbent Liberal Bernadette Jordan who received slightly less at 36.9 per cent.
Mayor David Mitchell said he’s not surprised that the results went down to the wire.
“Bernadette faced a lot of challenges in her ministerial portfolio and when the election was called, a lot of those challenges still remained, so it was going to come down to whether voters were willing to give her more time to address them or not,” said Mitchell. “Obviously they chose not to and that’s democracy. The people decided and they decided they wanted a change.”
He added that although Jordan wasn’t victorious, he wanted to thank her for what she has done in the community during her time as MP.
“Bernadette was instrumental in having the Cormorant removed, which we know was a challenge for decades,” explained Mitchell. “We’ve got exit 12A and now the 103 from Bridgewater to Halifax is considered a national trade corridor, which is something we worked on together.”
According to preliminary polling data from Elections Canada, voter turnout in the South Shore-St. Margaret’s riding was just over 60 per cent.
The federal Liberals took a hit in the Atlantic region as they lost three seats compared to the last election in 2019.
In 11 ridings in our province, the Liberals are leading or elected in eight, while the Conservatives are elected in three ridings including a massive win in South Shore-St.Margaret’s for Rick Perkins.
Perkins defeated two-time MP and Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan.
In New Brunswick, the Liberals are leading or elected in five ridings while the Conservatives are leading or elected in five ridings with the biggest surprise of the night coming in Fredericton with a tight race emerging between Liberal Jenica Atwin and Conservative Andrea Johnson.
Atwin was elected as a member of the Green Party in 2019 but crossed the floor to the Liberals.
Meantime, Liberals swept the three seats in P.E.I. and took six seats in NFLD.
Federal Leaders. (CREDIT: CPAC)
About 6.8 million Canadians voted either through advanced polling or by mail.
At dissolution, the Liberals had 155 seats, the Conservatives 119, the Bloc Quebecois 32, the NDP 24 and the Greens two. There were also five Independents and one vacancy.
A party needs 170 seats for a majority.
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Halifax
Liberal Andy Fillmore projected to win
Halifax West
Liberal Lena Metlege Diab projected to win
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour
Liberal Darren Fisher project to win
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Sackville-Preston Chezzetcook
Liberal Darrell Samson project to win
South Shore-St. Margarets
Conservative Rick Perkins project to win and defeats Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan
