(NS-Byelection)
The unofficial results are in for the Acadian riding in Cape Breton — for the first time.
Elections Nova Scotia says Tory candidate Claude Bourgeois received 13-hundred votes to win the newly created riding of Cheticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay.
Bourgeois says he looks forward to representing the constituency at the provincial level and also thanked the other candidates.
That means Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservative party now has 56 seats.
An official count is scheduled for tomorrow.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Smoke-Alarms)
Hundreds of smoke detectors are being given to three First Nations communities in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
It’s an expansion of a pilot program that has distributed smoke detectors across Canada over the past two years — a collaboration between the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council and Firefighters Without Borders organization.
Fire safety company Kidde is donating about 25-hundred smoke detectors to be shared between Sitansisk First Nation and Bilijik First Nation in New Brunswick, while about 200 sensors will be sent to Millbrook First Nation in central Nova Scotia.
A spokesperson for the fire safety council says Firefighters Without Borders will being working with local leaders to make sure they are installed and residents know how to use them.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic-Social-Service)
Over the last two days, the different Atlantic Canada social services ministers met in Prince Edward Island to discuss regional priorities.
The P-E-I government says ministers talked about topics including improving outcomes for vulnerable children and youth, and strengthening the recruitment and retention of foster families and social services workers.
The ministers say a coordinated evidence-informed approach to priorities like affordability and poverty reduction is important.
They agreed to continue the collaboration, ahead of their next meeting.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Youth-Support)
New Brunswick is making changes to the way it assists vulnerable youth.
Applicants to a youth assistance program are also no longer required be out of their homes for a minimum of three months.
Social Development Minister Cindy Miles says any youth turned away by department services will be referred immediately to a community organization for support.
The changes follow a scathing report from the province’s youth advocate in May that blamed the overdose death of a 16-year-old on systemic failure.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Province-Wide-Arrests)
Nova Scotia R-C-M-P say two men wanted on separate provincewide arrest warrants have now been arrested.
Thirty-seven-year-old Brandon James Johnson has been charged with taking a motor vehicle without consent and two counts of failure to comply with probation.
Also 35-year-old Matthew John Patrick Lapierre has been charged with four counts of failure to comply with a release order and two counts of failure to comply with probation.
The R-C-M-P is thanking the public for help in finding these people.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Dog-Dragged)
The New Brunswick S-P-C-A is investigating a dog being dragged by a car in Saint John this past Monday.
The animal protection agency says just before 7 a-m Saint John Police officers responded to the intersection of Itty Bitty Way and MacLaren Boulevard for a report that a dog was being dragged by a vehicle.
The dog is getting veterinary care for non-life-threatening injuries.
Now the New Brunswick S-P-C-A is looking for witnesses and information, noting that at least one person was reported to have interacted with the suspect on Samuel Davis Drive.
(The Canadian Press)
