(NB-Bathurst-Housing)
Bathurst will see a boost in federal and provincial funding in support of more housing in the New Brunswick city.
The governments have announced they’ll invest a total of 5.8-million-dollars for road infrastructure projects in the area.
The projects involve the rebuilding of some roads, the addition of new storm sewers and sidewalks and the extension of utility services in some areas.
The work is aimed at helping to attract developers to Bathurst and support its housing goals.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Mall-Stabbing)
The family of a teenage boy who was fatally stabbed last year say their lives feel empty and broken.
They spoke yesterday in Halifax youth court during the sentencing of a teenager who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach.
Al Marrach’s sister says that when her brother died, all the joy in life disappeared.
Three other teens have also been charged in the 16-year-old’s death.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Unruly-American)
The R-C-M-P in central Newfoundland were dispatched to the Gander International Airport on Friday to remove an unruly American from an airliner travelling from London to New York.
The Mounties were called to the airport around 9 a-m.
They were told there had been disturbance aboard the international flight, but no details were released.
The Mounties arrested the 33-year-old man with the help of the Canadian Border Services Agency and the aircraft resumed its voyage.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-NS-Ferry)
Northumberland Ferries has cancelled all crossings between P-E-I and Nova Scotia until 4:30 p-m this afternoon.
The company says sailing will resume with the 4:30 p-m shuttle leaving Nova Scotia.
Crossings were also cancelled yesterday because of a technical issue aboard the M-V Northumberland and because of weather conditions.
The ferry runs between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, P-E-I.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Hate-Mischief)
R-C-M-P in Nova Scotia say they’re investigating hate-motivated graffiti at a social services agency in West Hants.
Police did not say what the graffiti depicted, but noted that it was racist.
R-C-M-P say the racist graffiti was quickly painted over, and they believe it happened sometime between October 22nd and 24th.
Police say anyone with information about the vandalism should come forward to police.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Melissa-Concerns)
The Jamaican Association in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, is paying close attention as Hurricane Melissa bears down on the Caribbean island nation as a Category Five storm.
Association members say they’re praying for the best but fearing the worst ahead of Melissa’s expected landfall today in Jamaica.
Lisa Johnson says the country saw billions of dollars in damages after Hurricane Gilbert hit the island as a Category Five storm in September of 1988.
She says she has friends and family members who have had to flee their communities near the shoreline over storm surge fears.
(VOCM)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
