Winnipeg Free Press By: Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press Posted:
Last Modified: 2:21 PM CST Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020
For Lori Phillips, waiting for news of a son lost at sea is painful, as she says closure could begin with his body s return from the Bay of Fundy.
An RCAF Cormorant helicopter flies over the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S. in an area where empty life-rafts from a scallop fishing vessel where reported on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. RCMP say an aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has not spotted any sign of them as of late morning local time today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX Nova Scotia reported six new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Eight previously reported cases are now considered recovered, dropping the number of active cases in the province to 59. Three of the cases are located in the Central Zone; all three are close contacts of previously reported cases. Two of the cases are located in the Eastern Zone. One case is a close contact of a previously reported case. The other case is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada and is self-isolating as required. One of the cases is located in the Western Zone and is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The person is self-isolating as required.
HALIFAX Ally Hancock, a fourth-year student at Nova Scotia s St. Francis Xavier University, said she s a bit apprehensive about her flight back home to Toronto for the upcoming holiday break. I ll be nervous going on a plane. My mom s telling me to wear two masks, but I think it ll be fine, Hancock said in a recent interview, adding that after a long semester stationed in the province, she s looking forward to seeing family. I m really close to my mom, so it s always been a really big priority to go back to see her. Like many other students in Atlantic Canada, Hancock is planning on leaving to see family outside of the region, a trip she s taken every year since she enrolled at the university. But this year, her travel is shadowed by fears over travelling during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Manganese X Energy Corp.: Manganese X Energy Corp Appoints Roger Dahn as Chair of the Board
Manganese X Energy Corp. (TSXV: MN) (FSE: 9SC2) (OTC: MNXXF) ( Manganese X or the Company ) is pleased to announce the promotion of Roger Dahn as Chair of the Board effective immediately. Since June 2016, Mr. Dahn has served as Vice President of Exploration and significantly advanced the company s Battery Hill project, right from its grassroots start to where it is now headed for a preliminary economic assessment.
As well as managing and providing leadership to the Board of Directors, Mr. Dahn (with the full participation and support of the Board) will continue to provide guidance and direction to management in advancing Manganese X Energy Corp s Battery Hill project. He will act as a direct liaison between the Board and the Company s management, through its CEO, Martin Kepman, who commented, We very much welcome Roger as our new Chair of the Board, who, together with this appointmen