HALIFAX A Cape Breton Regional Municipality councillor is proposing a cost-saving change to the annual Residential Heavy Garbage Collection. It s very popular and we see people going through trying to collect metals and what not that could be salvageable, and even lamps or furniture that people don t have use for that are still useful, said Eldon MacDonald, a CBRM councillor. For many residents of Cape Breton, the annual heavy garbage pickup is a sign of spring and warmer temperatures to come. Once a year residents can put larger and heavier items curbside – such as sofas, dressers, hot water tanks, and bath tubs – for garbage collectors pick it up.
HALIFAX A Moncton man who has been voluntarily cleaning needles off the streets says he won t be able to continue his work for much longer without financial help from the city. Richard Hyslop is the founder of Needle Dogs Moncton – a community group which has been cleaning needles off Moncton streets for the past 11 years. People in the community have asked us to step up and do this, so we did, said Hyslop. A recent GoFundMe page created by Hyslop says the community-based group, which includes Hyslop and his seven dogs, has cleaned up over 140,000 needles off the streets.
HALIFAX A slow-moving weather front will bring a prolonged rainfall to parts of the Maritimes starting Thursday and into Easter weekend. Rain develops Thursday morning through noon for much of New Brunswick and western Nova Scotia. The rain will spread across Prince Edward Island and eastern mainland Nova Scotia afternoon into evening. The rain will reach Cape Breton from 8 p.m. to midnight.
General times at select locations to watch for a steadier rain to start across the Maritimes. The slow-moving front then stalls over eastern Nova Scotia and P.E.I. on Friday. This means that relatively dry conditions are possible for much of western New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia by Friday afternoon. Rain will continue to fall on Halifax and eastern parts of Nova Scotia as well as for Prince Edward Island. That divide in conditions looks likely to continue into Saturday.
ST. JOHN S, N.L. The leader of Newfoundland and Labrador s Progressive Conservative party is stepping down after losing his seat in the provincial election, but he s not fading gently away. Ches Crosbie announced his resignation Wednesday morning while taking aim at the messy election that concluded Saturday and offering to help anyone interested in challenging the results in court. I m not expecting at the moment to go back to being a practising lawyer, Crosbie said. But if someone were to approach me for help … even though I m not allowed to give legal advice, I d be of assistance to people where I could be.