Category: Amherst

The R-C-M-P have determined the death of a 27-year-old woman in a fire last month in central Nova Scotia was a homicide. East Hants R-C-M-P say the fire occurred on April 3rd in a garage that was detached from an adjacent home in South Rawdon. Two young children were rescued from the home, but the body of a woman whose name has not been released was found inside the garage. Police say they have obtained warrants and searched two homes in Lower Sackville as part of their ongoing investigation but no charges have been laid.

The results have been tallied and, after more than 11,000 votes were cast over a ten day period this spring, Vincent Coleman and Rita Joe are the names residents have chosen for the next two passenger ferries in the Halifax Transit fleet. In 1917, during the events of the Halifax Explosion, Vincent Coleman stayed behind to warn an inbound train about the impending explosion that would take his life. Rita Joe was born and spent her childhood on a Mi’kmaq reserve at Whycocomagh on Cape Breton Island. She is often referred to as the “poet laureate” of the Mi’kmaq people. Hundreds of names were submitted in the spring of 2017, during the first phase of the ferry naming contest. The final five were selected from a short list by a committee comprised of Mayor Mike Savage and one member from each of the three community councils. In the final vote Vincent Coleman received over 5000 votes and Rita Joe received over 2000.