Category: Amherst

Nova Scotia’s major party leaders are lobbying for every last vote in the final weekend before Tuesday’s provincial election. Premier Stephen McNeil rallied his troops at a campaign event in Halifax, telling Liberal Party workers that a second majority mandate is within reach. Tory leader Jamie Baillie says only a change in government can turn around the province’s prospects, pitching his party as the only viable alternative. N-D-P leader Gary Burrill says the election comes at a “volatile moment” that could work in his party’s favour.

A man from Windsor has been sentenced to more three years in prison after pleading guilty to 20 fraud related charges. 42-year-old Scott Gray was sentenced to 40 months behind bars this week. Gray’s crimes included defrauding neighbors when he lived in Bedford, selling cars he didn’t own, and failing to register as a sex offender. He also targeted a number of businesses in other scams, As part of Gray’s sentence he was also ordered to pay more than 14-thousand-dollars in restitution to Kingston Auto, more than 24-thousand to Carquest and thousands more to his other victims.