Category: Amherst

The committee on classroom conditions is meeting again this week to come up with more recommendations for the government.

Committee member Sean Baker, a teacher; says initially he expects changes to be small, but he told the CBC they will be noticible.  He pointed out one supporting teachers writing individual program plans.  Barker conceded bigger, more complicated issues affecting schools in rural areas will take longer to resolve.

The committee’s final report is due April 28th.

A man is in custody after a woman’s body was found in a residence in Gardiner Mines outside Glace bay yesterday.

Police were called to the house on O’Brien Street around noon.  They found the body of a woman and took a man into custody.

Police aren’t releasing much in the way of detail about what happened, just that the two know each other; nothing about reports there’s a son.

The major crime unit is investigating.