Category: Kentville

Blomidon Park rescue

Fire crews rescued a woman near Blomidon Park early yesterday morning.

The 53 year old woman called for help just before 11:00pm Tuesday night when she was unable to hike up through the Amethyst Cove area.

The Canning Volunteer Fire Department responded with ATVs and a hovercraft and got her off the beach.  The woman was cold, wet and tired but otherwise okay.

The fire department’s Jeff Skaling told the Kings County Register the rescue went fairly quickly because the tide was out.  He added the woman was smart to carry a cellphone and then stayed put awaiting rescue.

NS murder-suicide

A relative says he feels staff at St. Martha’s Hospital in Antigonish handled Lionel Desmond appropriately when he went there looking for help.  Later Desmond killed his mother, wife and daughter and then himself.

Albert MacLellan and other members of Desmond’s family were brief yesterday on how the health-care system dealt with the Afghan war veteran suffering from P-T-S-D.  MacLellan didn’t comment on the details of the report but said Desmond was not turned away by hospital staff as he had told his sisters.  He feels the health authority dealt with Desmond to the best of its ability.

The authority also is not releasing any details of its report.