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B-C New Democratic MP Sheila Malcolmson came to Nova Scotia yesterday with her campaign to get Ottawa to close a loophole in laws on abandoned vessels.
Malcolmson brought her campaign here because of a couple of high profile cases in recent years…the MV Miner which ground on Scatarie Island and the MV Farley Mowatt which was abandoned in Shelburne Harbour.
The M-P has tabled a bill that would make the coast guard responsible for directing the removal of all abandoned vessels.
Protesters were outside the courthouse in Windsor yesterday while a hearing was held inside in a fatal car crash.
25 year olds Andrew Blaine Rafuse, who is charged with criminal negligence causing death and other counts, was not in court himself but his lawyer was and got the case adjourned until August 22. He was charged after his vehicle went off Bog Road near Windsor June 22 killing 22 year old Dashonn States and injuring two other passengers.
The protestors said that, as a young black man, States had bad experiences with the justice system because of his race and they were there to ensure justice is served in his death.