SIRT investigates teen’s death in Sydney Mines

Grief counsellors will be at Memorial Composite High in Sydney Mines today after the death of a student last week.

15 year old Kobe Clarence Pink’s body was found on a beach New Year’s Day after he went missing from a party last Wednesday night.

SIRT has been called in to handle the investigation because police went to the party on Peck Street following a complaint. There were 30-40 people at the party and many scattered when police arrived.

A autopsy is underway into the cause of death…but it is not considered suspicious.

Well-known doctor passes

A doctor who delivered more than 15,000 babies in his career at the IWK has passed away.

CBC rewports Dr. Irving Perlin, a Cape Breton native, was in his mid-nineties.

The Sydney native established his practise in Halifax in 1949 and practised here for 45 years. He also taught at the Dal medical school.