Psychiatric assessment ordered for former daycare operator

A former daycare operator in Harvey Station has been sent for a psychiatric assessment on her fitness to stand trial.

33 year old Mary Jana McCormack was due to go to trial yesterday on eight charges of assault involving six different children at her former daycare. Her lawyer requested a mental health assessment…and the judge granted it. McCormack will return to court July 20.

Schools will acknowledge Mi’Kma’ki

There will be an announcements every morning in schools starting in the next school year acknowledging that the school sits on traditional Mi’kmaq land.

The School Board voted unanimously yesterday, National Aboriginal Day, to recognize the Mi’kmaq during morning announcements with a statement that reads “We acknowledge that we are in Mi’kma’ki…which is the traditional ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people”.