The final cost paid by the province to remove the MV Miner from Scatarie Island is being pegged at $18.5 million. The contracted company was originally to be paid $11.9 million, but it got another $6.6 million through arbitration. The province indicated the discovery of asbestos and diesel fuel on board the ship added to things.
Category: Sydney
SIRT won’t lay charges in New Year’s death of Sydney Mines teen
SIRT has found no grounds for charges against Cape Breton Regional Police in the New Year’s death of a teenage boy. The 15-year-old and others ran away from a December 28th Sydney Mines house party as police responded to a complaint of bear spray. The investigation found the boy, whose body was found New Year’s Day, fell off a cliff and drowned, and had no contact with police.