Category: Sydney

A Sydney man catches a break

One of the men arrested during the police anti-prostitution sting operation in 2015 is free and clear.

68 year old David Wayne Ley of Sydney was due to go to trial on a charge of communicating for the purpose of prostitution but the prosecutor told the judge the Crown was dismissing the charge.  That usually means they have no reasonable prospect of a conviction.

Ley was among 27 men arrested in the sting operation with is the fourth to see the charges dismissed.

Cat ferry numbers up

Paul and Val Stackhouse, the owners of the Hillsdale House Inn in Annapolis Royal say that the coming season looks promising, with advance bookings on the Cat ferry in Yarmouth up five-fold over last year.

Tourism revenues are estimated to be up from $2 billion in 2010 to $2.6 billion in 2016 and the goal is $4 billion by 2024.

The 2016 provincial tax revenue is estimated at $168 million, according to the Annapolis County Spectator.