Category: Sydney

Constable John Campbell has told a Police Review Board hearing he was protecting his aunt from someone she feared like a monster under the bed.

Campbell took the stand yesterday at the hearing into a complaint by his aunt’s neighbours Stephanie Bonner and Ted O’Quinn, who were charged with criminal negligence in a dispute over a property boundary and shared driveway.  Campbell told the hearing Bonner was ruthless and repeatedly harrassed his aunt and uncle.  His aunt was fearful about driving on the roadway by herselfd because of the dispute.

The panel is now accepting written submissions from the parties involved.

There’s some progress in efforts to keep the George D. Lewis School in Louisbourg open.

Education Minister Karen Casey has proposed funding a pilot project to turn some of the unused space at the school over for outside institutions and businesses.  George D. Lewis is one of the schools the school board decided to close because of declining enrollments.

Brett Hanham, vice-chair of the newly formed George D. Lewis Gateways to Opportunity Society, told CBC the idea is to rent out space in the building and students would in turn learn from those tenants.  Municipal staff would also move into the building.