Category: Sydney

Glace Bay PeeWee A Miners award

The Glace Bay PeeWee A Miners hockey team has won a big trophy for their efforts off the ice.

A video of the players visiting a senior’ home on Valentine’s Day and handing out cupcakes, cookies and plants earned the team $2,000 and a chance to compete for the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup which has a top prize of $15,000.

Coach Kenzie Wadden, proud of his players, told CBC they were there for almost two hours visiting talking to the residents and listening to their stories.  He says it made the seniors happy, and the boys happy as well.

High-risk offender warning

The RCMP are warning of the release from prison of a sex offender considered a high risk to reoffend.

The Mounties issued a news release advising residents, particularly in the Halifax and Yarmouth areas; about the release from the prison in Renous of 36 year old James Andrew MacKay who was serving a sentence for sexual asault and other offences.  He has a violent criminal record dating back to 2000.  The violent offences he was convicted of were in the context of intimate relationships.