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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
Seafood facility, $800,000 waterfront revitalization project announced for Canso
CANSO -- The $800,000 Canso waterfront revitalization project that Guysborough-Sheet Harbour MLA Ronnie Chisholm unveiled in Canso on Monday, which included a proposed seafood facility that would provide 40 local jobs, isn’t supposed to be a saviour for the town; rather it’s a new beginning.
“It’s time to move on,” said Chisholm to a thunderous applause from the 200-plus spectators that crowded the town’s Lions Club for the long-awaited news.
Chisholm was referring to the defunct Seafreez plant that closed its doors for good last summer. Through the collective efforts of the municipal, provincial and federal governments, the process of dismantling the facility is expected to begin by week’s end and be replaced by a seafood depot run by Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd., that operates three other successful smaller-scale processing plants in Cape Breton. The operation could start as early as the fall.
Joined by his colleague, Minister of Economic Development Angus MacIsaac, the minister of fisheries announced to the packed crowd, which included residents, and several local dignitaries, as well as the Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd. ownership team, that the waterfront would be transformed into a port capable of handling a bustling commercial fishery. Some of the proposed projects include construction of new slipways, providing more space for fish-buying stations, even the addition of washrooms and laundry facilities.
Former Seafreez owner Bill Barry agreed to turn the waterfront property over to the provincial government.
The seafood facility will initially contain a freezer and ice unit and will, according to Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd. project manager Dannie Hansen, who was also on hand for the announcement, accept any species of fish available for purchase. |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
Halfway Cove couple wonder when Avastin coverage will come
HALFWAY COVE -- When Marlene George, 47, and her husband Blair found out that the province decided, in this year’s budget, to cover an expensive cancer-treating drug they were over the moon. Now they’re growing frustrated waiting for the program to kick in.
“Is it the day that it’s announced? Is it the day that the budget passes? There’s people here desperately waiting for treatment of Avastin,” said Blair.
The balanced budget was announced on April 29.
A year ago, Marlene of Halfway Cove was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. For the last 10 months, she and her husband have been spending between $1,500 and $1, 895 every two weeks to treat her cancer with Avastin, which her doctor has recommended.
They discovered recently that some pharmacies in the province charge different prices for the colorectal cancer treatment. Bigger pharmacy chains are able to absorb some costs associated with the drug while smaller, independent retailers cannot.
Two weeks ago the Guysborough-Antigonish-Strait district health authority allowed residents living in the district to buy the drugs at cost. They now purchase each bi-weekly dose at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital for $1,500.
Marlene says the treatment works extremely well.
“I feel really good right now and I know it’s because of Avastin,” said Marlene.
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
75-year-old Sheet Harbour man rescued from woods unscathed
GUYSBOROUGH-- He may have been lost in the woods for more than 24 hours, but seventy-five-year-old Doug Westhaver of Sheet Harbour says he never panicked once, fully confident he would be okay and someone would find him.
“I wasn’t nervous a bit,” said Westhaver.
“The only thing that bothered me come nighttime was the beavers; they were slapping their tails in the water. I think I was in their territory. I think they wanted me out of there,” he said with a laugh.
Last Tuesday, a Halifax Ground Search and Rescue team found Westhaver at around 3 pm. in the Mines Brook Road region off Highway 374, about a 25-minute drive from his home. He had been missing since early Monday morning and search and rescue teams started searching Monday evening at around 11 p.m. after family members reported him missing.
Pictou, Colchester, Sheet Harbour and Eastern Shore Ground Search and Rescue teams were also involved in the two-hour effort.
For Westhaver, it was a solo trouting expedition that went awry. Armed with two fishing rods and a bag of peppermints, the lifelong Sheet Harbour resident set out from his home at around 6:30 a.m. to test the waters of Charlie’s Lake, a lake he’d never seen but heard plenty of good things about. On Saturday he and his son Michael of Dartmouth had been in the general area and had a good catch. So Doug decided to go further up the trail to Charlie’s Lake.
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