page 2 pages 10-11 page 15 Major upgrades Annual Robbie Burns Antigonish Challenger Baseball coming to dinner in accepts help from Arichat’s main street St. Peter’s Toronto Blue Jays porthawkesburyreporter.com Vol. 42, No. XX January 23, 2019 160808 Photo by Dana MacPhail Touesnard The Richmond MacAdian Ceilidh dancers performed several numbers during the Robbie Burns dinner on January 19 in St. Peter’s. This year’s theme for the event came from the Scottish bard’s celebrated poem, My Love is a Red, Red Rose. For more on the annual dinner, see pages 10 and 11. Anaconda Mining happy with NSHA looking to hire replacement midwife drilling results in Goldboro team at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital by Drake Lowthers The Reporter throughout the pregnancy,” Delorey said by Drake Lowthers The Reporter tions,” Angelo highlighted. “In this por- [email protected] during the announcement. “We did hear the [email protected] tion of our 10,000-metre drill program, concerns of citizens around the sustainabil- we focused on the potential of West Gold- ANTIGONISH: A crucial service provid- ity of the program and the NSHA responded GUYSBOROUGH: The company be- brook and made signifi cant advances in ing pregnant women the necessary support, to ensure that we bring in another midwife.” hind a proposed gold project for Goldboro increasing the confi dence level in the care and advice during pregnancy, labour Loring responded that rumours of fund- has produced initial test results that have continuity of the mineralized system and and the postpartum period, which had been ing cuts to the program aren’t true and it turned out to be positive. extending it at depth to 450 metres.” regularly offered at the St. Martha’s Regional was unforeseen circumstances that led to the Anaconda Mining Inc. hosted a meet- He said not only has Anaconda been Hospital in Antigonish, has had to suspend departure of the midwives. ing in the community on January 15 to confi dent in the expansion potential but the program. “One of the problems we have here is we provide an update on the Goldboro proj- now they see substantial upside in grow- Sally Loring, the senior director of ma- don’t train midwives within the Atlantic ect. ing the Goldboro gold deposit through the ternal and child health with the Nova Scotia provinces so when we do recruit to fi ll vacan- “Just over a year-and-a-half ago, we discovery of more mineralized zones in Health Authority (NSHA) told The Reporter cies, the people that apply are coming from acquired the project at a compelling val- West Goldbrook. in a phone interview on January 18 that they outside provinces,” she explained. “So one of uation and in a short period of time, we “We completed our 10,000-metre drill needed to temporarily suspend the service. the things we’re in the process of doing, with have produced a positive preliminary eco- program in December and are developing “Unfortunately, it’s just one of those the support of the Department of Health and nomic assessment,” Dustin Angelo said, plans for an additional 5,000 metres of things. We had three midwives associated Wellness is looking to see if whether we can president and CEO of Anaconda. “We drilling in the fi rst half of 2019.” with St. Martha’s, one of them is on a pe- start a midwifery training program here in registered the project for environmental Following the regular monthly council riod of leave at the moment, [while] one the Atlantic provinces; then there isn’t such permitting, initiated a 10,000-tonne bulk meeting on January 16, Vernon Pitts, the has been off since the summer of last year, a big relocation need.” sample, and drilled a further 12,000 me- Warden of the Municipality of the Dis- completing an educational sabbatical,” she tres which increased the deposit to over trict of Guysborough, explained repre- explained. “Then for personal reasons, the Continued on page 2 600,000 ounces of measured and indi- sentatives with Anaconda have been com- third one had to leave the province – so that cated resources and over 450,000 ounces pleting extensive drilling since July and means we [don’t] have any midwives to de- of inferred resources.” he said things are looking phenomenal. liver the service. Hopefully this disruption is PRICE: $1.55 +HST Fifteen drill holes totaling 4,866 metres “They’ve made some magnifi cent only temporary.” successfully infi lled the West Goldbrook strides, big strides the last little while, Last February, Antigonish MLA and Min- gold system, encountering 23 occur- and they continue to do so,” he said. ister of Health and Wellness Randy Delorey rences of visible gold and mineralization “They have a plan going forward; they’ll announced the addition of two full-time per- characteristic of the Goldboro gold de- be fi ling their plan, hopefully, late spring - manent midwife positions in the province, posit. early summer, and we’re looking forward including one at St. Martha’s. “The second major diamond drilling to them setting down roots in our munic- “We know that midwifery services do campaign that we have conducted at ipality.” provide high satisfaction, they work well Goldboro since we acquired the project in collaboration and partnership as part of continues to meet or exceed our expecta- Continued on page 2 our primary care services for maternal care FACT Superior Cleaning Services Ltd ROBERT WAMBOLT 9 in 10 Canadians read Serving the Strait area for over 40 years APPRAISALS Cars, Trucks, Vans Real Estate newspapers each week (7 passenger), Paul Miller Owner Valuations in print, on websites, Cube Vans Days & [email protected] 46 Paint Street, Port Hawkesbury P.O. 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The man ther of these persons is picked up multiple perfume asked to contact Inverness bottles, placed them inside District RCMP at 902-625- his jacket, then deposited 2220 and please quote File# Photo by Jake Boudrot them into the woman’s 201945223. Those who wish (From the left): Richmond Warden Jason MacLean and Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner purse. The suspects then to remain anonymous can receive thanks from Clairestone Inn owner Shauna Austin, while Richmond CAO Kent MacIn- left the business together. call Nova Scotia Crime tyre returs to the podium during the announcement of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency The woman is described Stoppers toll free at 1-800- funding for the streetscape and sidewalk project for Arichat’s main street on January 17. as being in her 40s, with 222-TIPS (8477), submit a Contributed photo short black hair and a fair secure Web tip at: www. On January 10 at ap- by Jake Boudrot Editor up and embraced the opportunity for the complexion. She was wear- crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use proximately 7:30 p.m., this [email protected] betterment of its main street,” MacLean ing a black jacket. The man the P3 Tips App. woman and man entered a said. “This will be a game-changer as it is described as being in his The investigation is on- business on Reeves Street in ARICHAT: Funding from the Atlantic will raise the overall standard and image of late 40s, with grey hair and going. Port Hawkesbury. Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) was Isle Madame, specifically the Arichat main announced for a program to revitalize the street and create a sense of arrival to Ari- municipality’s shire town. chat, a shire town.” On January 17 in Arichat, Cape Breton- The warden explained the streetscape Canso MP Rodger Cuzner announced that portion of the project will include rest areas ACOA invested $700,944 through its Innova- with proper lighting, benches, flower pots, tive Communities Fund to support the Mu- way-finding signage, and excellent view- nicipality of the County of Richmond’s plan points of the ocean. MacLean said the side- for new sidewalks, a fresh streetscape and a walk portion addresses the need for healthy, façade improvement program for local busi- active communities. nesses on Arichat’s main street. Enhance- “As public spaces, sidewalks are the front ments will include new sidewalks, street steps to the community, activating a street lighting, benches, recyclable units, bicycle socially and economically,” the warden racks, green spaces, trees, and signage.