The Enfield Weekly Press

East Hants results: Municipality of East Hants https://www.easthants.ca//municipal/2020-election-results/

Our polls are now closed. Preliminary results will be shared as soon as the votes are tallied so stay tuned! We would like to thank all the candidates who put their names forward in this election. We'd also like to thank our residents who took the time to vote.

Students at Uniacke District School participated in this; however they decided to partake in HRM and vote on the mayor only. No other East Hants school took part. CIVIX

A 46-year-old man has been charged with assaulting Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack after an incident on Oct. 14. https://thelaker.ca/rcmp-charge-man-with-assaulting-sipekn/

Election Day - lets try this again!!

Kings-Hants MP Kody Blois has issued the following statement on the moderate livelihood fishery for Sipeknekatik First Nation fishers. https://thelaker.ca/mp-kody-blois-issues-statement-on-mode/

With Election Day upon us tomorrow, October 17, we have some special thanks to share: East Hants Council and staff would like to extend sincere thanks to Warden... Jim Smith for his service. Warden Smith is retiring from municipal politics and not re-offering in this election. Warden Smith was first elected as a Councillor in 2008 and has served as Warden since 2012. Most recently he has served as Chair of the Executive, Nominating, Audit and Source Water Protection Advisory Committees. Warden Smith has been a strong voice as a member of the board of the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities, the collective voice for municipal governments across the province. Thank you for your service, Warden Smith. You will be missed and East Hants is a better place because of you! ********** In addition, three members of our East Hants Council have decided to not re-offer in the upcoming municipal election. Councillor Cecil Dixon elected 2012 Councillor Heather Smith elected 2016 Councillor Pam MacInnis elected 2016 We would like to thank each of these Councillors for serving on Council and for their dedication to our community. We wish them all the best!

Some Halloween advice for trick or treating from Dr. Strang. https://thelaker.ca/dr-strang-releases-trick-or-treat-guid/

Among the 103 calls East Hants RCMP responded to was a man spotted peering into parked vehicles in the Elmsdale area. Here's this week's From the Cruiser, brought to you by GNS Equipment Rentals. https://thelaker.ca/from-the-cruiser-oct-6-13/

The motorist turned out to not be impaired. https://thelaker.ca/impaired-driver-call-turns-out-not-to-/

Uniacke District is the lone CCRCE school taking part in #StudentVote according to organizers. It is one of many local schools spread over DIstrict 1 and 14 HRM partaking. (File Photos) CIVIX Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education https://thelaker.ca/local-schools-partaking-in-studentvote/

More than 150 drivers were charged with impaired-related incidents last month, the RCMP say in a release. https://thelaker.ca/rcmp-charge-157-drivers-with-impaired-/

The After-Trauma Empowerment Network (ATEN) is a new community based non-profit organization that works to empower individuals, families and communities affected by trauma to live an empowered life to reach their fullest potential It is located in Shubenacadie. https://thelaker.ca/aten-providing-support-for-those-resid/