The NDP have a familiar face leading the orange charge in Lunenburg. Pam Birdsall is hoping to be re-elected as MLA after she was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2009. She says roads and access to health-care remain the top issues in the constituency. Birdsall says she disagrees with the Liberal and PC notion to remove most of the district health authorities in the province.
The Yarmouth Mariners spread out the offense as they defeated the CIBC Wood Gundy Lumberjacks last night in Yarmouth. The Mariners got goals from five different players in a 5-1 over the Jacks. Josh Shatford provided the lone goal for the Bridgewater club while Cory Peterson allowed five goals on 38 shots. The Lumberjacks' next game will be Friday night when they host Campbellton.
A great start for the Bridgewater Bulldogs Bantam 'AAA' baseball team at the Atlantic Championships in St. John's, Newfoundland. The local club sits at 2-0 after day one of the competition. In their opening game against P.E.I. on Friday afternoon, Zach Zinck, Max Hartling and Riley Nickerson pitched a combined no-hitter in a 10-0 win. Jaron Bolivar also had four RBI's. In their evening game against Mount Pearl, Matt Sabean, Riley Nickerson and Cameron MacPherson combined for a one hit 4-2 victory. Up next for the Bulldogs will be the host club from St. John's at 2:30pm Saturday afternoon. They also play Kennebecasis Valley, New Brunswick at 8pm.
Sean Fraser scored the shootout winner as the Yarmouth Mariners won a wild game over the CIBC Wood Gundy Lumberjacks Friday night at Queens Place in Liverpool. The Mariners held a 4-1 lead heading into the third period before the Jacks stormed back with four straight to take the lead with only six minutes left in the game. Yarmouth scored roughly 40 seconds later to help send the game to overtime and then a shootout. Ryan Groom paced the Jacks offense with two goals and an assist while Billy Clarke turned aside 37 shots in the loss. The two teams face off again Saturday night in Yarmouth at 7:30pm.
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The leader of the Nova Scotia PC party is making his first visit to the South Shore since the writ dropped for the provincial election. Jamie Baillie made stops in a number of communities including Chester, Bridgewater and Lunenburg and he'll also be traveling to Barrington Passage this evening. Baillie highlighted his party's platform in Dayspring at Snyder's Shipyard Friday afternoon. He says their plan "Change That Works" could help create 20,000 jobs, many of them here along the South Shore.
The South Shore Mustangs kick off their regular season this weekend in Bridgewater. The major midget hockey club will be hosting the Cape Breton Tradesmen for two games. Mustangs owner Lionel Haughn tells us his team's greatest quality this coming season will be its enthusiasm and committment to the game.
Another season of Lumberjacks hockey gets underway tonight in Liverpool. The Bridgewater club takes on their South Shore rivals from Yarmouth at Queens Place Emera Centre. The Lumberjacks are hoping to build off a disappointing campaign last year, that saw them only garner 10 wins in 52 regular season games. Twenty-year-old defenseman Mitchell Hennebury feels this year is going to be different.
The president of the Queens County ATV Association says they may have to bypass Liverpool in their travels. The Region of Queens Municipality recently voted to stay the course and not allow any ATV use along the Trestle Trail Bridge and the former rail line leading to Bog Road. Brian Hatt says the decision leaves no direct access into Liverpool for ATV riders. He says the group was hoping to provide some economic spin-offs.
