On today's Tantramar Report:

Journalist Bruce Wark brings us another instalment of his coverage of the Nova Scotia election as seen from Cumberland county. This time Wark speaks with former MP and Liberal candidate Bill Casey.

The town of Sackville meets tonight for a discussion meeting covering a number of topics first brought up before the last election. Skateboards on town streets and rink subsidies for the Civic Centre are both on the agenda.  Up to 20 members of the public are invited to join the meeting in person and people can also participate online.

New Brunswick has 37 active cases of COVID-19, with 24 of those in Zone 1.  Those numbers are as of Sunday, when the province announced 18 new cases, all but one of which was in Zone 1.  When asked about the spike in cases as the provincial public health order ends,  Premier Blaine Higgs said he felt the rewards outweighed the risks.

The Sackville Food Bank is looking for help packing lunches for a Tantramar High School transition camp, a special week of activities for at-risk students making the move from middle school to high school this September.

The Joggins Fossil Institute is looking for visual and performing artists who want to “explore the myriad relationships between the human experience and the natural world,” as part of their 2022 Artscape Artist-in-Residence program.  The residency programme provides artists the time, financial support, and space to enable them to better focus on their work, says the institute.  The deadline for applications is Friday, Aug. 13.