{"id":59482,"date":"2021-09-07T09:10:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=59482"},"modified":"2021-09-07T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:10:14","slug":"tantramar-report-racist-attack-on-federal-ndp-candidate-cupe-set-for-strike-votes-charles-beaver-on-best-practices-for-the-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/tantramar-report-racist-attack-on-federal-ndp-candidate-cupe-set-for-strike-votes-charles-beaver-on-best-practices-for-the-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Tantramar Report: Racist attack on federal NDP candidate; CUPE set for strike votes; Charles Beaver on best practices for the vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4944765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"4944765\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><strong>On Tuesday\u2019s Tantramar Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The federal NDP candidate for Beaus\u00e9jour says she called the RCMP after she was subjected to\u00a0<strong>a violent racist attack in Sackville<\/strong>. Evelyne Godfrey says she was going door-to-door in late August gathering signatures for her nomination papers when a man who lives on Queens Road began shouting racial epithets, some directed at NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, and some at Godfrey herself.\u00a0 She says the man disappeared into his house, emerged with a knife and stabbed one of the tires on her rented campaign car causing it to deflate. Godfrey says the RCMP constable who investigated the incident made it pretty clear that the man would be investigated for allegedly committing a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>Beaus\u00e9jour has a\u00a0<strong>full slate of six candidates<\/strong>\u00a0running to represent the riding in parliament:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dominic LeBlanc (incumbent) is running for the Liberals,<\/li>\n<li>Shelly Mitchell is running for the Conservatives,<\/li>\n<li>Evelyne Godfrey is running for the NDP,<\/li>\n<li>Anna Girouard is running for the Greens,<\/li>\n<li>Jack Minor is running for the People\u2019s Party,<\/li>\n<li>and Isabelle Chiasson is running for the Free Party Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sackville\u00a0<strong>town council meets tonight<\/strong>\u00a0for their monthly special council meeting.\u00a0 They will start with a closed meeting at 6:30pm, to hear from the local RCMP detachment.\u00a0 Then at 7pm the public agenda begins, with a discussion of changes to council\u2019s procedures by-law, as well as the town\u2019s workplace harassment and violence policy. Council will also discuss the purchase of road salt for the winter, and the fall pride parade. Residents can attend Sackville town council in person, or watch or participate online. This will be the first meeting since the pandemic began where the observation gallery will be open at full capacity.\u00a0 Pre-registration to attend council in person is no longer required.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Union of Public Employees is set to begin\u00a0<strong>province-wide strike voting today<\/strong>. More than 22,000 CUPE members in the province are in a legal strike position, some having been without a collective agreement for almost five years. Eight CUPE locals could take a strike vote starting today. The local that represents hospital workers could do so later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Mount Allison campus is coming alive today with first and second year students participating in a\u00a0<strong>Learning Day<\/strong>.\u00a0 Academic orientation events and sessions will happen on campus all day long. Then tonight, all students can attend a keynote event called Pilei Nipi, a Mi\u2019kmaq term meaning \u201cnew leaf in a tree.\u201d\u00a0 The event features a smudging ceremony and a talk from 2017 Mount A grad Xavier Gould, an award-winning, multidisciplinary queer Acadian artist, actor, comedian, and spoken-word poet.<\/p>\n<p>As vaccination numbers inch higher, we chat with<strong>\u00a0local pharmacist-owner Charles Beaver\u00a0<\/strong>about best practices for those who are vaccinated, and how the relaxation of public health restrictions might affect this year\u2019s flu season. The Corner Drug Store is offering drop-in vaccination days coming up on Thursday September 9, Saturday September 11, and Tuesday, September 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea10b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4ea10b1\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a8c4d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a8c4d8\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-313c5c2\" data-id=\"313c5c2\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee9dc76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee9dc76\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday\u2019s Tantramar Report: The federal NDP candidate for Beaus\u00e9jour says she called the RCMP after she was subjected to\u00a0a violent racist attack in Sackville. 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