Tantramar Report: abattoir renos begin, $15k recreation survey, and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin takes Cumberland North
Thursday on Tantramar Report:
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin has been officially re-elected in Cumberland North, but this time as an independent. She has agreed to work with the current Progressive Conservative majority government, but will not look to rejoin them. Smith-McCrossin says she helped write part of the PC platform including the promise to restore more local decision-making in Nova Scotia’s health care system.
Farmer Chris Pierce has started renovating the building at 72 Crescent Street in Sackville, where he has plans to open an abattoir and meat market. Building owner Richard Baughan confirmed that renovations for an abattoir were underway, though Pierce was unavailable to provide details. Sackville town council approved a zoning change and development agreement to make way for an abattoir on January 11. The agreement with the town requires that all activities of the abattoir have to be contained within the building, with no outdoor storage or animal pens. The New Brunswick Department of Health licenses and inspects abattoirs in the province. There is currently no Sackville-based abattoir listed on the Department of Health website.
Sackville residents have until this Saturday to vote on how the town will use $15,000 in prize money the town won after placing first provincially in the ParticiPACTION Community Better challenge. Choices include:
- introducing kayak, canoe and paddle board rentals at Silver Lake;
- enhancing the existing recreational equipment loan program at Bill Johnstone park;
- providing a recreation subsidy for individuals in children and youth sport; and,
- upgrading the Walker Road Trails for hiking and mountain biking.