As advanced polls open today, MASU hopes last fall’s provincial voting fiasco won’t discourage students from voting
ADVANCED VOTING KICKS OFF TODAY
Advanced polling for the federal election is open today from 9am to 9pm at the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre, and will continue through to Monday September 13. After that, the next chance to vote in person will be election day, Monday September 20.
There’s also still time to register to vote by mail. To do so, electors need to fill out a form online at the Elections Canada website, before 6pm on Tuesday September 14.
To vote in person, you’ll need a piece of government-issued ID, or else two other documents identifying you and your address.
Mount Allison students can either vote in the Beauséjour riding, or cast a ballot for another riding that they consider their home riding. To vote in a riding other than Beauséjour, students need to take action before 6pm on September 14. They can either request a mail-in kit by that time, or they can go vote in person with a special ballot at the Elections Canada office.
In Sackville, Elections Canada is located at the Sackville Curling Club, on 22 Landsdowne.
Students voting in Sackville will need to show their current address along with other voters. Students who have just moved to residence from outside of the riding can get a letter from the university confirming their current address.
MASU TRIES TO GET OUT THE VOTE, DESPITE PROVINCIAL ELECTION FIASCO
Mount Allison Students’ Union (MASU) VP External Hannah Ehler says though she feels the rules around student voting in the federal election are very clear coming from Elections Canada and student organizations, she is still worried that events in the provincial election last September may have left some students discouraged.… Continue
Tantramar Report: 7000 vaccinations given at Corner Drug, canoe rentals coming to Silver Lake, and getting out the student vote
Tuesday on Tantramar Report:
A 16-foot utility trailer belonging to the town of Sackville was stolen from behind the Civic Centre sometime between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. The town is asking anyone with information to call the RCMP.
RCMP daily occurrence reports for the Sackville detachment show two break, enter and thefts in private residences over the weekend. In one incident, a vehicle was stolen. Investigations are ongoing in both. In the past week, RCMP have recovered two stolen vehicles in the Sackville detachment area, though investigations into each are ongoing.
The town of Sackville will be introducing kayak and canoe rentals at Silver Lake in 2022, thanks to a $15,000 prize won by residents in the ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge. Town staff hosted an online survey to help select where to spend the money, and more than half (54%) of the 252 voters chose canoe and kayak rentals at Silver Lake. 23% of voters chose Walker Road trail enhancements, 19% chose recreation program subsidies, and just 4% chose enhancements to the existing equipment loan program run by Sackville recreation.
Vitalité Health Network is hosting a drop-in vaccination clinic in Sackville tomorrow at the Tantramar Veterans’ Memorial Civic Centre. From 12:30pm to 7:30pm, the clinic will offer both Pfizer and Moderna doses, and appointments are not required. … Continue