Travel home for students allowed
Circuit breaker public health measures are slated to come into effect as of 6pm on Friday. In an email to students on Wednesday, Mount Allison vice presidents Anne Comfort and Robert Inglis confirmed that travel to and from Sackville in order to attend university is allowed, and so students will be permitted to travel home for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend. The letter says that currently, 96% of on campus students, faculty and staff are fully vaccinated, and there are no active cases in the Mount Allison community.
Mt A head librarian moves on
Mount Allison University’s head librarian is moving on. Dianne Keeping has been chief librarian since August 2019. On Tuesday, Memorial University announced that Keeping has been appointed the dean of Memorial University Libraries for a five-year term beginning in January. While at Mount A, Keeping has been working on a project aiming to renovate and revitalize the Ralph Pickard Bell library. It’s not clear yet how Keeping’s departure will affect the ongoing project, which began in 2017, before she arrived.
COVID-19 update
Another person has died in Zone 1 due to COVID-19, bringing the provincial death toll to 70. There are 51 people in hospital due to the virus, with 25 in an intensive care unit. Of those in hospital, 41 are unvaccinated, two are partially vaccinated and eight are fully vaccinated. Public Health reported 71 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. 50 of those cases, about 70 per cent, are in people who are unvaccinated.
Corner Drug Store taking walk-in appointments for Pfizer vaccine
The Corner Drug Store in Sackville has walk-in appointments available for the Pfizer vaccine at the following times: Thursday, 10am-6pm; Friday 4:30-6:30pm; and Saturday 10am-1pm. While quantities last!
Adyn Townes at Mel’s on Friday
Live Bait Theatre says that after careful consideration they have decided to go ahead with their presentation of Adyn Townes this Friday at Mel’s Tearoom. A message from the group points out that everyone attending will be double vaccinated, and the renovated Mel’s has lots of room to spread out. Townes just released a new album called ‘In Frames’, and is “thrilled” to be back on the road, playing for live audiences. The show is happening Friday at 8pm at Mel’s Tearoom. Here’s Townes playing a song off his new album.
Learning how nature can help us adapt to climate change
The Chignecto Climate Change Collaborative is hosting a series of virtual workshops looking at how nature can help people adapt to climate change. The first virtual workshop takes place next Wednesday and is billed as an introduction to natural infrastructure. Vincent Lambert-Song of the New Brunswick Environmental Network will teach general principles of nature-based infrastructure, and other applications of phyto-technologies, such as mining and water treatment. The workshop is happening next Wednesday October 13 from 12pm-1pm, and you can register online at the EOS Eco Energy website.
Councillors roundtable tonight on CHMA Talks
Tonight on CHMA Talks at 6pm, tune in for another edition of councillor’s roundtable, this time with Bill Evans and Allison Butcher joining us to discuss what’s up for consideration at Sackville Town Hall in the coming weeks. If you have questions for the roundtable to consider, contact news@chmafm.com
