The community of Lockeport is preparing for the celebration of Canada’s birthday.

The Yarmouth Communities in Bloom project is collaborating with the Town of Yarmouth in the annual Compost Giveaway on Saturday at the Public Works Building on Pleasant Street starting at 9:30 a.m. - rain or shine.

Councilor Ken Langille reminds citizens that the compost is quite wet, thus very heavy.

With the Conservatives ensnarled in the biggest political scandal in their seven years in government, a new poll suggests Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are en route to winning a massive majority in the next election.

The Liberals would claim 192 seats in the 308-seat House of Commons with that support, leaving the Tories with 77 and dropping the NDP all the way back to 37.

Calling the Maritime Link a "good project, but a bad deal", PC leader Jamie Baillie filed his planned opening remarks for next Tuesday's hearing, calling on the Utility and Review Board to reject the Maritime Link application because there is insufficient evidence to prove it is the lowest cost, long-term option for ratepayers.

Baillie says the PC Caucus will not support the application, as filed, because the deal and the process are flawed and pass all the risk on to ratepayers.