Nova Scotia’s three major political parties have election campaign announcements scheduled today in the Halifax area.

The N-D-P will discuss housing at an event in Dartmouth, while the Liberals will also be in Dartmouth to make an announcement on affordability for working families.

The Progressive Conservatives also have an announcement scheduled on the Halifax side of the harbour.

Voters go to the polls on November 26th.

 

 

Nova Scotians will be given the opportunity to use a so-called e-ballot to vote in the provincial election.  Voters will be able to use the system to cast an early ballot following the close of candidate nominations on November 6th.  The e-ballot system allows voters to select the candidate of their choice on secure tablets, which will be made available at all early voting locations ahead of election day on November 26th.  Traditional paper ballots will be used for voting on election day.

 

 

Nova Scotia has a new member of its supreme court.  Justice Shane Russell was previously an associate chief judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia.  His appointment was announced yesterday by the federal justice minister.  Russell will fill one of two vacancies on the provincial supreme court and is taking the place of Justice Robin Gogan who was appointed in February to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.

 

 

A volunteer fire department in Cape Breton is apologizing after a group attended a Halloween party at the local firefighters club over the weekend dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan.  Pictures and videos shared on social media show four people wearing long white robes and pointed white hoods, with one carrying a large cross, inside what appears to be the North Sydney Firefighters Club.  The club’s executive apologized in a social media post on Sunday night, saying the people attended a Halloween costume party Saturday night, and they are not associated with the organization.  The Fire Chief says the people were admitted by volunteers working the door, and they were asked to remove their hoods, but he acknowledged that ultimately it was a mistake to let them in at all.

 

 

In sports,

Freddie Freeman homered for the third straight game as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-2 to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven World Series.