Cops N’ Kids have great time at Tim Hortons Camp
A young man seriously injured while working on a garbage truck in Port Williams May 10 has died.
The man was part of a threeperson crew collecting large items from the roadside in Kings County as part of a twice-annual cleanup.
Several sources said the man died as a result of his injuries, which were sustained in the part of the truck where workers place garbage before it is pushed farther back into the storage area. It’s not known what exactly happened, but it’s not believed that he was pushed into the garbage storage compartment.
Department of Labour spokeswoman Chrissy Matheson said in an email the department doesn’t confirm workplace fatalities any more because the information relates to personal medical and health information. She said the RCMP might be able to provide that information.
RCMP spokeswoman Const. Kelli Gaudet said the information would have to come from the Department of Labour because it was their investigation, and all police could say was that they received a call about a person injured in the back of a garbage truck at 3 p.m.
The man was an employee of EFR Disposal in Middleton, a private contractor doing the work for Valley Waste Resource Management.
A person who answered the phone at EFR referred calls to its general counsel, who could not be reached May 12.
After the incident, the part of the truck that grabs and pushes items into the storage area was raised on its pistons and the contents had partially fallen out onto the road.
The day of the accident, a man who lives nearby said he heard the driver say the victim was caught in the truck.
The Department of Labour issued a stop work order on the garbage truck later that night, but had no updates on the investigation the following day.
BRIDGETOWN, NS – Dozens of Grade 7 students in Annapolis County went to camp recently – and it wasn’t even summer.
Annapolis District RCMP’S Community Programming Officer Adam Burns took the 75 kids and more than two dozen youth leaders to the Tim Hortons Camp in Tatamagouche April 20-22 where they had fun, learned things, and even watched fireworks on the Northumberland Strait.
The three days of fun marked the seventh annual Cops n’ Kids Camp put on by the RCMP Annapolis District. Burns said this year’s edition boasted a total of 100 Annapolis County students attending the weekend camp there were 75 Grade 7s plus the 25 junior leaders.
Burns said the junior leaders are students ranging from Grade 10 to 12 who help run the camp and oversee all the students’ movements throughout the weekend.
“This year’s group of junior leaders was the largest that we have ever had,” Burns said. “They were a very hard working group who did an amazing job.”
During the course of the weekend the participants experienced presentations from the RCMP’S Traffic Services as well as the Underwater Recovery Unit. The youngsters were also entertained by Maritime Mad Science, a magician and fire breather from Halifax. Race cars were created, as well as picture frames and a keepsake that was provided by the Tim Horton’s Camp itself. Saturday night the students were provided with a fantastic fireworks show.
“Although there were a few people sick during the bus rides, I am very confident everyone who had the opportunity to attend had a great time and came back with many positive memories,” said Burns. “I would like to say thanks again to the many volunteers and junior leaders who made this weekend possible, as well as the Tim Hortons Camp itself. They were, and always are, fantastic hosts. Until next year.”