Do you know Corey Patrick Blinkhorn? Officers are looking for him with an arrest warrant for Aggravated Assault from the weekend stabbing incident on Pitt Street. He is described as 5’8” and 174 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact police at 902-563-5151 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.

Motorists: if you plan to be in downtown Sydney this weekend, please pay attention to barricaded road closures in place for the @Cape Breton Classic Cruisers Fall Classic Show & Shine. More than 400 care are expected to be parked along Charlotte Street Saturday! Effective 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Charlotte Street will be closed to traffic between Dorchester and Townsend Streets. Prince Street will also be closed, between George and Charlotte Streets; Pitt Street will be closed between George Street and the Esplanade; and, Wentworth Street will be closed between Charlotte Street and the Esplanade. Barricades will be in place blocking traffic throughout the duration of the event. An emergency vehicle lane will be in place for Police, Fire and EHS access. Please expect some traffic delays in this area and stay alert for extra pedestrian traffic. **Note: if the event is cancelled due to weather, these traffic restrictions will be put in place for a rescheduled event on September 23rd.

If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to represent a government organization or bank, who demands money from you, it is most likely a fraud. Please be extremely cautious of these phishing scams which can result in financial and identity theft. We often receive complaints of these kind of telephone phishing scams; most recently, some CBRM residents are being called by people claiming to be immigration officials. In most cases, callers demand money or items of monetary value, like pre-paid credit cards or retail purchase cards, and further intimidate citizens by making aggressive threats, which scare people into paying money to those pretending to be representing government organizations. These individuals have also been known to e-mail citizens, asking them to verify their identity by entering personal information. Government organizations, like Immigration Canada, and financial institutions do not conduct business in this manner. If you doubt the authenticity of a call, hang up immediately and phone the organization back directly to verify. Fraudulent activity should then be reported to police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or online at www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca.