UK too slow to act on lethal drug threat

The federal government has served notice it intends to close the commercial fishery for baby eels or elvers in the Maritimes this year — six weeks before the season is set to open.

According to statements in court, 54-year-old Robert Lee LeLievre volunteered as treasurer with the Inverness local of the teachers union and illegally signed the president’s name on cheques for two years.