Two west coast drivers nabbed for excessive speeds this week

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• Two men arrested Friday after police find cocaine, pills, and cash during a traffic stop on Route 430

  RCMP say 56-year-old Scott Lavers was driving and doing 113 km/hr in a 90 zone.

• Trans Canada Highway is open now near the Bay d'Espoir turnoff

  Emergency crews were on the scene due to a motor vehicle collision.

• Nominations close tonight to fill the vacant seat in Benoits Cove ward for Qalipu First Nation

  There are 2200 members living in 20 communities that make up the ward. Electoral Officer Berty Leamon says candidates need 2 signatures, must be 18 and live in the ward.

• More electric products, or E-waste, now being accepted at the Wildcove landfill

  They can now take e-bikes, scooters, electronic toys and games, as well as ipads and e-books.

• Government points to insurance claims for road negligence as trucks haul away the MSC Baltic III

  Any claim would consider the road’s pre-existing condition and cover only the repairs required to restore it to that state.