ANTIGONISH: Earlier this month, a teenager was hurt while working on a job site at StFX University.

The work place injury, which is still being investigated by authorities, indicates it involves a 17-year-old, but information beyond that is limited at the moment.

It’s unclear what or how it happened, but, Cindy MacKenzie, the university’s manager of media relations, confirmed an incident did take place with The Reporter but was mum on any additional details.

“It’s still under investigation so that’s all I can say at this time.”

The media relations advisor for the Department of Labour and Advanced Education, Lisa Jarrett, confirmed their involvement with a workplace incident that occurred on August 5.

“We can confirm our Occupational Health and Safety officers responded to a workplace incident that occurred at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish,” she said. “Our inspection is ongoing. We have no further information to share at this time.”

Drake Lowthers

Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.

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Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.