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Inverness accessibility advocate championed beach project
Callum MacQuarrie rarely left his home without duct tape. Paralyzed from the neck down since 1995 after a diving accident at the Inverness beach breakwater, MacQuarrie, a passionate accessibility advocate who died last week at age → Read More
Family, friends remember well-known Cape Breton electrical contractor
SYDNEY — Vic AuCoin was never someone who let life’s trials and tribulations hold him back.And now, after his recent death at age 85, family and people who worked alongside the well-known electrical contactor are remembering a man who grew a → Read More
Monkey business in Glace Bay
GLACE BAY — Growing up in the Bridgeport area of Glace Bay in the early 1980s, Wayne McKay used to love walking to the local corner store to buy candy. But things would sometimes get a bit hairy — literally — when he had to walk past the neighbour’s pet primate. “It was tied out on a leash in front of the house. I just remember when we’d walk to the store there — it was the best store to get… → Read More
VIDEO: Nova Scotia optometrists can now diagnose and prescribe
Dr. Chelsea Kayed didn’t become an optometrist just so she could write prescriptions for eyeglasses. And now, thanks to a recent change in provincial legislation, she can provide a much wider scope of services to her patients. Kayed, who → Read More
Victoria County woman killed in collision
A 45-year-old woman from Victoria County was killed after her car collided with a transport truck Tuesday morning. The accident took place on Highway 105 near exit 12 in South Haven. RCMP were notified at approximately 9:03 a.m. by a passing → Read More
We’koqma’q elects first female chief
History was made in a Cape Breton First Nations community on Wednesday as voters elected their first female chief. Annie Bernard-Daisley defeated longtime incumbent Rod Googoo to become leader of the community located at the foothills of Skye → Read More
Cape Breton University announces winter semester to be online
Cape Breton University announced Wednesday that classes for the winter semester will be delivered online. A limited number of exceptions will be made in cases where in-person delivery is essential but students will continue to be supported in a → Read More
UPDATED: Police locate missing Sydney Mines man
Cape Breton Regional Police have located a missing Sydney Mines man. Norman MacAskill, 29, was reported missing on Monday but police issued an alert on Wednesday afternoon stating he had been located. → Read More
MEET THE CANDIDATE Donalda Johnson, CBRM District 4
Name: Donalda Johnson “My name is Donalda Johnson and I am campaigning for councillor — District 4, CBRM. I am interested in becoming a councillor for District 4 because I would like to help build our economy to create more jobs, → Read More
VIDEO: Two CBRM fires under investigation
Officials are investigating two structure fires that took place in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Tuesday. Firefighters in Sydney responded to a fire at a vacant building at 823 Victoria Rd. in Whitney Pier at about 9:19 p.m. CBRM → Read More
MEET THE CANDIDATES: Cyril MacDonald, CBRM District 3
Name: Cyril MacDonald Hometown: Blacketts Lake Age: 27 What did you do before you decided to run for office? I presently work for Sport Nova Scotia as the regional sport consultant for Cape Breton, working with sport organizations on sport → Read More
MEET THE CANDIDATES: Gordon MacDonald, CBRM District 1
Name: Gordon MacDonald Hometown: Tobin Road Age: 58 What did you do before you decided to run for office? This is my second time running for council. I ran in 2016 also. Over the last four years you would have seen me leading the fight for → Read More
Inverness residents frustrated after tourist fails to self-isolate
Residents of a scenic seaside Cape Breton town are expressing frustration after a tourist didn’t follow proper COVID-19 public health protocols, forcing the closure of a local restaurant and bar. On Tuesday, Route 19 Brewing announced it was → Read More
Cape Breton craft brewery closes taproom due to COVID-19 concerns
A craft brewery in western Cape Breton has closed its bar due to COVID-19 concerns. Route 19 Brewing Inc. announced on Twitter that the precautionary closure came after staff learned that a customer hadn’t self-isolated after travelling from → Read More
Baking a difference in Cape Breton
A Nova Scotia restaurant that helps people with dietary restrictions once again enjoy things like donairs, cheesecake and a variety of baked goods will return to Cape Breton next month. Last weekend, Locally Baked Outlet packed up a truck filled → Read More
Cape Breton moth-ers celebrate one of Earth's most diverse organisms
A group of local “moth-ers” gathered at Alicia Penney’s home in Albert Bridge on the weekend for a two-day party to celebrate National Moth Week by collecting, documenting and celebrating one of the most diverse and successful → Read More
Province announces $38M for CBRM health-care redevelopment
The massive overhaul of health-care delivery in Cape Breton took a major step forward Thursday, according to the project’s senior medical director. Dr. Elwood MacMullin said the province’s announcement of $38.4 million for planning and → Read More
VIDEO: Kendra Coombes holds onto seat for NDP in Cape Breton Centre
The byelection was held in the riding after the NDP's Tammy Martin stepped down last month → Read More
VIDEO: Cape Breton driver struck by ice from school bus happy to be alive
A local man whose vehicle was severely damaged after it was struck by a large chunk of ice that flew off the roof of a school bus says it could have been much worse. George MacLeod said he was driving behind the bus on Jan. 21 at about 8:50 a.m. → Read More
Cape Breton man living in Australia shocked by bushfire devastation
When Bobby Clements was planting eucalyptus trees and counting koalas on Kangaroo Island, he never imagined much of the lush, green haven for wildlife would be destroyed a few months later. Clements, a 29-year-old Glace Bay native, arrived in → Read More