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CBRM surplus spending includes big-ticket items, infrastructure and anniversary parties
Cape Breton Regional Municipality is spending two-thirds of its $4.1-million budget surplus on facilities, roads and sidewalks and multiple events to celebrate the 30th anniversary since CBRM was created.
Coxheath Hills residents worried about silence surrounding proposed CBRM copper mine
A group of residents in the Coxheath Hills area near Sydney, N.S., says it is concerned that no one is providing an update on a proposed copper mine two years after the company offered to buy some public land for the project.
Acadians in Chéticamp area a step closer to getting new provincial riding
Nova Scotia's electoral boundaries commission is presenting the public with four possible options that would cut down the constituency of Inverness and provide French-speaking people with a representative in the provincial legislature.
Construction trades strike ends in Cape Breton with what employers call 'historic' deal
The group representing unionized contractors in Cape Breton says a nearly 18 per cent wage hike over four years is the largest ever seen in the island's commercial and industrial construction sector.
School bus enlisted temporarily to help move Sydney cruise ship passengers
The Port of Sydney Development Corporation's own bus suffered a serious mechanical failure earlier this year, leaving port officials scrambling to find a replacement shuttle between the two cruise ship piers.
Underground coal mine in Donkin is up for sale
Nova Scotia company Morien Resources says in a news release that the mine's U.S.-based owner, The Cline Group, has put the property on the market.
Man, 45, facing charges as Cape Breton police investigate vehicle thefts
The man was arrested while Cape Breton Regional Police executed search warrants in Little Pond, Florence and North Sydney.
CBRM to ask province for help with cost of cleaning up derelict properties
Officials say the municipality simply can't afford to tackle the hundreds of abandoned properties in CBRM that need attention.
Provincial policing plan raises more questions than answers for CBRM officials
Cape Breton Regional Municipality's mayor and the chair of its police commission are gathering a list of questions to take to Nova Scotia Justice Minister Becky Druhan in a meeting that's expected later this summer.
N.S. alcohol enforcer calls for 50-day liquor licence suspension in Route 19 Brewing death
However, Route 19 Brewing in Inverness, Cape Breton, says its liquor licence should only be suspended for three days.