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Village of Baddeck cautiously accepting new sewer and water hookups
The chair of Baddeck's village commission says last year's moratorium is lifted and development applications are once again being accepted and reviewed by engineers on a case-by-case basis.
Mi'kmaw sunrise ceremony near Louisbourg starts National Indigenous Peoples Day
The Mi'kmaw sunrise ceremony on National Indigenous Peoples Day holds extra meaning for Eskasoni Elder Lottie Johnson, a residential school survivor who says June 21 was known as Freedom Day to the kids who got to go home for the summer.
Cape Breton regional police adding cameras for officers, cars and downtown streets
Chief Robert Walsh says Cape Breton regional police are buying bodycams, dashcams and street surveillance equipment this summer, with plans to make them operational by the fall.
CBRM unveils catalogue of pre-approved housing designs to help spark development
Cape Breton Regional Municipality says 15 plans ranging in size from a backyard suite to a six-unit townhouse are available to residents free and are pre-approved under the building code to speed up the permitting process.
CBRM councillor expects increasing conflict between new housing, property owners
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Coun. Gordon MacDonald says new planning rules designed to ease the housing shortage are going to increasingly cause friction in established neighbourhoods.
CBRM councillors call for thorough review of fire departments, equipment and staffing
Cape Breton Regional Municipality's council has voted to have the chief administrative officer look into concerns over the number of fire stations, fire trucks and volunteers.
CBRM to withhold half of tourism marketing levy to promote large sporting events
Destination Cape Breton's CEO says if CBRM keeps half of the marketing money raised from accommodations, it could hamper the organization's ability to promote tourism across the island.
Cape Breton Farmers' Market Co-operative files for bankruptcy
The financially troubled Cape Breton Farmers' Market Co-operative has filed for bankruptcy a year after getting into a dispute with its former landlord in downtown Sydney, N.S.
Fishermen spot pod of killer whales off Cape Breton
Lobster fishermen in northern Cape Breton got an up-close glimpse of a pod of killer whales this week, a sighting that a marine biologist says is on the rise.
Well-known Sydney tar ponds activist Bruno Marcocchio dies
The man most likely remembered as the leading voice in the fight to clean up the toxic waste left over from Cape Breton's steel industry died from cancer this week. He was 75.