Tom Ayers

Members of the Celtic Colours Festival Society say the board has lately failed to take responsibility for volunteer complaints, a deteriorating visitor experience and senior staff resignations.

The creation of the new riding of Sydney-Glace Bay is going ahead, despite a failed attempt by Liberal MP Jaime Battiste to prevent the change.

The new mayor and council are planning big changes for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and one of those is at the top of the staff organizational chart now that chief administrative officer Marie Walsh is set to retire.

Residents of an affordable housing complex in Sydney are getting their power bills cut by more than 50 per cent thanks to a field of solar panels.

Nova Scotia's alcohol and gaming division says bar staff have often lacked an understanding and appreciation of their role in serving what can be a lethal product.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Amanda McDougall has taken a job with the Nova Scotia government, but she has not said when it starts and has so far declined to offer details.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality says very few landlords have applied for a rooming house licence as required under a new bylaw that was put in place following the death of an international student in a 2022 house fire.

A Cape Breton community development agency says federal and provincial capital funding for new buildings is welcome, but it creates higher municipal taxes that the non-profit cannot afford.

Food bank operators in Cape Breton, N.S., say even though usage has gone up recently, there are still more people who should be getting help, but aren't, and they are taking steps to reduce the stigma people can feel when they need help with the groceries.

Food bank usage in Nova Scotia is up 26 per cent over last year, but in Cape Breton, the figures are far worse, says Feed Nova Scotia executive director Nick Jennery.