Tom Ayers

Earlier this year, Route 19 Brewing in Inverness was found guilty of violating one liquor licensing regulation for failing to maintain control of the premises the night brewmaster Dallas Lewis fell off the roof and died.

Three people are facing criminal charges after a motorcyclist died in a hit and run on the Trans-Canada Highway in Bras d'Or, N.S., this summer.

During sentencing, Judge Paul Scovil said Daryl and Shelley Digout had acted in a predatory manner, grooming the girl starting when she was about nine years old.

A spokesperson says major repairs to Cape Breton Regional Municipality's city hall in downtown Sydney, N.S., are on hold until next spring, because some materials needed to replace the aging heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system might not be available.

A Toronto man is charged with theft and possession of stolen property after being found adrift on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean. RCMP in Nova Scotia say the investigation is ongoing and ranges from one end of the country to the other.

More than 100 people protested outside Cape Breton Regional Police headquarters in Sydney, N.S., hoping to convince the federal government to scrap its ban and buyback program for assault-style firearms.

Police in Cape Breton, N.S., and federal government officials say the gun buyback program is already drawing a lot of interest from gun owners, but opponents are planning a show of force hoping the government will reconsider.

The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs says proposed amendments to provincial legislation are being made without consultation and some appear to be targeted at protesters on Hunter's Mountain in Cape Breton.

A Cape Breton, N.S., couple who sexually assaulted a young girl in their care have been in court five times since their conviction earlier this year and still have not been sentenced.

Police in Sydney, N.S., say they are ready to open a web portal Oct. 1 and start taking appointments from owners of assault-style firearms looking to exchange their outlawed guns for money from the federal government.

Membertou Chief Terry Paul says the federal government needs to stop permitting works without considering the benefits for Indigenous communities.

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.

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.

The man was arrested while Cape Breton Regional Police executed search warrants in Little Pond, Florence and North Sydney.

However, Route 19 Brewing in Inverness, Cape Breton, says its liquor licence should only be suspended for three days.

The Cape Breton Island Building and Construction Trades Council, representing 10 unions, says a promise to restore wages is not being honoured and workers are being asked to accept even lower pay.

The chair of the St. Peter's, Samsonville and Area Water Utility says he was surprised and alarmed after Nova Scotia Municipal Affairs Minister John Lohr wrote a letter to the province's regulator saying the utility's proposed rate hike is too high.

The number of daycare spaces at Cape Breton University is set to nearly triple and the university does not expect to have any trouble filling them.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality says it is keeping a wellness survey of first responders confidential to maintain trust and avoid having results misinterpreted.

Pascan Aviation says passenger volumes were too low for the company to sustain service between Halifax and Sydney.