The Telegram

When the legendary Ashley MacIsaac says he’s found a future fiddling star in the making, music fans would be wise to take notice. MacIsaac, who was announced Monday as one of the performers at the upcoming Celtic Colours International ...

What started out as a fun Family Day hike around a scenic waterfall turned into a harrowing tale of survival and selfless heroism for a local family. Whitney Pier couple Donna Grover and Donnie Bishop, along with their daughter Melanie Drummond ...

Are Cape Bretoners still happier than their mainland counterparts? That question will be answered in the coming weeks when Engage Nova Scotia releases the results of a survey that measured the overall quality of life in 10 regions across the ...

Climate change might not be rocket science but it’s a lot easier to understand when a rocket scientist explains it. That’s exactly what aerospace engineer Cordell Grant will do over the course of the next several weeks in a series of ...

A man who has spent more than 20 years trying to visit every Starbucks on the planet recently crossed the Sydney location off his list. Winter, who was born Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr. but legally changed his name to the single-word season, drove ...

After more than two decades of using gamma rays to inspect welds on everything from oil pipelines to nuclear power plants, a Cape Breton man has literally written the book on industrial radiography. George Jaques, who was born in North Sydney and ...

Food is a big part of the holiday season and as you’re out celebrating with family and friends, there are bound to be plenty of chances for some festive feasting. With that in mind, we asked registered dietitian Terry Daley for advice to ...

Choosing a real Christmas tree over an artificial one may actually be better for the planet, according to a local environmental group. Meaghan Fortune Each year, ACAP Cape Breton issues its Twelve Days of Green Holidays, sharing daily ...

A Cape Breton pizza shop is doubling down on its belly-busting donair dare. Alexandra's Pizza in Sydney is offering $2,000 — $1,000 in cash and a $1,000 charitable donation — to anyone who can eat an enormous 12-pound donair ...

A homeless man who hitchhiked to Cape Breton because he needed a bed at a local emergency shelter says people who stay there are treated like criminals. Keith, who didn’t want his last name used, told the Cape Breton Post he’s been ...