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Group holding community walk at Sydney trail
A group that’s trying to protect a popular walking trail that winds through an urban forest will host another community walk on Saturday. Wayne McKay of Save the Baille Ard Forest said the walk will be both a show of support for the trail ...
CBRM proposing upgrades to George Street in Sydney
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality has issued a tender for engineering services for possible upgrades to a portion of George Street next year, including a reconstruction of the road and installation of new traffic lights at two ...
Husband was 'at wit's end' caring for spouse before he left her at Bridgewater hospital
The husband of a woman he left at a Bridgewater hospital said he was at his wit’s end after years of caring for her at home. Mike Flemming, 71, of Chester said he left his wife Elaine at the South Shore Regional Hospital because ...
Drug-dealing Lunenburg County grandfather sentenced to two years in jail
A Supreme Court justice has sentenced a 68-year-old, drug-dealing grandfather to two years in jail, saying the sentence “must show that society condemns trafficking in opioids and the harm they do to people and to the ...
Cape Breton woman hoping to become Miss World, looking for your support to become first Nova Scotian crowned
A Cape Breton woman has already made history and in a couple of weeks she is hoping to do it again. Naomi Colford, 19, of Sydney, is in London, England preparing for the Miss World competition, which includes 130 contestants. Miss World will be ...
Sydney driver charged with stunting near Mayflower Mall
A 23-year-old man has been charged with stunting after police say he was caught doubling the speed limit near a Sydney mall. Cape Breton Regional Police say the driver of the Mercedes was clocked at over 120 km/hr in a 60 km/hr stretch of roadway ...
Andrew Scheer appoints Liberal who crossed the floor in 2018 as his deputy leader
OTTAWA — Conservative leader Andrew Scheer rejected calls for him to step down as party leader on Thursday, saying instead that he would train his focus on opposing the ruling Liberals when members return to Parliament next week. “Now ...
Barristers’ society reprimands Halifax lawyer Eric Durnford for sexual harassment, discrimination
Halifax lawyer Eric B. Durnford has been reprimanded by the provincial barristers’ society for engaging in a course of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination involving six women from 2010-18. Durnford engaged in unwelcome touching; made ...
Woman, 72, dead after house fire near Waterville
A 72-year-old woman is dead after a house fire near Waterville, Kings County, early Thursday morning. Waterville firefighters were called to a single-storey home on West Steadman Road in Somerset shortly before 6:30 a.m. There was a large ...
Customer complaints against Canadian telecoms jump to record
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Complaints against Canadian telecoms operators spiked by more than a third in the year ending July 2019 to a record, with billing issues emerging as the most frequently raised issue, a federal complaints bureau ...