Recently posted by Robert Doublett
Thursday May 24, 2012
Eskasoni's Frist Female MD
Michelle Matthews
Posted by Robert Doublett
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Wednesday May 23, 2012
CB Regional Victoria School Board Budget Cuts
Lorne Green
Posted by Robert Doublett
That means about 2.86 million dollars, and that translates into 75 positions....44 of which will be teaching positions.
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(runs 8:41)
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Tuesday May 22, 2012
ACOA cuts regional development funding
Eileen Lannon-Oldford
Posted by Robert Doublett
ACOA Minister Bernard Valcourt confirmed the decision earlier today firstly in a letter, and then later issued as a press release.
The agencies affected in Cape Breton are the Cape Breton County Economic Development Authority and Strait Highlands Regional Development Authority.
Eileen Lannon-Oldford is with the Cape Breton County Economic Development Authority.
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(runs 7:55)
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Thursday May 17, 2012
The Exit Interview
Barbara Stead-Coyle
Posted by Robert Doublett
Barbara Stead-Coyle has been a guest many times on Mainstreet, she first made an appearance when she worked for the Cape Breton Growth Fund, and ECBC, then the Cape Breton Partnership and onto the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency. She's perhaps best known for her work with the Cape Breton Hospital Foundation and the extraordinary amount of work they've done to bring cancer care to Cape Breton.
It turns out that Barbara has now accept a position off island with the Canadian Cancer Society.
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(runs 11:44)
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Thursday May 17, 2012
G20 Review
CBRM Police Chief Peter McIsaac
Posted by Robert Doublett
Poor planning by the RCMP, OPP and Toronto police for the G20 summit, along with orders by a Toronto deputy police chief to "take back the streets," are to blame for the more than 1,100 arrests during the 2010 weekend summit, says the province's top civilian police watchdog."What occurred over the course of the weekend resulted in the largest mass arrests in Canadian history. These disturbances had a profound impact not only on the citizens of Toronto and Canada generally, but on public confidence in the police as well," writes Gerry McNeilly, head of the Office of the Independent Police Review Director.
Overall, McNeilly says, the G20 was an unprecedented event in the city's history - one police forces were unprepared for. "It is fortunate that, in all the confusion, there were no deaths" McNeilly writes.
Cape Breton regional Police service sent some officers to aid the Toronto police department in 2010. For his response to the G20 report, and whether he would send officers again, we have reached Peter McIsaac; Chief of the CB regional police service.
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Wednesday May 16, 2012
Greenfield Purchase
CBRM Mayor John morgan
Posted by Robert Doublett
Cape Breton Regional Council will also be putting in an offer.
The property has been subject of several plans including a post-panamax container terminal. CBRM Council has other plans altogether.
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(runs 12:32)
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Wednesday May 16, 2012
Membertou TCC - Fine Food Show
Scott Morrison, Erlene Bush, Mike Black and Johnathan Wilson
Posted by Robert Doublett
Tomorrow evening the fine food industry has a show at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre...however, today on the show we appeal to your sense of taste for "the good life".This afternoon we have three chefs and a sommelier (a wine expert) in studio to help you think about pairing.
We have from FLAVOUR, Chef Scott Morrison, from Chanterell Country Inn, Erlene Bush. Mike Black is the chef and owner of the Black Spoon Bistro, and Johnathan Wilson is with Harvest Wines and Spirits...
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(runs 24:29)
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Tuesday May 15, 2012
Concerns over Nova Scotia Power
Chris d'Entremont - Darrell Dexter - Stephen McNeil
Posted by Robert Doublett
Last Tuesday NSP filed for rate increases over the next two years.
We have since discovered just how much senior execs have been pocketing in salaries and bonuses.
For example, the president of the company Rob Bennett made more than 1-million dollars, a 23 percent increase over the previous year. The head of N-S-P's parent company Emera made triple that.
If that weren't enough, yesterday we reported Emera threw senior management a lavish party at a waterfront restaurant, complete with two bands and a comedian.
Conservative MLA Chris d'Entremont brought that issue to the floor of the legislature today.
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(runs 9:16)
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Monday May 14, 2012
Highschool football in CBRM.
Phil MacDonald, AJ Virik, and Lorne Burke
Posted by Robert Doublett
They already have football programs for boys and girls beginning at age seven, but once they get to highschool it's a little harder.
We were joined today by Phil MacDonald, AJ Virik, and Lorne Burke. They're trying to raise money through a golf tournament to start highschool football in the area.
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(runs 10:47)
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Friday May 11, 2012
Anti-Identity Phobia Day
Madonna Doucette
Posted by Robert Doublett
Pride Cape Breton is involved, as is PFLAG Cape Breton, the Cape Breton District Health Authority, and Coastal Braid.
We had the editor of Coastal Braid, Madonna Doucette, join us in studio.
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(runs 6:47)
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Thursday May 10, 2012
I've Got A Crush On You
Measha Brueggergosman
Posted by Robert Doublett
Juno award-winning Canadian singer Measha Brueggergosman will be presenting her show tomorrow evening at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay.She made her big venue debut in right here in Cape Breton at the ECMA's in 2000. She took the stage with five-thousand people watching and when she hit her final note the entire room sprang to it's feet and gave her the first standing ovation of the evening.
An unforgettable moment.
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(runs 11:07)
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Wednesday May 9, 2012
Westray Draggermen
Danny Kalbhenn
Posted by Robert Doublett
He was a Cape Breton coal miner who had seen a lot in career, but nothing compared to what he found in plymouth Nova Scotia.
Even today, he thinks about the disaster.
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(runs 9:41)
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Tuesday May 8, 2012
Michique at Cannes
Michelle Newcomb & Monique Delisle
Posted by Robert Doublett
With glorious summer beach weather just around the corner our minds are drawn to glamorous days strolling luxurious beaches......maybe even the beaches in Cannes, France.Michique Bags are getting a head start on us by winging their way as we speak to the fabulous beaches of France.
However the people who run the company aren't....they're just too busy!
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(runs 10:25)
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Tuesday May 8, 2012
Human Smuggling Exercises
Joan Weeks
Posted by Robert Doublett
A Canadian Coast Guard vessel escorted another large ship to the Government Wharf.
Waiting were the RCMP, fire trucks, emergency vehicles and Canadian Border Services.
It wasn't a drug sting... but an international exercise simulating a human smuggling operation.
Everyone from The Joint Task Force to the local District Health Authority wanted to make sure they were ready if a migrant ship was discovered off our shores.
Joan Weeks was on the wharf to witness the exercise.
As it got underway, she spoke with some of the key people involved.
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(runs 6:35)
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Monday May 7, 2012
Music Monday 2012
Tomorrow Is Coming
Posted by Robert Doublett
Bands from three high schools led the parade of 1100 students from more than 20 schools.
Music Monday is celebrated on the first Monday of May each year.
Students across the country learn and then sing the same song, at the same time.
Organizers say the end goal is to keep quality music programs all schools arross the country.
We were there and bring you the sounds of the day
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Friday May 4, 2012
Preaching Political Engagement
Justin Trudeau
Posted by Robert Doublett
Students in Sydney and New Waterford assembled in their respective schools to hear a motivational speech by a popular politician from Quebec.
Liberal MP Justin Trudeau is preaching political engagement.
He is trying to wake up young people... encourage them to get involved in the community; and.... to vote!
Here is a little of Trudeau's conversation with reporter Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith, and Breton Education Center principal, Bruce MacDonald.
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(runs 3:44)
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Thursday May 3, 2012
Loaves & Fishes
Wayne MacKay
Posted by Robert Doublett
You will recall that some days ago that community group a meeting, held elections, and they elected their own board.
We were hoping to get the other side of the story today, but there's been some significant changes in the story in the last 24hours.
Wayne MacKay has been speaking with both sides and brings us an update on the situation.
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Tuesday May 1, 2012
Loaves and Questions
Wayne York, Father Norman MacPhee. & Rev. Ron Coole
Posted by Robert Doublett
This has at the heart of the Mission at Loaves and Fishes since it was founded over thirty years ago.
Every day, the North End Sydney soup kitchen serves 150 to 200 meals a day...seven days a week. The clients are the volunteers. Many have come every day for the last 25 years.
There are many questions that have come up in recent week about loaves and fishes. People have sited concerns about pests in the building, food being thrown away or diverted to other soup kitchens and some who have concerns about governance structure.
Some have been in the newspaper, others referred to in the public comments sections, still others on facebook.
We tried to gather as many of the questions as we could.
Two of the people in studio this afternoon are founders of organization, Wayne York, and Father Norman MacPhee. The Rev. Ron Coole, is the current chair of the board, and they're here to answer as many of those questions as they can.
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(runs 29:48)
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Friday April 27, 2012
Xstrata wants out.
Peter Akerley: President and CEO of Erdene Resources.
Posted by Robert Doublett
A Nova Scotian company owns the remaining 25 percent.
Peter Akerley is the President and CEO of Erdene Resources. He spoke earlier today with reporter Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith.
Yvonne began by asking Akerley what this news from Xstrata means for the project.
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(runs 11:29)
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Thursday April 26, 2012
Talbot House - Call for Resignation
Jamie Baillie - Leader of the PC Party
Posted by Robert Doublett
A FOIPOP (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy) request was made from this office and several requests came from the media to release the document.
As of today, we've had no response.
Today, the Conservative Party of Nova Scotia is calling for the resignation of the minister.
In a release, the Conservative party says the minister broke the law, Jamie Baillie is the leader of the party.
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(runs 9:36)
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Wednesday April 25, 2012
Dancing Through History
Lori Henry
Posted by Robert Doublett
When you think about some of the great dancing that happens in Canada from coast to coast, your mind should fill with images of some of the great dancing that takes place in Aboriginal Communities, Ukrainian dancers, Métis dancers, ballroom, jigging and of course the dozens of great dance styles we have in the Atlantic provinces.It occurred to Lori Henry that there was a conversation to be had. It took a year but she made her way from one community to another and the result is a book called "Dancing Through History: In Search of the Stories that Define Canada"
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Tuesday April 24, 2012
Education Reform
Angus MacBeath
Posted by Robert Doublett
One of the speakers is Angus MacBeath. He's a former Maritimer from PEI who spent 37 years working in Edmonton as a teacher, principal and superintendent.
Three decades ago, MacBeath helped convince the Alberta government to allow parents and students to choose which schools they attend. Now, the government money follows the student to the school of their choice.
Alberta students now outperform those in all other parts of the country.
MacBeath talked about many of the reforms that led to that level of performance .. in case teachers here wanted to take anything away from the Alberta example.
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Friday April 20, 2012
St. Michael's Boys Choir
Ed McCall
Posted by Robert Doublett
Next year they will celebrate their 75th Anniversary.
And next week they will be performing two concerts in our area:
on Thursday April 26th they will be at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Sydney and then on Friday they will perform at St Joseph's Church in Reserve Mines.
Ed McCall is the Executive Director and Music Director with St Michael's Boys Choir.
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(runs 9:32)
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Wednesday April 18, 2012
Brakin' Tradition Reunion
Roger Stone, Cyril MacPhee
Posted by Robert Doublett
Brakin' Tradition are back together for a bit of a reunion tour.
The original lineup of LouAnne Baker, Roger Stone, Cyril MacPhee, Harold Davidson, Doug Sampson, Scott MacDonald, and Ray Legere will be taking the stage in May for a couple of sold out shows.
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(runs 12:01)
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Monday April 16, 2012
Talbot House opposes report.
Dr. John Gainer
Posted by Robert Doublett
The future of Talbot House Recovery Centre is uncertain after the province pulled its funding because it was not following proper procedures.
The Community Service Department pulled the home's funding after a review of its operations, Dr. John Gainer, chairman of the home's board of directors said. He said the province found that the home was not following proper procedures. Neither the province's investigation of Talbot House, nor the board's response, has been made public.
But Gainer said the report is riddled with errors.
"If the conclusions that they've drawn are based on what we consider to be inaccurate information, then it renders the report, in our view, unbalanced, prejudicial, biased and it does, again, in the opinion of the board, represent a misrepresentation of the history, the governance and the operation and perhaps, more importantly, the outcomes of Talbot House," he said.
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Friday April 13, 2012
ECMA 2012
Live from “City Grill” Moncton
Posted by Robert Doublett
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Wednesday April 11, 2012
Cuts to Nova Scotia Libraries.
Jamie Baillie - Leader of the PC Party
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Minister of Education has ordered a halt to the proposed cuts.
The Province has also named a department bureaucrat to oversee the re-working of the board's budget.
Until today, the Chignecto Board said it had no choice but to eliminate 41 library technician positions because of the Province's decision to cut funding to school boards by 3 per cent.
Premier Darryl Dexter criticized the cuts, saying the Chignecto Board had abdicated its responsibility to students.
For his point of view on the subject we contacted the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in Nova Scotia.
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(runs 7:09)
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Tuesday April 10, 2012
Why Men Lie
Linden MacIntyre
Posted by Robert Doublett
Why Men Lie is her story, sort of.........
It's a story about mid life, compromises, disappointments and heartbreaks..... all told the experience of a fifty someting woman named "Effie"
I had a chance to speak with Linden MacIntyre about his new book....here is our conversation.
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(runs 13:02)
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Wednesday April 4, 2012
On Location - Canadian Blood Services
Posted by Robert Doublett
This afternoon we were on location at Canadian Blood Donor Services in Sydney where a special blood donor clinic is being held today in honour of Ian Burrows, a 22-year-old Glace Bay man who died last April from a rare type of cancer.
Organizers of the clinic, including Canadian Blood Services in Sydney, hope to collect 150 units of blood - enough to help 450 people.
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(runs 18:04)
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Monday April 2, 2012
1940's Championship Hockey
Jack Yazer, Cyril Acker & Bob Gordon
Posted by Robert Doublett
Jack Yazers hockey team, the Yazer Juniors won the Island Championship's.
It was a storied team, but for years the story was lost. It was in a little scrap book that has only now resurfaced, and today, it was present to the Northside Sports Hall of fame,
The story will be forever told
Cyril Acker, Bob Gordon and Jack Yazer came into studio.....Cyril and Bob are with the museum, which is housed in the new sports complex.
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(runs 13:18)
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Friday March 30, 2012
Provincial Decentralization
Frank Corbett
Posted by Robert Doublett
There were no details as to what departments would be affected, or where the jobs would go.
But to find out what the move might mean for Cape Breton, reporter
Holly Conners reached Deputy Premier Frank Corbett. Here's what he had to say today.
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Tuesday March 27, 2012
The Language of This Land, Mi'kma'ki
Trudy Sable and Bernie Francis
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Language of this Land, Mi'kma'ki is an exploration of Mi'kmaw world view as expressed in language, legends, song and dance. Using imagery as codes, these include not only place names and geologic history, but act as maps of the landscape. Sable and Francis illustrate the fluid nature of reality inherent in its expression - its embodiment in networks of relationships with the landscape integral to the cultural psyche and spirituality of the Mi'kmaq.
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(runs 21:50)
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Monday March 26, 2012
St. Mary's Reprieve
Wayne Joseph
Posted by Robert Doublett
St. Mary's Polish Church in Whitney Pier was one.
Parishioners did not take the news lying down. They believe St. Mary's is financially stable and they worked hard to convince the Diocese.
All that work has paid off.
The Bishop announced yesterday, St. Mary's will not be closed, at least, not for now.
So plans are moving ahead for the Church's 100th anniversary celebration next year.
Wayne Joseph is on St. Mary's financial committee and CBC Reporter Joan Weeks asked him how parishioners received the news their church will not close in July.
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(runs 4:42)
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Friday March 23, 2012
Sydneys Artifical Reefs
Bruce Hatcher
Posted by Robert Doublett
Compensation for that comes in the form of replacement habitat.
Over the last few months, 750-thousand tonnes of rock was deposited in the harbour, and now there are 8 new artificial reefs in strategic underwater locations.
Bruce Hatcher is Chair in Marine Ecosystem Research at Cape Breton University. He spoke earlier today with reporter Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith.
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Wednesday March 21, 2012
Sense of Place
Iain Baxter, Alistair MacLeod and Nino Ricci
Posted by Robert Doublett
There's a very special exhibition being presented at the Cape Breton university Art Gallery."Sense of Place" is a cross-border print exhibition organized and circulated by the Windsor Printmakers Forum. The show brings together the work of thirty-six from Canada and Michigan and explores the theme of place through print making.
Another component of the exhibition are essays written by Iain Baxter, Alistair MacLeod and Nino Ricci.
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(runs 18:56)
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Monday March 19, 2012
Trestle Traditions
Dr. Ian Brodie
Posted by Robert Doublett
Dr. Ian Brodie presented some of his findings. He has been working on research around the railroad trestle in Sydney River.
The very trestle that has for some time been the subject of debate after years of being painted and repainted by high school students.
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(runs 14:10)
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Monday March 19, 2012
Piano Accompaniment
Dr. Chris MacDonald
Posted by Robert Doublett
In fact this morning it was time for several members of the folklore department to talk about their work.
Including Dr Chris MacDonald, he is interested in the piano especially when it's being played along with traditional Cape Breton fiddle music.
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(runs 20:17)
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Saturday March 17, 2012
Sydney Steel Museum Society
Fred James
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Sydney Steel Museum Society was formed when the plant closed . It's been working on the museum idea for the past ten years.
The group has just received a report from a consultant hired to look at the project.
CBC reporter George Mortimer spoke to Fred James who speaks for the committee for an update.
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(runs 5:23)
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Thursday March 8, 2012
Tablot House closed.
Dr. John Gainer
Posted by Robert Doublett
News leaked out yesterday, that residents at the Frenchvale Recovery Centre were told they had to leave.
The Department of Community Services confirmed it was trying to find places for them in other facilities.
Rumours also spread that a new executive director had resigned.
Today, Gainer dealt with some of those rumours and explained what's been happening at Talbot House. He spoke with CBC's Joan Weeks earlier today.
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(runs 7:18)
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Thursday March 1, 2012
First Nations Song Writing Sessions
Angelo Spinazzola
Posted by Robert Doublett
Angelo dropped by the station earlier today...in a big rush... he arrived with the latest 2-song, CD he made with grade 2 and 4 students from Eskasoni.
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Wednesday February 29, 2012
Coastalbraid.com
Madonna Doucette
Posted by Robert Doublett
Starting tomorrow you'll be able to read the very first of a new publication in Cape Breton. While it is the work of the community, a lot of the work has been started by the editor Madonna Doucette.
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Tuesday February 28, 2012
Ma's Meals
Buddy Penny & Fred Milley
Posted by Robert Doublett
Ma's Meals says it only has enough money to operate for another month.
A new board has been formed to make something happen.
Buddy Penny recently accepted the volunteer president's job when he was asked by the co-ordinator of Ma's Meals, Fred Milley.
CBC reporter Hal Higgins dropped into the centre today to talk with both of them, starting with Buddy Penny.
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(runs 6:48)
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Monday February 27, 2012
Miner's Manor resignation
Hector DiPersio
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Director of Nursing recently handed in her resignation following a flu outbreak and staff at the manor have asked to meet with adminstrators to discuss their concerns.
Hector DiPersion heads the Board of Directors, he spoke with Joan Weeks earlier today.
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(runs 4:49)
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Friday February 24, 2012
Job Bank isn't working
Doug Milburn & Roger Cuzner
Posted by Robert Doublett
As we've been hearing in the news, job seekers who are banking on Job Bank are out of luck these days.The federal website that advertises job openings across the country has been out of service for a week.
Doug Milburn is vice-president of Protocase Incorporated in Sydney.
He was advertising two jobs at his manufacturing company on Job Bank before the site went down.
Reporter Bobby Nock spoke to him.
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Rodger Cuzner is the M-P for Cape Breton-Canso and Liberal critic for Service Canada.
Reporter Bobby Nock spoke to him about Job Bank being down.
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Thursday February 23, 2012
Xstrata coal by barge.
Val Istomin
Posted by Robert Doublett
Fishermen in the area say they want to support the project - but not if it costs them their livelihood.
X-Strata Coal wants to move coal from the mine by barge, to coal carriers offshore. And the fishermen say that could force them out of the area.
Val Istomin is the project manager for the mine.
He explained the thinking behind the barge option, to Wendy Martin.
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(runs 7:51)
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Wednesday February 22, 2012
High School Robbery
Wendy Martin
Posted by Robert Doublett
It happened at memorial high school in Sydney mines on Monday.
The CBC's Wendy martin has been looking into the story.
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(runs 7:54)
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Tuesday February 21, 2012
Oxycontin out, OxyNEO in......for some.
Dr. Etienne Prinsloo
Posted by Robert Doublett
As we've heard in the news recently, the manufacturer of Oxycontin will no longer make the drug.It's being replaced with a new drug called OxyNEO.
It will be much harder to abuse and should cut down on addictions.
The province has decided ....it will not approve any new prescriptions for OxyNeo. Only people currently on Oxycontin... and some cancer and palliative patients... will be able to get OxyNEO.
Dr. Etienne Prinsloo is a pain specialist here in Sydney.
He foresees problems.
Dr. Prinsloo says Cape Breton has very long waiting lists for pain treatment... because there are only three specialists.
It also has a population with many people suffering from pain.
He spoke with Joan Weeks earlier today about the challenges facing pain specialists here.... and the complications caused by the changes with Oxycontin.
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Monday February 20, 2012
Transportation Trades 11 - automotive training
Mike Morrison - BEC's skilled trades instuctor
Posted by Robert Doublett
It's part of the province's "Kids and Learning First" program.
Today the deputy premier officially launched the brand new "Transportation Trades 11" course
at Breton Education Centre in New Waterford.
The automotive training is the latest course -- it now joins the basic skilled trades course and a full-fledged construction course-- in which students actually learn how to build a small house right there in the school's workshop.
Mike Morrison is BEC's skilled trades instructor. He spoke with CBC reporter Hal Higgins.
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Friday February 17, 2012
Braemore Home's incoming CEO
Mildred Colbourne
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Cape Breton District Health Authority announced today that Mildred Colbourne will take on the job, starting on February 27th.
Last fall, problems at the home for people with intellectual disabilities including allegations of abuse led the provincial government to step in.
The Department of Communities Services stripped control of the facility from the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
The Cape Breton District Health Authority was put in charge and an interim CEO was appointed.
The province also launched a review of the Home's operations.
For more, Braemore Home's incoming CEO, Mildred Colbourne joins me now.
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Thursday February 16, 2012
Talbot House Incident
Dr. John Gainer & Father Donald MacGillivray
Posted by Robert Doublett
Father Paul Abbass runs Talbot House, outside Sydney. It's an addiction recovery and rehabilitation facility for men.
The complaint was filed with the Department of Community Services.
John Gainer is the chair of the Talbot House Board.
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Father Donald MacGillivray speaks for the Diocese of Antigonish....the Bishop sent a press release out about an hour ago, we spoke with Father MacGillivray
Shortly after that...here is our conversation.
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(runs 5:28)
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Wednesday February 15, 2012
Dominion Beach Renewal
Deputy premier and local MLA ,Frank Corbett and Joe Ellsworth
Posted by Robert Doublett
Dominion Beach has faced more than its fair share of challenges over the years.First pollution from nearby sewage outfalls prevented swimming.
Then... once that was resolved... mother nature continued to take a toll.
Erosion has been eating away the shoreline and winter storms have damaged the parks infrastructure.
The provincial government recently sent out a survey to help it plan for the future of Dominion Beach.
More than 1-thousand people answered.
Deputy premier and local MLA ,Frank Corbett, spoke with Joan Weeks about the survey.
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The survey showed that almost half the people who use Dominion Beach... go there to walk the trail... enjoy the scenery ...or to bird watch.
In the summer.... only 30 per cent enjoy swimming and sun bathing.
Joe Ellsworth has been a lifelong visitor to Dominion Beach. He's part of a committee formed to find a solution to the erosion problems.
Ellsworth met with reporter Joan Weeks on the beach earlier today.
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(runs 4:16)
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Monday February 13, 2012
Courting the convention crowd
Mary Tulle
Posted by Robert Doublett
CEO Mary Tulle made the request during a presentation to council last week.
She also layed out the association's strategic plan for boosting tourism to the island.
Part of that plan involves courting conference and meeting business.
To learn more about the strategy, and how the 60-thousand dollars would be used, we've invited Mary Tulle into our studio.
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(runs 11:16)
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Monday February 13, 2012
International Ports Tour
John Lynn
Posted by Robert Doublett
A group of people interested in port development in Cape Breton are touring ports out west this week.
Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation is leading the trade mission.
The group is in Prince Rupert today.
That's where we reached ECBC CEO John Lynn.
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(runs 6:25)
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Thursday February 9, 2012
Robin's Demolition
Sylvia LeLievre
Posted by Robert Doublett
Crews with Inverness County Public Works are still working on the site, clearing away the rubble.
The County has tried twice to sell the derelict building for back taxes.
Now it hopes to sell the vacant lot to recoup some of the money.
Sylvia LeLievre lives next to the former Robin's store.
Reporter Bobby Nock spoke with her earlier today and asked what she can see when she looks out her window now.
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(runs 5:22)
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Tuesday February 7, 2012
30 years later: Point Tupper Blast
Lorraine King
Posted by Robert Doublett
Thirty years ago there was an explosion at the Point Tupper paper mill.
The toxic gas that was released in that explosion poisoned many of the mills workers.
It also resulted in the deaths of five men.
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(runs 7:07)
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Tuesday February 7, 2012
The New SPCA - Renovations
Nova Scotia SPCA executive director, Kristin Williams
Posted by Robert Doublett
Kristan Williams is overseeing some major changes at the local shelter which was turned over to the control of the provincial body in a recent court ruling.
Today she summarized those plans.
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Monday February 6, 2012
The Kids and Learning First Plan
Vic Fleury: President of the Nova Scotia School Boards Association
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Kids and Learning First plan was released on Friday by Education Minister Ramona Jennox.
It outlines several strategies and priorities for improving math and literacy scores in the province while keeping class sizes small.
The plan also calls for more co-op programs and hands-on skills training at the high school level.
But there are questions around how closely the plan can be implemented, given the possibility of more funding cuts to school boards in the up-coming budget.
Vic Fleury is the President of the Nova Scotia School Boards Association.
Listen
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Monday February 6, 2012
Mnohaya lita!
Celebrating 100 years of Ukrainian Faith in Cape Breton
Posted by Robert Doublett
We were learning all about the Ukrainian Culture and Heritage. We met Internationally renowned Banduryst Julian Kytasty.
Julian traveled from New York for this years celebrations, and we asked him about the history of the Bandura and for a quick lesson.
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Wednesday February 1, 2012
Live from the Flamingo
John Gracie
Posted by Robert Doublett
Talk about versatile. Nova Scotia's John Gracie moves back and forth like nobody's business.
So it should come as no surprise that Gracie has reinvented himself once again, this time as a crooner. That's right, an old-style, lean on the piano, wear-a-tux with the tie undone, sip on a drink and make love to the microphone. Okay, he doesn't go THAT far, but his new album is called Live From The Flamingo: A Bennett, Sinatra Salute.
For Gracie the key was to put together a classic swingin' combo, to perform these songs for swingin' lovers, 50's style. That meant real instruments, some of the Maritimes best players in the genre, including Moncton-born Georges Hebert, the guitar stalwart for most of Anne Murray's career, as well as many others. It's a big band style, just guitar, bass, keys, drums and sax, but the point here is the intimacy, and room for the players to shine.
Listen (runs 12:28)
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Tuesday January 31, 2012
Tribute to the Carpenters
Laurel Martell
Posted by Robert Doublett
One of the most successful musical groups of the 1970s, brother and sister duo, the Carpenters, introduced a unique and inimitable sound that changed the world of popular music forever.
Many of the contemporary female singers we hear these days all refer to Karen Carpenter as one of their main influences.
Jann Arden, KD Lang, and Shania Twain to name a couple.
If you happen to be anywhere even close to the Savoy Theatre on February 12th you will want to check out the show 'Tribute to the Carpenters' featuring Laurel Martell.
This tribute features the vocals of Laurel Martell, a performer who fell in love with the Carpenters at the age of eleven. Laurel is backed by a talented group of local musicians assembled and directed by studio owner (Lakewind Sound) and multiple East Coast Music Award winner, Fred Lavery.
Listen (runs 10:15min)
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Friday January 27, 2012
Canada's Country Gentleman
Tommy Hunter
Posted by Robert Doublett
On March 20th, 2012, Canada's country gentleman will rest his guitar against a stool, bringing to a close his concert touring days.It will be a bittersweet goodbye for Tommy Hunter as he celebrates his 75th birthday in London Ontario on that date - the city where it all began 65 years ago when as a young boy of 9 he picked up his first guitar.
The final leg of what has been a two part final tour of Canada, will begin mid-February and cover Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, PEI and then move into Ontario before ending in London.
Listen (runs 19:26)
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Thursday January 26, 2012
BrainScreen
Scott Knight, executive director of BrainScreen
Posted by Robert Doublett
Zakzanis has developed a 15-minute online screening test called BrainScreen. It is patent pending, available in 20 languages and is the first test of its kind in North America.
Listen (runs 9:31)
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Wednesday January 25, 2012
CBC LIVE: The Haggis Taste Test
Posted by Robert Doublett
January 25 is Burns' Night, where Scots the world over will celebrate the life of Robbie Burns by eating haggis and drinking whisky... Haggis gets a bad rap, so CBC Live's Calum Shanlin asked some of the stars of CBC to help us prove that it is, in fact, delicious.
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Monday January 23, 2012
Job Cuts - Centre for Policy Alternatives
Senior Economist David MacDonald
Posted by Robert Doublett
The group is releasing a report called "Cuts Behind the Curtain" because the federal government has not revealed which programs and services are on the chopping block.
The CBC's Jennifer Henderson spoke with David MacDonald. He's a senior economist who wrote the report.
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Friday January 20, 2012
The town of Canso will cease to be
Troy Greencorn
Posted by Robert Doublett
July 01st, the town of Canso will be amalgamated with the municipality of the district of Guysborough.
The community of Canso is one-hundred eleven years old.
It has a history that has an impact across the nation and, in fact, it's a storied history and there's a book about it.
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Thursday January 19, 2012
The New SPCA
Nova Scotia SPCA executive director, Kristin Williams
Posted by Robert Doublett
Supreme Court Justice Patrick Murray has ruled in favour of the provincial SPCA.
That granted an injunction against the former branch.
Since then Kristen Williams and Michael Mombourquette have made their way to the facility in Whitney Pier, where we reached her by phone.
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Wednesday January 18, 2012
Federation for Scottish Culture
Tom Wallace
Posted by Robert Doublett
We aren't creating an artificial polarity. Last year, for Tartan Day, st St Francis Xavier university pitted Gaels against the Tartan army, it was heat and written about in International publications.
So late last year, when the online debate about the role of the Gaelic college came, it shouldn't have surprised anyone that there would be some squaring off. What was surprising was the tone.
Tom Wallace, president of the Federation for Scottish Culture in Nova Scotia said Tuesday the Scottish societies, clans and associations across the province are watching events unfold at the Gaelic College.
"There is an isolationist element in the Gaelic community that is disavowing cultural traditions like Highland dance and competitive piping that borders almost on xenophobia..."Wallace said.
"We are one people with one common culture and, while it's important to focus on language, it shouldn't come at the cost of Highland dance or piping."However, in the comments section below one of your professors Dr Tom Newton responded.
"Why ask that Braveheart tartan buffoon Tom Wallace for his opinion? He knows as much about Gaelic culture as he does Tuvan throatsinging. Who is he talking about when he says, "We are one people...? He is not a Gael and is too ignorant to understand the difference".tape WALLACE Federation for Scottish Culture 0118.mp3
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Wednesday January 18, 2012
There's coal in them thar waves!
Dr. John Harker
Posted by Robert Doublett
That's more than has ever been mined in the history of Cape Breton.
That article made the list of the 'most shared' items of the day.
Dr John Harker, joined us in studio to talk about our offshore coal.
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Read the original article here.
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Tuesday January 17, 2012
Possible Church Closures.
John MacEachern and Father Donald MacGillivray
Posted by Robert Doublett
Over the last several months there have been meetings to attempt to deal with some of the issues facing the Catholic Churches in the Sydney Deanery....declining, aging populations, aging buildings, shortage of priests.
Yesterday parishioners had a look at the first draft proposal that would see some churches close, and others share a priest....
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Tuesday January 17, 2012
Intelligence officer accused of passing secrets
Debrief by Steve Puddicomb
Posted by Robert Doublett
Today we've been following the story of a Canadian Naval Intelligence Officer who faces two charges for violating the Security of Information Act by communicating information to a foreign entity.
As we know a Halifax based intelligence officer with the Canadian Forces has been arrested for allegedly passing secrets to a foreign entity or terrorist group.
A senior defence official told CBC News that Delisle joined the reserves in 1996 and became a regular Canadian Forces member in 2001. He was promoted to officer in 2008.
The official said the alleged breaches did not pose a threat to public safety. He said Delisle worked for a unit called HMCS Trinity.
Trinity is an intelligence facility at the naval dockyard in Halifax. It tracks vessels entering and exiting Canadian waters via satellites, drones and underwater devices. The centre is a multi-national base with access to secret data from NATO countries.
A source says the Canadian Forces counter-intelligence branch is conducting a damage assessment as a result of this case.
The accused would have had clearance to at least top secret information, if not higher, depending on which project he was assigned to, according to the official, who would not say which other country was involved.
Jeffrey Paul Delisle, who lives in the Bedford area of Halifax, was arrested over the weekend.
He appeared in court in Halifax on Tuesday morning for a bail hearing.
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Friday January 13, 2012
As you've been hearing in the news...
Andrew Feldstein, expert in Family Law
Posted by Robert Doublett
Thousands of same-sex marriages performed on foreigners visiting Canada may not valid.
The confusion stems from a court case involving a lesbian couple who got married in Toronto in 2005.
When the couple sought a divorce, a Department of Justice lawyer argued their marriage was never, in fact, legal.
This... because the couple could not have been married in Florida or England, where they are from.
With more on what this could mean for gay marriage in Canada, here's family lawyer Andrew Feldstein.
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Thursday January 12, 2012
Marine Atlantic Fare Hike
Marine Atlantic's Vice President of Customer Experience, Don Barnes
Posted by Robert Doublett
Mr Barnes says these ongoing investments are required to meet Canada's Domestic Ferry Security Regulations.
The new fee will be introduced on a passenger ticket after February 12th, and will be charged on adult fares.
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Wednesday January 11, 2012
Paws Pause for the Cause
Jenn MacNeil: Volunteer at PAWS Mart
Posted by Robert Doublett
The shelter is in a court battle with the Nova Scotia SPCA.
That body has applied for an injunction to take over the shelter in Sydney, claiming that animals are being mistreated, and records falsified.
While all that unfolds in Supreme Court - it is business as usual at the store that raises money for the animal shelter.
It's called Paws Mart - it's on Victoria Road in Sydney.
The CBC's Wendy Martin dropped by.
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Tuesday January 10, 2012
JobsHere program lacks targets.
Liberal MLA Geoff MacLellan
Posted by Robert Doublett
You've no doubt heard the about jobsHere. It's the Dexter government's key economic strategy designed to bring jobs to the province and safeguard those already here.The province has been promoting jobsHere for weeks in print ads and on TV.
What you may not know is the strategy is not being measured by how many jobs it creates or how many jobs it saves.
In fact there are no job targets at all associated with the program something Liberal MLA Geoff MacLellan wanted to talk about when senior bureaucrats were called before a committee of the legislature today.
After a power-point demonstration, MacLellan put this question to the bureaucrats.
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Monday January 9, 2012
The Detroit auto show........
Phil Edmonston
Posted by Robert Doublett
........rolled out today.With car sales set to increase this year, the industry is hoping to woo buyers with fuel efficiency and design.
For his take on this year's crop of new vehicles, we've reached Phil Edmonston.
He's a car expert and author of the Lemon-aid guides.
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Monday January 9, 2012
ACAP's Big Year
Executive director Susan King and Education manager Hannah MacDonald
Posted by Robert Doublett
It's their twentieth year working on environmental issues in this community, and there are lots of events planned over the coming year to celebrate.The first happens tonight with a kick-off at the ACAP offices in Sydney. There will be live music, some eats and a guest speaker.
Executive director Susan King and Education manager Hannah MacDonald spoke with Joan Weeks earlier today.
Joan began by asking Susan what the highlights of the last 20 years have been:
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Friday January 6, 2012
RCMP settle lawsuit in Simon shooting
Brian Arbuthnot, director of operations with the Wagmatcook Band Council.
Posted by Robert Doublett
Today, the RCMP announced they have reached a settlement with Simon's widow and his mother.
The family sued for loss of financial support, loss of companionship, and mental anguish after Simon was shot and killed by an RCMP officer.
The settlement prevents the case from going to court.
The family has signed a non-disclosure agreement so details of the agreement are not known.
Brian Arbuthnot is director of operations with the Wagmatcook Band Council.
He spoke with CBC's Joan Weeks about, where this leaves the community.
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Thursday January 5, 2012
CBU = (annual operating grant - 3.1%)
Dr. John Harker, President and Vice-chancellor, Cape Breton University
and Chair, Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents (CONSUP)
Posted by Robert Doublett
The government's announced three plus percent (-3.1%) reduction to the annual operating grant ($10.5 million) to Nova Scotia's universities for 2012-13, "...is another blow to the quality and national competitiveness of the province's universities" said, Dr. John Harker, President and Vice-chancellor, Cape Breton University and Chair, Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents (CONSUP).
The 2012-13 cut to the system plus absorption of annual, inflationary cost increases by the universities will amount to approximately $33 million in an overall funding reduction.
In 2011-12, the Government cut the operating grant to universities by four percent (4%) plus forced the absorption of annual cost increases. That resulted in an overall funding reduction of $42 million to Nova Scotia's universities.
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Wednesday January 4, 2012
Bishop Lahey gets time served for child porn.
Brian Dubreuil
Posted by Robert Doublett
The disgraced former bishop of Antigonish is a free man today. Raymond Lahey was sentenced this morning to 15 months in jail, for possessing and importing child porn.
However, with credit for time served, Lahey gets out of jail this afternoon.
He is under a number of conditions. Among other things, he will be a registered sex offender for the next 20 years.
The CBC's Brian Dubreuil has covered the Lahey story since September 2009, when the bishop was caught at the Ottawa airport with a laptop loaded with child porn.
Brian is in Ottawa today, for the sentencing.
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Tuesday January 3, 2012
Emera Utility Services calls temporary lay off.
Sasha Irving, Director, Corporate Communications, Emera Inc.
Posted by Robert Doublett
Emera Utility Services is based in Halifax but has facilities across the Maritimes....including an office in Sydney.
The company says... the layoffs are temporary.
Sasha Irving speaks for Emera.
CBC's Joan Weeks reached her earlier today to ask for details on the lay-off.
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Sunday January 1, 2012
Your Health with Dr. Brian Goldman
Posted by Robert Doublett
Dr. Brian Goldman.....is a veteran ER physician and one of Canada's most trusted medical broadcasters. He has been an award-winning medical reporter for CBC Television's The Health Show as well as The National. He's known across Canada as CBC Radio One's "House Doctor." Brian has a proven knack for making sense of medical baffelgab. On 'White Coat, Black Art', he takes listeners past medical bluff and bluster and shows what really goes on at hospitals and clinics. Brian is also author of The Night Shift, Real Life in the Heart of the ER, which takes readers to the front line of emergency medicine and offers a compelling inside view into an often shrouded world.
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Sunday January 1, 2012
Technology with Anshuman Iddamsetty
Posted by Robert Doublett
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Friday December 30, 2011
Big changes at Sydney's Loaves and Fishes
Executive Director Adrienne Cogswell
Posted by Robert Doublett
Executive Director Adrienne Cogswell retires today after 26 years service.
CBC reporter George Mortimer went to loaves and fishes today to speak with Adrienne about her experiences and her memories.
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Thursday December 29, 2011
Accreditation
John Malcom, CEO for the Cape Breton District Health Authority
Posted by Robert Doublett
The review is meant to measure safety and quality of care.
It was carried out by an independent, national organization called Accreditation Canada.
For more on the accreditation process and to find out how the Authority did, we reached John Malcom, CEO for the District.
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Monday November 14, 2011
The Golden K, Sydney's ambassadors
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Golden K have served as ambassadors and welcomed thousands of visitors to Cape Breton. The 48 volunteers dedicated a total of 1,277 volunteer hours this year to ensure no tourist was without the information they needed to enjoy their stay on the Island. They greeted visitors who arrived by sea at the Joan Harris Cruise Pavilion.
Today on Mainstreet, the driving force behind this year's initiative, 91 year old Iver Gillis, a volunteer with the Golden K for 27 years. And Bernadette MacNeil, Manager of Cruise Marketing and Development, with Sydney Ports Corporation.
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Wednesday November 2, 2011
Smokes and Mirrors
RCMP Inspecrtor John Ryan
Posted by Robert Doublett
On October 30th, 2011, officers seized a truck and camper trailer from a property on Margaret Street in North Sydney and following a search of both, located 55 cases or 550,000 cigarettes of contraband in the trailer. The cigarettes were packaged in cartons, each containing 200 cigarettes, and were labeled "DISCOUNT" with the U.S. Surgeon General warning on the packaging.
On a search of the camper trailer, officers determined that the trailer had been modified for the concealment and transport of the contraband tobacco.
A 52 year-old North Sydney man is facing charges of Unlawful Possession of Unstamped Tobacco and Possession of Tobacco without Taxes Paid under the Customs and Excise Act.
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Wednesday November 2, 2011
Jim Charters.....effective immediately.
John Ryan - CBU's director of athletics
Posted by Robert Doublett
He was nine years as head coach of the Capers and he will be replaced by an assistant coach from Halifax.
We reached John Ryan for comment.
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Monday October 31, 2011
It was a dark and stormy night....
David Rhodenizer
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Island was pelted by high winds and rain.Thousands were left without power.
David Rhodenizer speaks for Nova Scotia Power.
Reporter Joan Weeks spoke to him earlier today.
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Friday October 28, 2011
Red Brick Row
Marcia Smith
Posted by Robert Doublett
A very special open house was held today in Sydney Mines. Red Brick Row was built in 1829 and has had a facelift with some help from friends. It's now used as affordable housing.We stopped by the open house, to get a tour.
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Thursday October 27, 2011
Halloween Fire Safety
Fire Service Instructor Stephen MacVicar
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Cape Breton Regional Fire Service put on a disturbing demonstration at the Grand Lake Fire Station today.Fire fighters had purchased a few Halloween costumes at local stores and earlier this afternoon, they tried to set them on fire.It wasn't hard.
The Fire Service has learned that well over half the costumes being sold locally, are flammable.
As a result, they've issued a fire safety alert to warn people about the dangers.
Today's event was put on by Fire Service Instructor Stephen MacVicar, with the help of Scotchtown fire fighter Jennifer MacKinnon.
Here's part of that demonstration.
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Tuesday October 25, 2011
What we found.
Bruce Hatcher
Posted by Robert Doublett
And three weeks since the harbour dredging began.
The lobster, crab and other marine life were moved out of the way of the huge dredging vessel.
Monday, the marine biologist in charge of the relocation project, sifted through some of the dredged sediment from the outer region of the harbour.
Bruce Hatcher tells reporter Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith what he found.... and what he didn't find.
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Monday October 24, 2011
Boat Rescue
Chief Lenny Barrington - New Waterford Fire Department
Posted by Robert Doublett
Regional Police , the coast guard and New Waterford fire rescue responded to the call just before 8.30.
CBC reporter George Mortimer spoke with Chief Lenny Barrington from the New Waterford Fire department just after he arrived back from the scene .
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Friday October 21, 2011
On the Road Again
Don Shebib
Posted by Robert Doublett
It's next-to-impossible to talk about Canadian cinema without talking about Shebib's 1970 feature Goin' Down the Road.
For those who don't (or are not old enough to) remember it, in 1970 Joey and Pete leave Cape Breton Island heading west to try life in the big city.
No film spoke to the story of Cape Bretoner's better than it.
For those who've always wondered what happened to Joey and Pete we find out in Goin' Down the Road Again. The new film revisits these characters 40 years later.
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Friday October 21, 2011
Cape Breton's Worst Driver
Shirley Sampson
Nominated by daughter, Janis
Posted by Robert Doublett
Begining October 24th on Canada's Worst Driver (which airs on the Discovery Channel) we'll meet Caper Shirley Sampson. Shirley is only comfortable driving in the small towns of Cape Breton. Recently retired, she wants to start visiting her daughter, Janis, in Halifax.
However, driving to Halifax involves the frightening task of modern high speed merging.
Shirley cannot stay in her own lane; she does not know basic road signs, and she is a disaster backing-up, but Shirley's worst habit is stopping when she gets confused.
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Wednesday October 19, 2011
Sydney Harbour Silt Plume
President of the Sydney Harbour Fishers Association: Melanie Sampson
Posted by Robert Doublett
Concerns were raised this week about a plume of sediment being stirred up by the dredging of Sydney's harbour.It's commonly known that contaminants from the Sydney Steel Plant ended the lobster fishery in the inner harbour a few decades ago.
Environment Canada says it is now investigating a complaint filed about the sediment plume by Public Works.
The plume is in the outer harbour, where a thriving lobster and crab fishery still exists.
Melanie Sampson heads the Sydney Harbour Fishers Association. It's has 42 members from North Sydney and South Bar.
Joan Weeks asked her about their involvement with the harbour dredge and whether they're worried sediment plume will hurt the fishery.
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Tuesday October 18, 2011
Braemore's licencing
Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse
Posted by Robert Doublett
Effective immediately, the province is suspending Braemore's licence and appointing the Cape Breton District Health Authority's Board of Directors to act as the Sydney facility's interim board.
Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse says the first priority is the care and well-being of residents and that the province is acting immediately to address Braemore's most serious issues.
The province has formed a team of experts to develop a strategy to address issues at Braemore.
The full report can be found online at the Department of Community Services website.
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Monday October 17, 2011
Cape Breton District Health Authority Budget Cuts
CEO John Malcolm
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Cape Breton District Health Authority is going to have to surgically remove than 7 million dollars from its budget next year.
That's what its estimated the Province's 3 percent cut to Health Districts will mean for the Authority.
Johh Malcom is CEO for the District.
Reporter Bobby Nock spoke to him.
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Friday October 14, 2011
Posted by Robert Doublett
Since 1997, the Celtic Colours International Festival has featured hundreds of musicians from all over the Celtic world and attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island.
For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as the Celtic Colours International Festival presents dozens of concerts all over the island, an extensive line-up of workshops, a visual art series of exhibitions, and a nightly Festival Club.
Over the years, artists have traveled from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Brittany, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Cuba as well as from across the United States and Canada to join the finest of Cape Breton's musicians, singers, dancers, storytellers and tradition-bearers for the annual Autumn celebration.
Every year during these nine days we take up a temporary home at Knox Presbyterian Church in Baddeck chatting with musicians, hearing the music and sharing it with you.
Join us every weekday afternoon between 4-6pm as we rebroadcast sections of our daily recordings from Knox Presbyterian Hall in Baddeck.
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Friday October 14, 2011
Rachel Davis & Buddy MacDonald
Cape Breton
Posted by Robert Doublett
Buddy's career as a singer, song-writer, entertainer, began over thirty years ago. Born and brought up on the Northern Shores of Cape Breton Island, he was exposed at an early age to the singing and story-telling of some of the great Celtic singers of his native Island. Much of his song-writing is still influenced by this style he was so familiar with as a young boy.
Over the years he has travelled and entertained audiences throughout Canada, the United States, Germany, Scotland and the Scandinavian countries, performing as a solo act and in different combinations with other musicians from Cape Breton. He has performed on stage with many of Eastern Canada's traditional artists such as Natalie MacMaster, Howie Mac Donald, Ashley MacIssac, Dave MacIssac, John Allan Cameron and more.
Since Celtic Colours International Festival began in 1997, Buddy has been the host of the late night Festival Club, and he has performed all over the Island with musicians from all over the world, including Scotland's Dougie MacLean and Archie Fisher, Ireland's Tommy Makem and Michael Black, and a host of others. Buddy's songs, along with his own recordings, have been performed and recorded by artists throughout the country. His material has been recorded by such artists as John Allan Cameron, McGinty, Dave Gunning, theatrical casts of the Summertime Revue, cast of the Toronto production "Needfire", which played for months to sold out crowds in Toronto, Canada.
Buddy continues to tour and chase audiences to wherever they will sit down and listen. Whether in a small country hall, pub, festival or concert theatre, his love of writing, singing and entertaining comes across to bridge the gap between performer and listener. You will find yourself singing along, clapping along and feeling very glad you came.
Rachel Davis is a fiddler from Baddeck Cape Breton. She picked up the fiddle when she was 12, first taking lessons from her grandfather, Clarence Long. She continued on to learn from Karen Beaton, and also from Stan Chapman and Kyle MacNeil through her studies at Cape Breton University, where she is a recent graduate. Rachel has performed at many ceilidhs, concerts, and festivals throughout Cape Breton, mainland Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI, and the Eastern United States. During the 2007 Celtic Colours International Festival, she was presented with the Tic Butler Memorial Award, for outstanding contribution to Cape Breton culture. Rachel was chosen as the 2009 recipient of the Frank "Big Sampy" Sampson award, given by the Festival Volunteer Drive'er Association and Lakewind Sound Studios, sponsoring an up-and-coming Cape Breton musician to make their first recording.
Rachel is a fiddler from Baddeck Cape Breton. She picked up the fiddle when she was 12, first taking lessons from her grandfather, Clarence Long. She continued on to learn from Karen Beaton, and also from Stan Chapman and Kyle MacNeil through her studies at Cape Breton University, where she is a recent graduate. Rachel has performed at many ceilidhs, concerts, and festivals throughout Cape Breton, mainland Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI, and the Eastern United States. During the 2007 Celtic Colours International Festival, she was presented with the Tic Butler Memorial Award, for outstanding contribution to Cape Breton culture. Rachel was chosen as the 2009 recipient of the Frank "Big Sampy" Sampson award, given by the Festival Volunteer Drive'er Association and Lakewind Sound Studios, sponsoring an up-and-coming Cape Breton musician to make their first recording.
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Friday October 14, 2011
Celtic Colours 2011 - Ashley MacIsaac
Knox Presbyterian Church
Posted by Robert Doublett
Hailing from Creignish, Inverness County, Ashley MacIsaac now lives in
Toronto, Ontario. Since the early 1990s, Ashley has made numerous albums which run the gamut from traditional Cape Breton fiddle music, to boundary busting rock'n'roll-styled fiddle arrangements, to fronting a full on rock band as lead singer.
Ashley's career has taken him all over the world. performed at Carnegie Hall six times, opened for Sting at a May Day concert in Rome, Italy and played in Australia, Mexico, China and all over North America and Europe.
Aside from countless live performances over the years, Ashley has appeared in several movies, and has had several documentaries made on his life.
Ashley's new album, Crossover, was released earlier this year. During Celtic Colours, Ashley will be performing with piano-player Barbara MacDonald Magone.
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Thursday October 13, 2011
Crowdis Bridge
Cape Breton
Posted by Robert Doublett
Combining a bluegrass influenced playing style with poignant lyrics and a modern folk feel; the Crowdis Bridge sound is truly unique.
Both vocally and rhythmically, Jason Rudderham brings a refreshing and modernized dynamic to the traditional bluegrass genre.
Jason's rock and Celtic background allows him to generate unique and complimentary rhythms that are the backbone of the Crowdis Bridge sound.
Whether it is banjo, guitar, mandolin or singing, Ben Furey's inherent talent and musical upbringing gave him the tools to provide subtle color to anything he plays. His playing style is aesthetically pleasing with the right mix of creativity and technical ability.
Andrew Fedora's guitar playing and singing offer a somewhat traditional sound in a somewhat nontraditional fashion. Lyrically, his songwriting achieves an impressive present-day level of depth and poetry while maintaining a timeless appeal.
All multi instrumentalists, vocalists and songwriters, the Crowdis Bridge sound is dynamic and synergistic, appealing to as many different crowds as they have influences.
bio: Celtic-Colours.com
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Thursday October 13, 2011
Cabot Gypsum
Reg MacLeod
Posted by Robert Doublett
A new company has taken over the bankrupt Federal Gypsum plant in Point Tupper.
Cabot Gypsum bought the assets earlier this year and is leasing the building from the province.
Reg MacLeod is the sales manager at Cabot.
He spoke earlier today with CBC reporter Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith.
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Wednesday October 12, 2011
the Alan Kelly Gang
Ireland
Posted by Robert Doublett
Fronted by Ireland's piano accordion maestro, described by New York's Irish Voice as 'in league with the best piano accordionists in the world', and with three of Ireland's finest musicians {Tola Custy (fiddle), Steph Geremia (flute & vocals) and Tony Byrne (guitar)} all critically acclaimed masters of their own craft, The Alan Kelly Gang (formerly
quartet) has been creating quite a stir on the traditional & folk
circuit taking their audiences by storm and impressing both music lover
and critic alike. Performing beautifully arranged songs and
instrumental pieces from throughout the Celtic regions including
Ireland, Brittany, Asturias and Louisiana as well as original
compositions that stem from a deep traditional sensitivity, skillfully
executed and soulfully delivered, their sound is fresh and unique with
their strong dynamics, driving rhythms and buoyant harmonies. Their
music will draw even the most fainthearted listener into the passion
that they put into the music they play - magical, joyous and
uplifting! "The arrangements are world class, as are the musicians,
and Ireland is always somewhere in the mix." Irish Music Magazine
One of Ireland's most accomplished musicians in any genre, Alan Kelly is piano accordionist, composer and arranger utterly at home in his own skin. To date, Alan has released four critically acclaimed albums including his most recent solo venture, 'After the Morning', named as one of the 'top ten musical highs of 2009' by the Irish Times who described it as a "humdinger of a collection". In September of this year the Alan Kelly Gang released their first band album titled ' Small Towns and Famous Nights".
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Wednesday October 12, 2011
What to do with all that zucchini....
Sandra MacPherson
Posted by Robert Doublett
Well... with a little imagination, it could be part of a delicious stir fry, or lasagna!
It's that kind of thinking that is making for some changes at the Glace Bay food bank.
Co-ordinator, Sandra MacPherson and her small group of volunteers have come up with a plan
to encourage healthy eating... with the added benefit of reducing food waste.
It's called "Taste Your Way to Health".
It gives clients a chance to taste test, a healthy home-made dish, right at the food bank!
MacPherson explains the program to reporter Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith.
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Tuesday October 11, 2011
CBRM Crime Stats
Chief Peter MacIsaac and Deputy Chief Lloyd MacCormack
Posted by Robert Doublett
The numbers show criminal activiity is down, especially violent crime which dropped 33 per cent. The CBRM also had fewer severe crimes last year, although robberies are up.
The Regional Police presented the numbers at a Police Commission meeting in Sydney today.
After the meeting, Chief Peter MacIsaac and Deputy Chief Lloyd MacCormack spoke with reporters.
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Tuesday October 11, 2011
April Verch Trio
Ontario
Posted by Robert Doublett
When you see April Verch perform, the first thing that strikes you
is the pure energy that infuses her fiddle playing and stepdancing.
When you listen to her though, what draws you in are more subtle
things--her pure voice, the finely detailed elegance of her fiddle
phrasing and the depth of a repertoire that ranges through material
from bluegrass to Brazilian to Celtic, from a jaunty Canadian folksong
to a poignant contemporary ballad.
April is from the Ottawa Valley, an area with a rich, distinctive musical and stepdancing tradition shaped by the diverse roots of the immigrants drawn to the region's lumber camps. With her band, she plays traditional and original songs that draw from all over the world, but are clearly filtered through her immersion in the style she grew up with in the Ottawa Valley.
April has released seven recordings to date. Her most recent release, Steal The Blue (2008), was co-produced by Stephen Mougin
of
the Sam Bush Band and Jon Weisberger. It is both a compelling
collection of vocal and instrumental selections and the best portrait
yet of April as a performing artist, while testifying to the esteem in
which she's held by Nashville's bluegrass and roots musicians.
The April Verch Band consists of world-class musicians Clay Ross on guitar and Cody Walters on upright-electric bass and banjo. Verch leads the band with her own simultaneous fiddling and dancing and together they have been selling out prestigious venues and festivals for years. They have toured across Canada, the United States, the U.K., Europe and last year made a six week tour in Australia for the first time. They have established a reputation as consummate performers with boundless energy on stage that inevitably brings audiences to their feet.
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Monday October 10, 2011
Blazin' Fiddles
Scotland
Posted by Robert Doublett
Take a group of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the
Highlands and Islands of Scotland and you've got the award winning
Blazin' Fiddles on your hands. Having grown from a showcase tour of
individual fiddlers highlighting the distinctive flavours of Highlands
and Islands fiddle music, no other band has quite captured the
excitement, passion and the sensitivity of Scottish music as Blazin'
Fiddles. During a performance, the audience has the opportunity to hear
pieces featuring the regional styles of each fiddler followed by
all hands jumping in for a wonderful explosion of music. Fiddles and
bows blaze away with guitar and piano for one of the most exciting and
memorable fiddle ensembles ever to take the stage.
European festival appearances have included The Cambridge Folk Festival, The Sidmouth International Music Festival, Lorient, Tønder Festival, the Falun Festival and Scotland's premier event Celtic Connections.
Past performances have included their own project With Strings Attached, debuting at Celtic Connections 2005 featuring singer songwriters Eddi Reader, Justin Currie (Del Amitri) and Colin MacIntyre (Mull Historical Society). In 2005 they made a welcomed return to Cambridge Folk Festival and also played the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall following the release of their last album "Magnificent Seven" which picked up the Best Album Award at the Scots Trad Awards 2005.
The band released their fourth album, Blazin' Fiddles Live, in lead up to their 10th year anniversary in 2008. The band released their fifth and latest studio album, Thursday Night in the Caley, earlier this year.
Like rare single malts, each member of Blazin' Fiddles draws the distinct flavour of music from their part of the highlands and islands. From solo to ensemble sets, they all come together in a fiery blend that raises the roof. Fiddlers Jenna Reid, Bruce Macgregor, Allan Henderson and Iain Macfarlane are joined by Anna Massie on guitar/fiddle and Andy Thorburn on keyboard to form one of the best live acts today.
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Wednesday October 5, 2011
Ingonish Grief Councling
Debbie MacIsaac
Posted by Robert Doublett
As we heard yesterday, the entire community of Ingonish is in mourning following Monday nights tragic accident.
Two young people in the community were killed when their van left the road.
The Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board immediately arranged for a Grief Counselling team to visit the local schools.
Unfortunately, Cabot High was closed yesterday because of a school in-service and again today because of a power outage.
Debbie MacIsaac is Program Coordinator with the School Board.
She spoke with Joan Weeks about the latest plans to help students and staff cope with their loss.
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Tuesday October 4, 2011
A New Appointment for Cecil Clarke
CBRM Council
Posted by Robert Doublett
Cape Breton Regional councils Committee of the Whole has voted to support Cecil Clark's appointment as a senior executive adviser on economic development issues for the Cape Breton County Economic Development Authority.
NorthSide area Councillor Gordon MacLeod moved the motion at todays meeting.
He says he's fed up with some of the negative comments from those who say it was a political appointment.
Clarke ran unsuccessfully for the conservatives in the last federal election .
Macleod asked the councillors to work with Clarke in helping them with important municipal issues.
Here is some of the debate including comments from councillor Kim Deveaux.
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Monday October 3, 2011
Harbour Dredging Begins
manager of dredging operation for Sydney Ports Corporation: Jim Wooder
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Dutch vessel Oranje arrived on the weekend.
It began sucking up the seabed yesterday and will continue the work for about two months.
Jim Wooder is leading the project. He is with the Sydney Ports Corporation.
He explained the work underway to reporter Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith this morning, near the site of where the dredged material is being deposited.
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Saturday October 1, 2011
CBC Cape Breton 75th Anniversary Open House
Posted by Robert Doublett
"We have long been fortunate in this region to have a big, appreciative audience for CBC. Still, when we invited the public to come by and say hello as part of our 75th birthday celebrations and Culture Days, they came in record numbers, streaming into each of our six Maritime locations, thousands of them. They came in strollers and walkers, wheelchairs and runners, young families, extended families, long-time fans and new Canadians. The thing that stood out to me was how everyone was so happy -- happy to see us, so delighted to see the faces and voices they make part of their lives. "
- Andrew Cochran
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Friday September 30, 2011
Council Meeting
Nova Scotia Premiere Darrell Dexter
Posted by Robert Doublett
The meeting was designed to express concerns about high unemployment and rapid population decline within the municipality and to suggest how the province might be able to help.
After about an hour-and-fifteen minutes the meeting room doors opened and reporters had a chance to speak with Darrell Dexter.
Here's some of that conversation --starting with the premier.
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Monday September 26, 2011
Sydney Harbour Relocation Project
Bruce Hatcher
Posted by Robert Doublett
About 24 fishermen are involved in a relocation project.
They're trying to catch as many lobster, crab, eel and whelk as they can, and move them to another part of the harbour.
The idea is to get them out of the way, before the big dredging boat arrives and starts sucking up portions of the harbour bottom next week.
Bruce Hatcher is the chair of marine ecosystem research at Cape Breton University.
He's also in charge of the relocation project.
CBC reporter Holly Conners met his at his office today for an update.
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Friday September 23, 2011
Paying Unsecured Creditors.
Danny Ellis
Posted by Robert Doublett
Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice David MacAdam has approved two funds to pay unsecured creditors.
One of the interested parties attending today's hearing was Danny Ellis, owner of Ellis Forestry in Sydney.
He believes private wood lot owners should either... get paid what they are owed... or be allowed to get their wood back from the New Page lot.
He spoke with reporters outside the courtroom:
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Thursday September 22, 2011
Dance-4-Lindsay
Richard Young & Dawn MacDonald
Posted by Robert Doublett
Lindsay was left in a coma with serious brain injuries after the accident. She is unable to speak, hear, eat or walk but her friends and family are sure she would thrive if she had the right help...
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Wednesday September 21, 2011
Frailty
Dr Greg Hirsch
Posted by Robert Doublett
Sometime people are just a little to weak to undergo the surgery, and if they do, sometimes they come out feeling worse than they were when they first started.
That is exactly the issue that Dr Greg Hirsch wants to look at.
He is looking for a study that looks into issues of frailty.
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Tuesday September 20, 2011
The Exit Interview
Russ White
Posted by Robert Doublett
Thirty seven years on the air....you learn a thing or two about the community you serve.
Russ White worked in radio, and television, most recently with Global TV, and he covered it all.
Elections, crime scenes, celebrations, disasters
Last week he retired.
We invited him in to talk about his career, and the Cape Breton he has seen change in the last four decades.
But we started with his first day at work...
Here's Russ White...the exit interview
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Monday September 19, 2011
Catch and Release
Melanie Sampson: Sydney Harbour Fishermen's Association
Posted by Robert Doublett
It's an effort to relocate as many lobster, crab and other animals as possible before the harbour dredging project gets underway next month.
Melanie Sampson speaks for the Sydney Harbour Fishermen's Association.
She spoke with CBC reporter Holly Conners earlier today, and explained how the catch and release program will work.
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Friday September 16, 2011
Not Running Anymore
Kim Desveaux - CBRM councillor for District 6
Posted by Robert Doublett
Within that article there were some idea why that might have been and we wondered what was behind all of that, so we invited her in.
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Thursday September 15, 2011
The latest for New Page
Premier Darrell Dexter
Posted by Robert Doublett
No one knows for how long.
This afternoon, Premier Darrell Dexter spoke with CBC reporter Jean LaRoche about the latest developments in the New Page story:
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Tuesday September 13, 2011
Dave Wilson Pleads Guilty
Brian DuBreuil
Posted by Robert Doublett
It's official...former Liberal MLA Dave Wilson has admitted he defrauded taxpayers of thousands of dollars. Wilson appeared in provincial court today to plead guilty to charges stemming from the MLA expense scandal.Tonight we can tell you how he did it and we'll meet one of the people he unwittingly involved in his scheme...
Brian DuBreuil has been covering this story for us and he was in court today in Sydney.
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Monday September 12, 2011
Greek Default
Craig Alexander
Posted by Robert Doublett
Earlier today, the Greek government said they've only got enough money to last until mid-October.
After that...they'll need another massive loan to pay for government wages and pensions.
Stocks tumbled and the loonie briefly dipped below parity with the U.S. dollar.
Here with more on a potential Greek default is Craig Alexander, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at T-D Bank.
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Friday September 9, 2011
Keeping forestry workers employed
Premiere Darrell Dexter
Posted by Robert Doublett
Premier Darrell Dexter made the announcement in Port Hawkesbury late this morning - before an audience of about 150 truckers and contractors.
Here's some of what he had to say.
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Thursday September 8, 2011
Cape Breton Film Production
Claude Nearing
Posted by Robert Doublett
And it was slow for a while.
In the next couple of weeks we're going to be hearing a lot about some productions that are just now hitting the public.
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Wednesday September 7, 2011
New Page -vs- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Joan Weeks
Posted by Robert Doublett
New Page Corporation announced today, it 's launching legal proceedings to protect the company from bankruptcy until it restructures its debt.
In the U.S. it's applying for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In Canada, it has to apply something called the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act.
On Friday, a judge in Halifax will decide whether to grant that protection.
The company has also asked for permission to sell the Port Hawkesbury plant.
As part of this process, New Page had to file a number of legal documents with the courts.
Joan Weeks has been going through those documents and explains more.
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Wednesday September 7, 2011
The Antagonist
Lynn Coady
Posted by Robert Doublett
Cape Breton author (and great friend of the show) Lynn Coady has recently released a new book, and every time she does she joins us for a chat. Many of the stories taking place right here in Cape Breton.She is regarded as one of the best writers of her generation and yesterday the rest of the country finally acknowledged that by adding her to the long list for the prestigious Giller Prize.
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Wednesday September 7, 2011
Power Rates in Nova Scotia
Leader of the PC Party of NS, Jamie Baillie
Posted by Robert Doublett
We gave him a call to find out more.
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Friday September 2, 2011
Lexon Communications
Co-owner of Lexon, Earl Johnston
Posted by Robert Doublett
Earlier this week, workers at the Signature Styles Call Centre in that community were given lay off notices. Signature will close in 8 weeks.
Today, a new call centre announced it's hiring up to 200 people.
Lexon Communications is a virtual call centre.
That means, its workers will make calls from their own homes.
Co-owner of Lexon, Earl Johnston, spoke with CBC's Joan Weeks about his company.
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Thursday September 1, 2011
Live in Studio
Carleton Stone
Posted by Robert Doublett
Carleton Stone has a new album produced by Hawksley Workman and will be available in stores on Tuesday, September 06th.Caleton Stone for WEB.mp3
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Wednesday August 31, 2011
Remembering Bob Muir
Ron MacDonald & Cecil Clarke
Posted by Robert Doublett
Cape
Breton has lost one of the giants from its political life.Senator Robert Muir age 91, died early on Wednesday morning August 31st 2011, at home.
He was elected eight times in federal general elections and served another 15 years in the Senate of Canada, as well as having been a member of the Miner's Hospital Board, and Harbour View Hospital, 1944-58.
He began his public life as a union leader. In fact, he lead a strike at the Franklin Mine.
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Tuesday August 30, 2011
Uncle Sam Wants You!
Terry Ritchie
Posted by Robert Doublett
Cape Breton has many waves of immigration from other countries. We often talk about the waves from Scotland, or Ireland in the 1800's, or even Poland and Ukrain just before world war one.
But one of the biggest recents waves of immigration into the Island came in the late 1960's and 1970's with young people fromt he from the United States, sometimes int heir
late teens or early twenties, sometimes with young families, who made thier way to Cape breton to start new lives..and to contribute to the island way of life. For the most part,
they took Canadian citizenship..as did their children, but if they didn't renounce their US citizenship, they are still subject to US taxes.
Thats right, families who made thier homes on this Island, built up businesses and personal property in this country, find all of that is subject to american taxation because they
did not renoucne thier citizienship...and a deadline is looming...
Terry Ritchie is a tax advisor, educated ithe US, with international taxation practice in both countries. He has written extensively about this..and joins us on the line from his office in calgary.
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Monday August 29, 2011
Are you recieving?
Stephen Guiton; Vice President and Cheif Regulatory Officer of the CBC
Posted by Robert Doublett
Over the weekend, folks who get CBC television via rabbitt ears may have been confused when they switched on their TV and found snow ont heir sets instead of Coronations street.
Based on the calls we received here at CBC cape Breton, many folks thought we had gone digital...a little earlier than planned...our tech. staff tells us we may have been off the air for about 14 hours.
Frankly, even we were a little confused as to whay happened.
So we placed a call to the very top of our organization to find out whether we can still use our rabbit ears in cape breton or not...
Stephen Guitan.mp3
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Friday August 26, 2011
Ringside World Championships
Brad Ross & trainer Rudy Putchie
Posted by Robert Doublett
The Sydney Boxing Club head coach captured the world title at the 11th Annual Ringside World Championships boxing tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
It was in the light heavyweight masters open division.
Brad Ross.mp3
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Thursday August 25, 2011
Michael Anthony's
Lucy MacNeil & Susan MacLean
Posted by Robert Doublett
That's how many Lucy MacNeil put to paper when she composed a tune for fiddler Michael Anthony MacLean.
Those 282 notes will bring the people who want to learn more about the island's celtic arts and their studies closer together.
It's part of a major study by the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society, and it's called the Treasures of Youth Fund.
It's a fundraiser AND and awareness raiser and it's what we're talking about this weekend at the Sunday concert of the Cape Breton Fiddlers Association.
Lucy MacNeil & Susan MacLean.mp3
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Wednesday August 24, 2011
Right Some Good
Alvin Leung - The Demon Chef
Posted by Robert Doublett
Alvin Leung for web.mp3
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Tuesday August 23, 2011
Bob MacEachern
101.5 The Hawk: New Page Reaction
Posted by Robert Doublett
Yesterday, workers at NewPage Port Hawkesbury learned the mill was shutting down indefinitely.
That means about 1,000 people in the area will be out of work.
Bob MacEachern is the owner of local radio station 101.5 The Hawk.
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Tuesday August 16, 2011
Nick Beaton
the Comedian
Posted by Robert Doublett
From a blue collar background, Nick Beaton cuts through the bullshit of an overly bureaucratic society that takes itself way too seriously. Whether it's done through his opinionated rants, hard hitting jokes, or his disarming "every man" personality Nick Beaton is a favorite wherever he performs. Categories: Blog
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Friday March 25, 2011
Road Trip - Port Morien
Posted by Robert Doublett
At first glance, Port Morien may look like a "little fishing village".
But as you'll learn today, it's much more than that.
We're going to take you to Port Morien, and find out what makes this Cape Breton seaside community so unique.
These days, Morien is home to about 600 people. But did you know it once boasted a population of 3-thousand, and was a thriving shipping centre?
It's home to both the first commercial coal mine AND the first Boy Scout troup in North America.
It's was among the first winners of the Lt.-Gov.'s Community Spirit Award.
It's has a great sandbar for bird-watching.
And it's home to several long-running organizations, including a vibrant theatre group.
There's lots to learn, so join us and, as usual, we're going to set the scene with a look back into the past.
If you landed in Port Morien a century-and-a-half ago, you'd find you weren't in Port Morien at all:
The area has gone through a few name-changes over the years.
You'd also find yourself in a very different-looking community, bustling with the activity of a thriving coal mining industry.
As I mentioned at the start of the show, Port Morien was actually the site of the first commercial coal mine in North America.
Ken MacDonald had done a lot of research into all of this.
He's a retired educator, and author of Port Morien: Pages from the Past.
I sat down with Ken at the Port Morien legion for this chat.
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Monday December 20, 2010
Posted by Robert Doublett
Mainstreet is broadcast on several frequencies, at 1140 AM in Sydney for example. However we do make it to TV as well, Telile Community Television if you're in the community of Arichat on Isle Madame.
And Mainstreet is in Arichat today!
Our first stop on our road trip shows is usually a chat with someone who can tell us a bit about the area's history.
In Arichat, that person is Don Boudrot.
Don is a retired teacher who now writes a history column for the Reporter newspaper.
I spoke with him at the local historical society's office on the Arichat waterfront.
That's amateur historian Don Boudrot in Arichat.
From a history lesson, we head now to school, to learn about a project some local teens are involved in.
A new french-language community radio station recently hit the airwaves in and around Arichat.
It's called Radio Richmond.
And the people behind the station are making an effort to involve local school kids in the programming.
In fact, three grade 10s from Ecole Beauport and their teacher have their own weekly show.
We dropped by the school to find out more.
Jessica Samson, Danielle George and Joel Lafort are all in grade 10 at Ecole Beauport in Arichat. Margaret Ann Landry is vice principal at the school.
You can find their show on Radio Richmond at 104.1 FM.
One of the most notable landmarks in this community is Our Lady of Assumption church.
At the start of the show, we heard the sound of the church's newly-refurbished pipe organ.
The organ is quite old, and has an interesting history.
The same can be said of the church building itself.
A large wooden structure with two steeples, it was once a cathedral.
Andre Boudreau is caretaker at Our Lady of Assumption.
That's where we met him.
If you drive just down the street from the church toward the harbour, you can look across the water at a squat, four-sided lighthouse.
A local group is hoping that will remain the case.
Margaret Herdman is chair of The Isle Madame Lighthouse Preservation Committee.
The day of our visit was a blustery one in Arichat.
So we spoke with Margaret from the shelter of the CBC van.
As we continue our Road Trip to Arichat, we have a story especially well-suited to this time of year.
It seems a group of Christmas elves has been at work at one Arichat home in particular this season.
That home belongs to Marie Forgeron.
We met Marie and her son Wesley Forgeron in their kitchen to hear more.
One local landmark we couldn't miss sits on the Arichat waterfront.
It's a low stone building with a peaked wooden roof.
Inside, a hearth set in the middle of the building glows orangey-red in the dark room.
Hanging on the walls, and lying on every surface, are hand-made iron tools.
The building is known as the LeNoir forge.
Once a working forge, it's since been restored as a museum.
I stopped by to get a demonstration from amateur blacksmith Richard Boudreau.
-tape coming soon
Arichat's economy has gone through flare-ups and cool downs since the early days of the forge.
In recent history, the collapse of the ground fishery in the 1990s put a sudden damper on the area's prosperity.
But the people here have tried to find new ways to fan the flames.
Joel Bowen is chair of Development Isle Madame.
He was one of the original development officers hired back in the 90s.
We met in the LeNoir forge and he talked about the collapse, and what's happened in the community since then.
-tape coming soon
Our Mainstreet Road Trip takes us now from the LeNoir blacksmithing forge to another Arichat workshop....
The pottery studio of Jack Ouellette.
If you visit the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design in Sydney you'll see Jack's work for sale.
He makes weighty bowls, platters and vases in beautiful blues and greens, often decorated with fish engravings or painted with wave-like brush-strokes.
Jack's studio is attached to his house on the Arichat waterfront.
I met him there and watched him at work at his wheel.
-tape coming soon
In the first hour of our Road Trip show, we met amateur historian Don Boudrot.
Don has done a lot of research into Arichat's history.
He's had some help with that from a family member who's memory of life in the community goes back a long way.
Don's father Lorenzo Boudreau is 87. Lorenzo joins Don and me now as we continue our conversation about Arichat's past.
-tape
If you want to know about the people of Arichat, there's one man who has the inside picture.
Dr. Laurie MacNeil has been caring for the people in this area for close to three decades.
He's been the only permanent physician on Isle Madame for the past 13 years.
His dedication to his profession and his community has been recognized with awards from Doctors Nova Scotia and the Canadian College of Family Physicians.
Over the years, he's also volunteered his time to local sports teams, Scouts and his church.
Dr. MacNeil found time in his busy schedule to chat with me during our visit to Arichat.
We sat down in his office.
-tape coming soon
Blacksmithing and pot-throwing are two traditional skills you can see in action in Arichat today.
Another is sheep shearing.
Sarah Nettleton has been shearing since she was a girl on her parents' farm.
She now keeps just under 100 sheep on her own farm just outside the village centre.
In recent years her skill at handling sheep has had her in demand at farms across Nova Scotia and beyond.
Though these days, with four growing boys, and a rambuctious ram on her hands, she sticks pretty close to home.
I met Sarah in her barn at Rockloaf farm, and she shared some of the tricks of the trade.
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Monday November 22, 2010
Posted by Robert Doublett
The week of November 22nd thru 26th, 2010 CBC Cape Breton explored the growing need for affordable, safe, clean, housing.
November 22nd was National Housing Day in Canada.
A day set aside by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to recognize the people and organizations dedicated to improving affordable housing in communities all across Canada.
And they have a tough road.
During our series "A Place to Call Home" we'll met people who are living in deplorable conditions, who can't afford or find suitable housing.
We found out what the barriers are and where solutions might be found.
We took a close look at the need.
Joanna LaTulippe Rochon is the Executive Director of the Family Place Resource Center.
Jim Graham is with New Dawn enterprises, a not for profit agency that provides social housing units in the CBRM.
They're joined us in studio.
There are hundreds of people on a waiting list for provincially subsidized housing.
And in the meantime, they're living in conditions that are not always safe, clean or affordable.
The Cape Breton Island Housing Authority provides and administers social housing for the provincial department of Community Services.
Joan MacKeough is the director of the Cape Breton Island Housing Authority, which covers the CBRM, Richmond, Inverness & Victoria Counties.
We invited her into the studio.
There are a lucky few who are enjoying bright, comfortable accomodations, thanks to a special partnership on the island.
It's providing apartments for some people who often fall through the cracks - people living with mental illness.
Wendy Martin has the story.
So far we've been looking at what is and isn't available in the rental market.
Today we look at the real estate market.
In the Sydney area it has slowed down over the last few months.
Dozens of people have been trying to sell their homes for months with no success.
Everything from high end homes to fixer uppers are proving hard to sell.
And that's putting people's plans for the future on hold.
David Burke has this report.
All this week we've been talking about housing issues in the CBRM.
Today Joan Weeks is taking us to an empty, boarded up rental property in Glace Bay.
It's at 662 Main Street.
Original Air-Date - Monday, November 22nd thru Friday, November 26th, 2010
Categories: A Place To Call Home
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- Erin Ashley
- Dec. 22 – Never let him go
Sam Moon - Dec. 16 – The Gaelic College responds
- Dec. 13 – Feeding Feed Nova Scotia
Dianne Swinemar - Dec. 13 – The pipers debate
Maureen Carrol - Dec. 8 – Surprise! It's Dave Gunning!
- Nov. 29 – Wine on a budget
Natalie MacLean - Nov. 28 – LIVE IN STUDIO
David Francey - Nov. 24 – Protest songs of Cape Breton Isle
- Nov. 23 – Provincial SPCA plans legal action
- Nov. 22 – The SPCA standoff
- Nov. 21 – The welfare of Cape Breton's children
- Nov. 18 – SPCA shelter audit
- Nov. 17 – The magical world of silversmithing
- Nov. 16 – M/V Miner discussed in Ottawa
- Nov. 16 – Doc Walker brings 16 & 1 to Glace Bay
- Nov. 15 – Be cool, don't do drugs at school
- Nov. 15 – They've occupied our minds
- Robert Doublett
- May. 24 – Eskasoni's Frist Female MD
- May. 22 – ACOA cuts regional development funding
- May. 17 – The Exit Interview
- May. 17 – G20 Review
- May. 16 – Greenfield Purchase
- May. 16 – Membertou TCC - Fine Food Show
- May. 15 – Concerns over Nova Scotia Power
- May. 14 – Highschool football in CBRM.
- May. 11 – Anti-Identity Phobia Day
- May. 10 – I've Got A Crush On You
- May. 9 – Westray Draggermen
- May. 8 – Michique at Cannes
- May. 8 – Human Smuggling Exercises
- May. 7 – Music Monday 2012
- May. 4 – Preaching Political Engagement
- May. 3 – Loaves & Fishes
- May. 1 – Loaves and Questions
- Apr. 27 – Xstrata wants out.
- Apr. 26 – Talbot House - Call for Resignation
- Apr. 25 – Dancing Through History
- Apr. 24 – Education Reform
- Apr. 20 – St. Michael's Boys Choir
- Apr. 18 – Brakin' Tradition Reunion
- Apr. 16 – Talbot House opposes report.
- Apr. 13 – ECMA 2012
- Apr. 11 – Cuts to Nova Scotia Libraries.
- Apr. 10 – Why Men Lie
- Apr. 2 – 1940's Championship Hockey
- Mar. 30 – Provincial Decentralization
- Mar. 27 – The Language of This Land, Mi'kma'ki
- Mar. 26 – St. Mary's Reprieve
- Mar. 23 – Sydneys Artifical Reefs
- Mar. 21 – Sense of Place
- Mar. 19 – Trestle Traditions
- Mar. 19 – Piano Accompaniment
- Mar. 17 – Sydney Steel Museum Society
- Mar. 8 – Tablot House closed.
- Mar. 1 – First Nations Song Writing Sessions
- Feb. 29 – Coastalbraid.com
- Feb. 28 – Ma's Meals
- Feb. 27 – Miner's Manor resignation
- Feb. 24 – Job Bank isn't working
- Feb. 23 – Xstrata coal by barge.
- Feb. 22 – High School Robbery
- Feb. 21 – Oxycontin out, OxyNEO in......for some.
- Feb. 17 – Braemore Home's incoming CEO
- Feb. 16 – Talbot House Incident
- Feb. 15 – Dominion Beach Renewal
- Feb. 13 – Courting the convention crowd
- Feb. 13 – International Ports Tour
- Feb. 9 – Robin's Demolition
- Feb. 7 – 30 years later: Point Tupper Blast
- Feb. 7 – The New SPCA - Renovations
- Feb. 6 – The Kids and Learning First Plan
- Feb. 6 – Mnohaya lita!
- Feb. 1 – Live from the Flamingo
- Jan. 31 – Tribute to the Carpenters
- Jan. 27 – Canada's Country Gentleman
Tommy Hunter - Jan. 25 – CBC LIVE: The Haggis Taste Test
- Jan. 12 – Marine Atlantic Fare Hike
Marine Atlantic's Vice President of Customer Experience, Don Barnes - Jan. 1 – Your Health with Dr. Brian Goldman
- Jan. 1 – Technology with Anshuman Iddamsetty
- Nov. 14 – The Golden K, Sydney's ambassadors
- Oct. 28 – Red Brick Row
Marcia Smith - Oct. 25 – What we found.
Bruce Hatcher - Oct. 21 – On the Road Again
Don Shebib - Oct. 19 – Sydney Harbour Silt Plume
President of the Sydney Harbour Fishers Association: Melanie Sampson - Oct. 13 – Crowdis Bridge
Cape Breton - Oct. 13 – Cabot Gypsum
Reg MacLeod - Oct. 12 – the Alan Kelly Gang
Ireland - Oct. 11 – April Verch Trio
Ontario - Oct. 10 – Blazin' Fiddles
Scotland - Oct. 3 – Harbour Dredging Begins
manager of dredging operation for Sydney Ports Corporation: Jim Wooder - Sep. 23 – Paying Unsecured Creditors.
Danny Ellis - Sep. 21 – Frailty
Dr Greg Hirsch - Sep. 20 – The Exit Interview
Russ White - Sep. 13 – Dave Wilson Pleads Guilty
Brian DuBreuil - Sep. 12 – Greek Default
Craig Alexander - Sep. 7 – The Antagonist
Lynn Coady - Sep. 1 – Live in Studio
Carleton Stone - Aug. 30 – Uncle Sam Wants You!
Terry Ritchie - Aug. 16 – Nick Beaton
the Comedian - Mar. 25 – Road Trip - Port Morien
- Stan Kennedy
- Apr. 19 – Next Big Thing Gets Bigger
- Mar. 28 – Reaching Out To Rwanda
- Mar. 15 – Violence Against Women
- Mar. 15 – University Security Protocol
- Mar. 14 – Community Services
- Mar. 14 – Canadian Centre for Child Protection
- Mar. 13 – The Hunger Games Panel
- Mar. 6 – Cape Breton Regional Council
- Mar. 5 – Job Training Announcement
- Jan. 25 – WITS
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Sydney Weather Forecast
Monday
Mainly sunny
15°C
Tuesday
A mix of sun and cloud
12°C
Wednesday
Periods of rain
7°C
Thursday
Chance of showers
12°C
Friday
Cloudy
14°C
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