Oct 23, 2012 | 12:16Mainstreet NS District 3 Ballot Recount AudioMainstreet NS District 3 Ballot Recount Oct 23, 2012 | 12:16After Saturday's election, unofficial voting results for HRM's District 3 riding had Jackie Barkhouse six votes ahead of the city's deputy mayor, Bill Karsten. Several days later, official results put Karsten 68 votes ahead Barkhouse. We look at what happened.
Jun 4, 2012 | 14:00Mainstreet Cape Breton CBRM Mayor John Morgan - Potential Greenfield Legal Action AudioMainstreet Cape Breton CBRM Mayor John Morgan - Potential Greenfield Legal Action Jun 4, 2012 | 14:00A letter was released last week from the Atlantic Gateway Shipping Terminal Company which is threatening to sue the Cape Breton Regional Municipality for what it says are secrets that were let out, negative portrayals, and even revealing confidential information surrounding a bid on the property we've been calling 'the Greenfield Site'.
To talk about this and where the municipality is on the story, we've brought in CBRM Mayor, John Morgan.
Aug 17, 2012 | 17:30Mainstreet Cape Breton Mayor John Morgan - Calling it a Day. AudioMainstreet Cape Breton Mayor John Morgan - Calling it a Day. Aug 17, 2012 | 17:30After twelve years in office, Mayor John Morgan has decided to call it a day. He announced that he would not be seeking re-election ths fall.
Morgan was relative unknown when he entered politics in 2000, but in the years since he has won municipal campaigns with over 80% of the popular vote.
"The Lawsuit" will forever be associated with is name, but he was also the poltician who was key in the development of Sydney Harbour
He joined us in studio.
Aug 28, 2012 | 7:35Mainstreet NS Alternative HRM Budget AudioMainstreet NS Alternative HRM Budget Aug 28, 2012 | 7:35The Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released its alternative budget for the HRM today. CCPA's Christine Saulnier explains why she hopes it will help inform candidates in this fall's election.
Aug 28, 2012 | 9:28Mainstreet Cape Breton Rankin MacSween - CBRM Mayoral Candidate AudioMainstreet Cape Breton Rankin MacSween - CBRM Mayoral Candidate Aug 28, 2012 | 9:28One of the key figures at the head of social economy development in Cape Breton has put his hat in the ring to become the Mayor of CBRM.
He been involved with the New Dawn organization for many years, but Rankin MacSween was most recently in the public eye as one of the galvanizing figures in the campaign to dredge Sydney harbour.
He has also been an outspoken advocate of community based development and a critic of government intervention.
............and now, he wants to be mayor