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Peter MacKay introduces the Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer as he campaigns for the upcoming election in Little Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada October 17, 2019.

Peter MacKay will officially launch Conservative leadership campaign ...

Police arrest Santina Rao at the Mumford Road Walmart on Jan. 15, 2020.

SIRT to investigate woman’s controversial arrest at Halifax Walmart

Court rules against former Atlantic Canada U16 football coach in ...

Lou Anne Theriault, left, and Stephanie Gustys were two of half a dozen people rallying for animal rights outside the Kentville courthouse Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2020 during the court appearance of a woman charged with animal cruelty.

Kings County woman whose dogs were seized arraigned on cruelty charge

LETTER: Lining up in freezing cold for medical attention

Executive director of human resources Nancy Elkins and Gathering Place guest Kerry O’Quinn. She’s not too shy about playing the piano, but O’Quinn felt more comfortable if the picture was taken with Elkins. Andrew Waterman/The Telegram

Gathering Place on reduced hours, but open as state of emergency ...

Newfoundland Growlers’ defenceman Joseph Duszak says he’s ‘always had a knack for joining the rush,’ and his desire to be involved in the offence, plus an outstanding set of skills, has helped him produce some eye-catching numbers in his first professional season. — Newfoundland Growlers photo/Joe Chase

ROBIN SHORT: Newfoundland Growlers' Duszak is a forward-thinking ...

Shane O’Handley, a chef at the New Dawn meals on wheels program, checks on some bread at the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation kitchen on Nepean Street in Sydney this week. The program now prepares about 300 lunches and dinners for residents throughout Sydney and surrounding communities each week. Meals on wheels is always looking for volunteers to deliver meals. Routes are planned so deliveries only take one hour per week. For more information on volunteering, or the adopt-a-route program, contact Kathleen Whelan at 902-562-1245 or kathleen@newdawn.ca. CHRIS CONNORS/CAPE BRETON POST

Labour of loaf in Sydney

Waves washed over the Cape Sable Island Causeway during a severe wind storm on Christmas Day, making driving conditions hazardous. KATHY JOHNSON

Full assessment of Cape Sable Island causeway being requested

Updated Jan 08, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

Yarmouth Justice Centre. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Sentencing date set for fourth person charged in connection with 2019 assault on Yarmouth teenager

Updated Jan 08, 2020 at 10:23 a.m.

Peter MacKay introduces the Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer as he campaigns for the upcoming election in Little Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada October 17, 2019.

Peter MacKay will officially launch Conservative leadership campaign Saturday in Stellarton

Updated 32 minutes ago

Police arrest Santina Rao at the Mumford Road Walmart on Jan. 15, 2020.

SIRT to investigate woman’s controversial arrest at Halifax Walmart

Published 2 hours ago

Local

An RCMP cruiser.

RCMP reporting phone scam involving requests for social insurance numbers

Updated 14 hours ago

Mental health

Shelburne County Mental Health and Wellness Association hosting community engagement sessions

Published Jan 14, 2020 at 7:18 a.m.

Donna Hatt gives Lucy the Lobster a helping hand in "crawling" to the top of the trap. Lucy saw her shadow on Groundhog Day, so six more weeks of winter it is – and not an early spring – according to Lucy. KATHY JOHNSON

Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl festival list of ‘shell’abrations’ reaching boiling point

Updated Jan 12, 2020 at 11:20 a.m.

Powerview RCMP are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision.

Shelburne man charged for cocaine and methamphetamine offences

Published Jan 10, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

Opinion

LETTER: Lining up in freezing cold for medical attention

Published 3 hours ago

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JORDI MORGAN: Nova Scotia finally making real progress in war on red tape

Published Jan 20, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Adrianna and her partner Ricardo with their son Eli live in Newfoundland and Labrador. COLLEEN HULAN

PRAJWALA DIXIT: Plus-sized and real

Published Jan 18, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Gerard Gallant behind the Vegas Golden Knights’ bench.

P.E.I. natives Turk Gallant, Mike Kelly fired by NHL's Vegas Golden Knights

Updated Jan 17, 2020 at 8:07 p.m.

Business

Guy LaFosse, centre, welcomes Stephanie Myles and Ian Parker as partners in the LaFosse MacLeod Law Office in Cape Breton. CONTRIBUTED

Cape Breton law firm LaFosse MacLeod welcomes new partners

Updated a day ago

Shown is an image of the Gillis Lake quarry that Zutphen Resources plans to expand. The project has been submitted to the provincial government for environmental assessment. CONTRIBUTED

Zutphen planning Gillis Lake quarry expansion

Updated Jan 14, 2020 at 8:40 p.m.

There’s renewed interest in space in downtown Sydney for retail and restaurants, according to the Cape Breton Partnership. GREG MCNEIL/CAPE BRETON POST

Leased office and restaurant space in demand in downtown Sydney, according to Cape Breton Partnership

Updated Jan 14, 2020 at 6:10 p.m.

The homegrown success of tech firms like Fredericton’s Radian6, Halifax’s GoInstant, St. John’s Verafin and Charlottetown's BioVectra have helped Atlantic Canada solidify its position as a fledgling technology leader.

VIDEO: Brett Bundale talks top business trends for Atlantic Canada in 2020

Updated Jan 10, 2020 at 3:17 p.m.

Sports

Kayakers paddle across Shelburne Harbour from Islands Park to historic Dock Street during the annual Shelburne Kayak Festival.

Hitting the water, kayak style

Published Aug 20, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

St. John's Edge cancel their Tuesday and Wednesday games at Mile One

Updated a day ago

The Riverview Redmen captured the Blue and White Contractor Cup on Jan. 12, blanking the Dartmouth Spartans 3-0 in the championship game of the Sydney Academy-hosted high school hockey tournament at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre. Members of the team are pictured with the championship trophy and banner. Front row, from left, Liam Robertson, Josh Leudy, Trevor Jennings, Kendall MacQueen, Ethan Stanwick, Josh MacAskill, Chase Sampson, Bryce MacKenzie and Michael MacMullen. Back row, from left, Michael Florian, Brendan Smith, Jordan Moss (assistant coach), Danny MacDougall, Steve Jamael (assistant coach), Sam MacKinnon, Noah MacKinnon Curtis Novak, Owen Burke, Rylan MacIntyre, A.J. Ley, Nathaniel Fuller, Brady Lavin, Daniel Keough (assistant coach), Rory Morrison, Ian Hennebury and Jimmy Smith (head coach). CONTRIBUTED/JEAN STANWICK.

Riverview Redmen named Blue and White Contractor Cup champions

Updated a day ago

Timothy Liljegren now has played one game for both the Newfoundland Growlers and Toronto Maple Leafs. — Toronto Maple Leafs/Twitter

A little Newfoundland Growlers history was made in Toronto Saturday

Updated Jan 20, 2020 at 8:36 a.m.

Lifestyles

Executive director of human resources Nancy Elkins and Gathering Place guest Kerry O’Quinn. She’s not too shy about playing the piano, but O’Quinn felt more comfortable if the picture was taken with Elkins. Andrew Waterman/The Telegram

Gathering Place on reduced hours, but open as state of emergency continues

Updated 56 minutes ago

James Walsh, owner of Doktor Luke’s coffee shop on Prince Street in Sydney, has a coffee as the fourth winter storm to hit the area in the new year raged outside on Friday. Walsh said he always opens his shop during storms as he lives nearby and wants to provide a warm place for people who have to venture outside. The high winds, which were forecast at upwards of 100 km/hour, were keeping people off the roads. Walsh said between 8-11:30 a.m., he had 10 customers. Sharon Montgomery-Dupe/Cape Breton Post

Waiting out another winter storm in Sydney

Updated Jan 17, 2020 at 7:10 p.m.

The building fund for an expanded Cape Breton Cancer Centre in Sydney has grown by more than $10,000 thanks to donation from a group of retired Sobeys and Foodland employees from across Nova Scotia. The donation honours two Foodland owners from Cape Breton, Roddie and Ellen MacKenzie from Sydney Mines, who were both diagnosed with cancer and were able to be treated at home. From left, top, Warren Demone, Leona Hussey, Lloyd Hussey, Ashley Ryan, Darlene Rozicki, Roddie MacKenzie, Francis Rozicki, Ellen MacKenzie; bottom, Brad Jacobs, Neico Ryan and Cheryl Marsh. CONTRIBUTED

Cape Breton Cancer Centre financial campaign gets hefty donation

Updated Jan 17, 2020 at 6:40 p.m.

Spreading Christmas cheer

The Rotary Cub of North Sydney presented its annual donation to representatives of the Northside food banks and Christmas Cheer organizations on Dec. 11. This year’s cheque totaled $5,500. The club also donated another $500 to the Salvation Army for their work in the community. Shown left to right are Rotarian Hugh Gillan of the Bras d’Or Food Bank, Ann Nader of St. Vincent de Paul Society, Vonda Rice Reid of the Combined Christmas Cheer group, Sharon MacLean of the Sydney Mines Food Bank, Lawrence Shebib from North Sydney Food Bank, and Christmas Cheer and meeting chair/Rotarian Norm Connors. Also in attendance were Katie MacLennan and Ryan Murray from Memorial High School's Rotary Interact Club, whose membership regularly volunteer with the local organizations. CONTRIBUTED

Rotary Club of North Sydney makes donation

Updated Jan 17, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

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Peter MacKay introduces the Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer as he campaigns for the upcoming election in Little Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada October 17, 2019.

Peter MacKay will officially launch Conservative leadership campaign Saturday in Stellarton

Police arrest Santina Rao at the Mumford Road Walmart on Jan. 15, 2020.

SIRT to investigate woman’s controversial arrest at Halifax Walmart

Football.

Court rules against former Atlantic Canada U16 football coach in suspension dispute

Lou Anne Theriault, left, and Stephanie Gustys were two of half a dozen people rallying for animal rights outside the Kentville courthouse Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2020 during the court appearance of a woman charged with animal cruelty.

Kings County woman whose dogs were seized arraigned on cruelty charge

LETTER: Lining up in freezing cold for medical attention

Executive director of human resources Nancy Elkins and Gathering Place guest Kerry O’Quinn. She’s not too shy about playing the piano, but O’Quinn felt more comfortable if the picture was taken with Elkins. Andrew Waterman/The Telegram

Gathering Place on reduced hours, but open as state of emergency continues

Newfoundland Growlers’ defenceman Joseph Duszak says he’s ‘always had a knack for joining the rush,’ and his desire to be involved in the offence, plus an outstanding set of skills, has helped him produce some eye-catching numbers in his first professional season. — Newfoundland Growlers photo/Joe Chase

ROBIN SHORT: Newfoundland Growlers' Duszak is a forward-thinking defenceman

Shane O’Handley, a chef at the New Dawn meals on wheels program, checks on some bread at the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation kitchen on Nepean Street in Sydney this week. The program now prepares about 300 lunches and dinners for residents throughout Sydney and surrounding communities each week. Meals on wheels is always looking for volunteers to deliver meals. Routes are planned so deliveries only take one hour per week. For more information on volunteering, or the adopt-a-route program, contact Kathleen Whelan at 902-562-1245 or kathleen@newdawn.ca. CHRIS CONNORS/CAPE BRETON POST

Labour of loaf in Sydney

A fire which broke out in a duplex at 25 Margaret St., North Sydney on Monday afternoon, also damaged the attached home at 23 Margaret St. and left two families homeless. The fire has been deemed accidental and no one was injured. Sharon Montgomery-Dupe/Cape Breton Post

North Sydney home owner in devastating fire didn't have insurance

An RCMP cruiser.

RCMP reporting phone scam involving requests for social insurance numbers

Brad Jacobs is shown in the file photo. Jacobs, CEO of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation, says the foundation has been interested in taking on a new major capital project for some time.

Jacobs resigns as CEO of Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation

Wiliam Sandeson of Lower Truro, who is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, has successfully sued his ex-roommate.

Judges reserve decision in Sandeson murder appeal