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A transport truck loads into the Fundy Rose ferry prior to a summer crossing between Digby, N.S. and Saint John, N.B.
TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Fundy Rose ferry slated to resume crossings between Digby and Saint ...

Public health students Steffi Sebastian and Siju Abraham consult the new Transit Cape Breton bus schedule while waiting for a ride at the Cape Breton University on Monday. The Glace Bay residents have been attending CBU since January and say the local transit system has been reliable and efficient.

Transit Cape Breton introduces new bus hubs, better connections and ...

Registered hockey teams hit the ice for three games during the Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic on Jan. 27, 2018.

Windsor's Long Pond, where hockey began, is up for sale

The falling snow only added to the ambience on Saturday when the Sydney Academy Wildcats defeated the Sackville Kingfishers 21-0 in the NSSAF football tier 2 semifinal at Open Hearth Park in Sydney. The Wildcats host the Horton Griffins for the division championship next weekend in Sydney at a yet to be determined time.

Sydney Academy Wildcats advance to NSSAF Tier 2 high school football ...

Evelyn MacSween, foreground, a member of the Sydney Breton Quilters, works on a Christmas lap quilt, while enjoying the weekly meeting of the group at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design on Charlotte Street in Sydney, with members, from left, Mary Britten, Arlene Fraser and Sharon Ormond, all of Sydney.

Sydney Breton Quilters busy working on projects

Efforts to obtain the latest information on bedsores in Nova Scotia seems to be hampered by secrecy.

Nova Scotia College of Nursing reports increase in nursing numbers

Cassandra Desmond, flanked by sisters Diane, left, and Katlin speaks to reporters outside the Desmond Inquiry in Guysborough.

Desmond murder-suicide inquiry adjourned until January

The darker patches indicate synthetic-based drilling mud in ribbon-like patterns on the seabed about 165 metres from the exploratory oil
and gas well Aspy D-11's wellhead, after a spill in 2018. - Canada Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board

Failed drilling equipment caused synthetic mud spill, Nova Scotia’s ...

The rapper X-Plycit is shown performing.

Cape Breton rapper attaining prominence

Members of the Glace Bay Adult Faith Development Committee are shown. In front, from the left, are Carmie Chiasson, Linda MacNeil, Ann Marie Boutilier, Margaret Howie. Second row, from the left, are Father Norman McPhee, Gwen Martel, David Nearing, Sr. Martha Eileen, Cathy MacInnis. Missing from the photo are Theresa Babstock, Betty Crosby, Wendy Jensen, Mary Clare Sampson.

Glace Bay Adult Faith Development Committee has existed for 25 years

A transport truck loads into the Fundy Rose ferry prior to a summer crossing between Digby, N.S. and Saint John, N.B.
TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Fundy Rose ferry slated to resume crossings between Digby and Saint John before month's end

Published 29 minutes ago

Tri County Mental Health and Wellness has officially opened its drop-in centre at 101 Water Street, which also includes the launch of the Aidaen Mae Wellness Room. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Efforts underway for a drop-in mental health wellness centre in Digby

Updated Nov 11, 2019 at 8:41 a.m.

Public health students Steffi Sebastian and Siju Abraham consult the new Transit Cape Breton bus schedule while waiting for a ride at the Cape Breton University on Monday. The Glace Bay residents have been attending CBU since January and say the local transit system has been reliable and efficient.

Transit Cape Breton introduces new bus hubs, better connections and increased frequencies

Published 43 minutes ago

The falling snow only added to the ambience on Saturday when the Sydney Academy Wildcats defeated the Sackville Kingfishers 21-0 in the NSSAF football tier 2 semifinal at Open Hearth Park in Sydney. The Wildcats host the Horton Griffins for the division championship next weekend in Sydney at a yet to be determined time.

Sydney Academy Wildcats advance to NSSAF Tier 2 high school football championship

Published 1 hour ago

Local

People place poppies on the Sailors' Memorial following the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at Point Pleasant Park on Monday.

VIDEO: Remembrance Day 2019 in Atlantic Canada

Published Nov 11, 2019 at 6:47 p.m.

- File

Roads closed, power turned off in south-end Halifax in police operation

Updated Oct 29, 2019 at 8:14 a.m.

Charles Crosby, chairman of the 2019 poppy campaign, pins the first poppy on Rev. Bill Newell.

Poppy campaign launches in Yarmouth

Updated Oct 28, 2019 at 10:38 a.m.

Janet Bandurak was last seen leaving a residence in Kentville on Sept. 8. - Contributed

RCMP continue to search for missing Middleton woman

Updated Oct 28, 2019 at 1:24 p.m.

Opinion

Don Cherry and Ron MacLean of Hockey Night in Canada walk to centre ice as the Buffalo Sabres take on the Ottawa Senators at J.L. Grightmire Arena on Sept. 28, 2010 in Dundas, Ont.

DAVID DELANEY: Examining the demise of Don Cherry

Published Nov 14, 2019 at 2:54 p.m.

Cartoon of Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson of The Lighthouse, filmed at Cape Forchu in Yarmouth County, and American rapper Aaron Carter, who earlier in October made headlines when he implied he was moving to Yarmouth, N.S. FRASER MOONEY CARTOON - Submitted

Fraser Mooney cartoon: Oct. 30 Tri-County Vanguard

Updated Oct 30, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

Trick or treat!

KATHLEEN KEVANY: Create new Halloween rituals with healthy eating and playful living

Updated Oct 30, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Sydney Crown prosecutors, from left, Gerald MacDonald, Nicole Campbell and Rochelle Palmer march down Charlotte Street past the Sydney Justice Centre Wednesday afternoon with other local prosecutors after walking off the job Wednesday morning in protest of Bill 203.

DAVID DELANEY: Crown attorneys not being treated unfairly by government

Updated Oct 28, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

Business

A transport truck loads into the Fundy Rose ferry prior to a summer crossing between Digby, N.S. and Saint John, N.B.
TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Fundy Rose ferry slated to resume crossings between Digby and Saint John before month's end

Published 29 minutes ago

FedEx Ground is constructing a distribution centre at 325 Vulcan Avenue in Sydney. The project is expected to be completed in 2020.

FedEx Ground building new distribution centre in Cape Breton

Published Nov 13, 2019 at 3:06 p.m.

The 2019 Vital Cape Breton awards were presented on Nov. 8 at Centre 200.

2019 Vital Cape Breton Award winners announced

Published Nov 12, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

Highway patrol escorted a tractor-trailer that was delivering tanks to the site of the salmon hatchery owned by GriegNL.

Grieg NL hatchery under construction in Marystown

Updated Nov 12, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

Sports

The falling snow only added to the ambience on Saturday when the Sydney Academy Wildcats defeated the Sackville Kingfishers 21-0 in the NSSAF football tier 2 semifinal at Open Hearth Park in Sydney. The Wildcats host the Horton Griffins for the division championship next weekend in Sydney at a yet to be determined time.

Sydney Academy Wildcats advance to NSSAF Tier 2 high school football championship

Published 1 hour ago

Memorial’s Alyssa Warford (2), shown competing for a ball at the net in an AUS women’s volleyball game against Moncton at the Field House in St. John’s last weekend, is second in the conference in total points. — Memorial Athletics/Allison Wragg

MUN Sea-Hawks volleyballers look for turnaround at a Fredericton AUS tourney

Updated Nov 15, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

Cape Breton Eagles winger Egor Sokolov, right, and Moncton Wildcats defenceman Axel Andersson battle for the puck during a QMJHL game in Sydney. (JEREMY FRASER/Cape Breton Post)

Five QMJHL teams who are most likely to bulk up for a run

Updated Nov 15, 2019 at 6 a.m.

The Cape Breton University Capers.

Kapinga added to Cape Breton Capers men's basketball team coaching staff

Published Nov 14, 2019 at 2:36 p.m.

Lifestyles

Evelyn MacSween, foreground, a member of the Sydney Breton Quilters, works on a Christmas lap quilt, while enjoying the weekly meeting of the group at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design on Charlotte Street in Sydney, with members, from left, Mary Britten, Arlene Fraser and Sharon Ormond, all of Sydney.

Sydney Breton Quilters busy working on projects

Published 2 hours ago

Older kitchen cabinets can take on a whole new fresh look with a coat of brush-applied paint. Surface prep and today’s best latex paints make the job easy.

STEVE MAXWELL: Failed kitchen cabinet repaint and other reno questions

Published Nov 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Scope creep is usually something we associate with a home renovation project and is also known as "you might as well." It can also happen when you’re redecorating your space or when you’re organizing your home and sometimes it happens at work. Sometimes it happens without you realizing it did and often catches up with you after it’s too late.

STREAMLINE YOUR STUFF: 'While we're at it' attitude can force renovations out of control

Published Nov 15, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Sometimes redoing a room’s colour scheme is as simple as changing the covers of your throw pillows, like these $5 mustard yellow ones from IKEA.

MY HANDMADE HOME: Changing a room’s colour palette with minimum effort

Published Nov 15, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Recent Stories

A transport truck loads into the Fundy Rose ferry prior to a summer crossing between Digby, N.S. and Saint John, N.B.
TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Fundy Rose ferry slated to resume crossings between Digby and Saint John before month's end

Public health students Steffi Sebastian and Siju Abraham consult the new Transit Cape Breton bus schedule while waiting for a ride at the Cape Breton University on Monday. The Glace Bay residents have been attending CBU since January and say the local transit system has been reliable and efficient.

Transit Cape Breton introduces new bus hubs, better connections and increased frequencies

Registered hockey teams hit the ice for three games during the Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic on Jan. 27, 2018.

Windsor's Long Pond, where hockey began, is up for sale

The falling snow only added to the ambience on Saturday when the Sydney Academy Wildcats defeated the Sackville Kingfishers 21-0 in the NSSAF football tier 2 semifinal at Open Hearth Park in Sydney. The Wildcats host the Horton Griffins for the division championship next weekend in Sydney at a yet to be determined time.

Sydney Academy Wildcats advance to NSSAF Tier 2 high school football championship

Evelyn MacSween, foreground, a member of the Sydney Breton Quilters, works on a Christmas lap quilt, while enjoying the weekly meeting of the group at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design on Charlotte Street in Sydney, with members, from left, Mary Britten, Arlene Fraser and Sharon Ormond, all of Sydney.

Sydney Breton Quilters busy working on projects

Efforts to obtain the latest information on bedsores in Nova Scotia seems to be hampered by secrecy.

Nova Scotia College of Nursing reports increase in nursing numbers

Cassandra Desmond, flanked by sisters Diane, left, and Katlin speaks to reporters outside the Desmond Inquiry in Guysborough.

Desmond murder-suicide inquiry adjourned until January

The darker patches indicate synthetic-based drilling mud in ribbon-like patterns on the seabed about 165 metres from the exploratory oil
and gas well Aspy D-11's wellhead, after a spill in 2018. - Canada Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board

Failed drilling equipment caused synthetic mud spill, Nova Scotia’s offshore regulator says

The rapper X-Plycit is shown performing.

Cape Breton rapper attaining prominence

Members of the Glace Bay Adult Faith Development Committee are shown. In front, from the left, are Carmie Chiasson, Linda MacNeil, Ann Marie Boutilier, Margaret Howie. Second row, from the left, are Father Norman McPhee, Gwen Martel, David Nearing, Sr. Martha Eileen, Cathy MacInnis. Missing from the photo are Theresa Babstock, Betty Crosby, Wendy Jensen, Mary Clare Sampson.

Glace Bay Adult Faith Development Committee has existed for 25 years

Kaz Henry Cox, 40, is taken in to provincial court Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Cox is accused of killing Triston Reece in July this year.

Family, friends of Triston Reece pack courtroom for first appearance of man accused of murder

Christmas celebrations will be kicking off in Shelburne on Nov. 23 with a craft market and the annual street parade.

Christmas celebrations kicking off in Shelburne