Cape Breton Post
TAKE YOUR TIME, STAY AWHILE!
When it comes to exploring the island, Destination Cape Breton wants visitors to stop and smell the roses a bit more. That’s why they recently launched a new campaign, Take Your Time, which urges tourists not to rush their visit but to plan on staying...
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NEW SEASON AT THE DOCKS
The Viking Polaris docks at the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion on Thursday, marking the opening of the 2026 cruise ship season for the Port of Sydney. The ship can carry a maximum of 378 passengers and a crew of 256. The season continues on Saturday when...
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
With celebrations set for 2032 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Cabot Trail, Dan Coffin has already heard plenty of stories tied to Cape Breton’s world-renowned tourist destination. “Everybody seems to have a story of their uncle or their...
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‘THE LAW IS CLEAR’
Seven RCMP cruisers were vandalized and four provincial highways were blocked or slowed by protesters over raids on Mi’kmaq cannabis dispensaries. Over the Easter weekend, Premier Tim Houston and Mi’kmaq leadership offered conflicting accounts of...
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
A Cape Breton group that devotes itself to helping children in need in Southern Africa has returned home after a successful firsthand mission. Six individuals from the island, representing Inverness County Cares, including Colleen MacLeod, Winnie...
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CANNABIS PROTEST
This drone photo from around 10 a.m. on Thursday shows traffic blocked from going either way on Highway 4 through Potlotek First Nation, where community members were protesting a Nova Scotia RCMP raid on the Sikku Shop cannabis retail store, seen in...
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‘HE WAS JUST SO GENUINE’
Vincent van Zutphen lived life to the fullest and then some. And he didn’t “give a f--k” what people thought about how he dressed, his “scraggly hair” or how he lived. But the 59-year-old did care deeply about his family, his community and his...
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STREAMING EAGLES
The day-to-day happenings of two Cape Breton bald eagles – 24 hours a day, seven days a week – can now be viewed via livestreaming webcams. A project courtesy of the Port Morien Wildlife Association, a noon-hour event on Monday marked the official...
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BRIDGING THE AGE GAP
Eskasoni elder Bessie Prosper, 92, was happy to be surrounded by youth when dozens of both generations gathered for a day of listening and learning on Saturday at the Eskasoni Elder Centre. She was joined by Bethany Denny, left, and Allan Sylliboy,...
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JEWISH LEADERS WARN OF IRAN-INSPIRED TERROR THREAT
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Jewish community throughout North America has faced a shocking 900 per cent rise in antisemitic incidents since 2014, according to the Anti-Defamation League data. Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack in Israel, synagogues,...
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PAIN AT THE PUMPS
The price for regular unleaded gas went up again on Friday to between 177.7 and 180 cents per litre. Diesel increased to 237.7 and 243 cents per litre. The rising prices for fuel are causing financial difficulties for business owners.
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VITAL INFORMATION
It may look like a large pill bottle, but there’s no medication inside. Instead, it’s filled with vital health information that could be just as important in an emergency. Barry Gordon is administering the Vial of Life program in his role as senior...
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DANCE OF JOY
Jessica LaRusic was in front of a class full of students when she found out the video she choreographed was up for an East Coast Music Award. Creative director/choreographer of Elyse Aeryn’s Unstoppable video under the name Jess Alexis, LaRusic and...
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CRIME TOP OF MIND
Preventing crimes, calls for improved policing and concerns about public safety collectively emerged as a top priority for Cape Breton Regional Municipality council to focus on once deliberations on the 2026-27 fiscal budget begin. During a virtual...
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BIG RIGS
Nolan Benner and his friend, Mason Mahoney, hopped in the cab of the large, industrial snowblower to check out its inner workings. The two were at the McCurdy Sydney Airport on Thursday for their first Meet the Fleet event, where the public can check...
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WHAT IS KHALISTAN?
DID INDIA ASSASSINATE A CANADIAN KHALISTAN ORGANIZER? Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a prominent member of Sikhs for Justice, a global pro-Khalistan organization. On June 18, 2023, he was murdered — gunned down in the parking lot of a Sikh temple...
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AGE FRIENDLY HOME UPGRADES
Giovanni Merlini, a N.B. senior, demonstrates accessible reach and positioning designed to help people with mobility challenges safely use bathroom fixtures. “One of the myths that surrounds renovating for aging in place is the price. It doesn’t have...
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‘SOMETHING I WON’T FORGET’
When she took on the role of chancellor at what is now Cape Breton University, Annette Verschuren already had gained a high public profile. She was the face of Home Depot Canada – and, later, its short-lived venture into Asia – for 15 years in the...
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ONE-STOP SHOP
The rusty, antique truck that’s parked near the entrance at Tinker Dan’s General Store comes from a time when one-stop shops were more common in many rural communities. Today, most general stores have gone the way of the dodo due to big box stores and...
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Remembering feminist Rita
Rita MacNeil became a household name from the mid-1980s until her death on April 16, 2013, with her best-known songs reaching a wide cross-genre audience not just in Cape Breton but also nationally and internationally. But in the 1970s, MacNeil was a...
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GOLDEN MOMENT
Tamara Deverell, from left, and Shane Vieau, winners of Best Production Design for Frankenstein, attend the 98th Oscars Governors Ball at Ovation Hollywood Complex on Sunday in Hollywood. Deverell, originally from North Vancouver, B.C., now lives in...
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OFFICIAL INTRIGUED BY ANTI-DRONE SYSTEM FROM TRIO AT HEART OF EXPLOSIVES TRIAL
A senior official at the Department of National Defence says he wants to learn more about the anti-drone system three men charged in an Ontario gun and explosives investigation are working on, once their legal problems are resolved. But developing...
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KEEPING BUSY DURING THE BREAK
Gabriella Stewart, library assistant-children’s programs, left, and Lindsay Thompson, programs co-ordinator with the James Mcconnell Memorial Library in Sydney, display some of the signage they’ll be using during March break activities that have The...
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‘WE’RE IN SHOCK’
More than a dozen faculty and professional support members, as well as students all from the Nova Scotia Community College’s Sydney Waterfront Campus are urging the Houston government to backtrack on a $9.4-million chop to the college’s operating grant...
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CAPE BRETON’S NEWEST SWEET SPOT
For Shelly Gerow, it’s been a long and winding road to the newest sweet spot in Sydney. Gerow is the owner of Dragonfly Ice Candy Shop on St. Peters Road. The business opened in its new location on Jan. 17 of this year. “It all started with the...
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CALL OF THE HALL
A Nashville-based in-demand singer-songwriter, a renowned master of the fiddle, a champion of local radio and a peaceful ballad about a secluded and picturesque locale – all having Cape Breton connections – are the latest entrants into the Cape Breton...
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FIGHT NIGHT IN SYDNEY
Ryan Rozicki of Sydney Forks, left, lands a body shot on Gerardo Mellado during a cruiserweight main event fight as part of a professional boxing card at Centre 200 in Sydney on Saturday night. Rozicki won the fight by technical knockout in the second...
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RUSSIA MAY SEE CHANCE TO BENEFIT FROM MIDEAST WAR
For Russia, the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s network of anti-Western partners, and it exposed Moscow’s diminished influence on the world stage, from the Middle East to...
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BADDECK SCULPTURES A HIT
Emily Madinsky poses with a giant sandwich, one of the more than 20 snow sculptures created around Baddeck for the second annual Baddeck Winter Festival. The event was held Feb. 13-16 and included activities such as a family movie night, live music,...
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DOUBLING DOWN
Membertou First Nation and the federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations announced Wednesday that the reserve has added 409.37 acres of land to its holdings, effectively doubling its land base. “We’re accessing land that is vital for commercial...
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POWER TO PROTEST
More than 100 people gather outside the provincial building on Prince Street in Sydney on Wednesday to protest the Nova Scotia government’s cuts to grants and programs in the arts, culture, tourism and more. Read more on the protest at...
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THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Leisa Hirtz says a near-fatal accident when she was a young girl growing up in New Waterford inspired her to make a difference in the world and led to a trip to the Dragons’ Den. When she was three years old, Hirtz – then Leisa McKinnon – was struck...
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‘WE’RE GOING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON’
Isabelle Lalonde wondered aloud how the financial cuts tabled in last week’s provincial budget would affect the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s 2026-27 fiscal budget. The Louisbourg resident said the community relies on tourism dollars as an...
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IS TRUMP RUNNING OUT OF TARIFF CARDS TO PLAY AHEAD OF CUSMA REVIEW?
Even the highest court in the land could not convince Donald Trump to stray from his love of tariffs. The U.S. president’s yearlong imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was brought to a halt by the...
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MATCHMAKING METHODS
Amy Patterson, a recruiter with the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, passes along some information to Tom Russell of Howie Centre during a recruitment information session Wednesday at Centre 200 in Sydney. Other sessions are planned for North Sydney...
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AI POWERED
Another level of security has been added to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital’s emergency department. A new artificial intelligence-powered weapons detection screening system was scheduled to be put into use at the entrance to the department on...
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‘IT’S A BROTHERHOOD’
George Muise headed to No. 26 Colliery in Glace Bay late Friday night, Feb. 23, 1979, anticipating nothing more than an eight-hour overnight shift of good camaraderie with his coal mining buddies and, of course, hard work. From 11 p.m. until just...
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INTERNATIONAL CHAMPS
The Cape Breton Junior Eagles celebrate with members of the tournament organizing committee after capturing the AA division of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament at Videotron Centre in Quebec City on Sunday. Members of the team, not in...
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‘WE SHOULD HAVE WON IT’
A packed Sydney sports bar filled with Team Canada hockey fans felt a collective heartbreak on Sunday morning as they watched their team take a 2-1 overtime loss to the United States in the men’s hockey final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. “We...
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‘SECRET’ MEETING LED TO HOWE BRIDGE DEAL
WINDSOR, ONT. The key piece of the puzzle that saw Canada pay the entire bill for the Gordie Howe International Bridge — thus allowing the massive project to proceed — came at a secret meeting. At least, it was supposed to be secret. In an interview...
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OLYMPIC AIR
Fanny Smith of Team Switzerland leads Hannah Schmidt of Team Canada, Jade Grillet Aubert of Team France and Brittany Phelan of Team Canada in the Women’s Ski Cross Quarterfinals on Day 14 of the Milancortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow...
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DRAMATIC OVERTIME WIN
Goalie Jordan Binnington of Team Canada celebrates the team’s 4-3 overtime victory over Czechia in the men’s quarterfinals playoff match against Czechia with Sam Reinhart and teammates during the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano...
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GOLDEN PURSUIT
Valerie Maltais, Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann of Team Canada celebrate after winning gold in final A of the speedskating women’s team pursuit on Day 11 of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milan’s speedskating venue on Tuesday in...
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BIG AIR GOLD
Gold medallist Megan Oldham of Team Canada celebrates with teammate Elena Gaskell after competing in run three of the Women’s Freeski Big Air Final on Day 10 of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 16, in Livigno,...
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CANADA’S SILVER BULLET
Courtney Sarault of Team Canada leads the group in women’s 1,000-metre short track speedskating on Day 10 of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 16 in Milan, Italy. Sarault, who is from Moncton, N.B., went...
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OLYMPIC ACTION
Sarah Wilkes, right, and Tracy Fleury of Team Canada compete in the round robin match against Team United States on Day 7 of the 2026 Milano-cortina Winter Games at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on Friday in Cortina d’ampezzo, Italy. More Olympic...
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‘IT’S JUST A MESS’
Residents living near the construction site of the new Maple Hill Manor in New Waterford say they are upset over how some of the development work has encroached on, and impacted, their properties. “We weren’t told of anything,” said Christina...
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‘This is unacceptable’
Residents in Kim Sheppard-Campbell’s municipal district have been calling her to complain about soaring and seemingly unreasonable property assessments they received from Property Valuation Services Corp. last month. "My heart is breaking for some...
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‘A bump in the road’
Just as her singing and entrepreneur careers have been taking off, Abbey Mullendore now has to put both aside to face a more daunting journey ahead of her. The Judique vocalist and gourmet mushroom grower recently revealed on social media that she has...
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BEARS BACK ON TOP
Jaxon Durando of the Breton Education Centre Bears, middle, couldn’t hold back the tears of joy after he captured his third New Waterford Coal Bowl Classic title on Saturday afternoon. The Bears beat the St. Mark Catholic Lions 72-67 in the...
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FALLS ARE KILLING MORE OLDER CANADIANS
Had she known the northwestern Quebec city of Val d’Or would be blanketed in snow in early November, Montrealer Anne Renaud would definitely not have worn her UGG boots, “which have absolutely no traction,” to visit her boyfriend there. The morning of...
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LIFTING THE CROWD
Ty Macdonald of the Riverview Ravens (4) leads a celebration by the bench after scoring a goal during Red Cup Showcase action against the Sydney Academy Wildcats as fans cheer at the Cape Breton County Recreation Centre in Coxheath on Thursday....
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‘It’s just ridiculous’
Bryan Hollohan got the shock of his life when he noticed the jump in the assessed value of the Coxheath Hills-area home he built two years ago. After Property Valuation Services Corp. announced last month it was mailing out its 2026 assessments to...
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PACKING THE COURT
About 1,000 people cheer on the Breton Education Centre Bears during their New Waterford Coal Bowl Classic game against the Barrington Barons at BEC gym in New Waterford on Tuesday night. The hometown Bears didn’t disappoint the fans, defeating the...
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DIGGING OUT AFTER THE STORM
Cape Bretoners were still cleaning up Tuesday after a winter Nor’easter blew through the region on Monday, delivering approximately 20 centimetres of wind-driven snow and forcing widespread cancellations across the island. It was the third straight...
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‘DEEPLY ROOTED’
What African Heritage Month is really about is connection and showing up for one another, African Heritage Nova Scotia Affairs Minister Twila Grosse said when she unveiled the poster for the province’s African Heritage Month in Sydney on Friday. This...
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CANADA HAS PLEDGED EV SECTOR $50B IN SUBSIDIES. IS IT WORTH IT?
If you want to play, you have to pay. But when that payment is in the Canadian automotive industry, it in turn pays off in building businesses across several sectors that grow a national economy and generate thousands of jobs, industry experts...
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PERFECT PROPOSALS
Alone on the glasslike water, Heather Lohnes-tourneur screamed for help between the hands-on chest compressions during her husband’s sudden cardiac arrest. She recalls being jolted awake at 6 a.m. to the gurgling (agonal breathing) coming from...
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GOLDIE STANDARD
A Cape Breton artist has set the gold standard in her hometown for this year’s East Coast Music Awards. Goldie Boutilier leads the way with seven nominations at the annual celebration of Atlantic Canadian music, which will take place in Sydney May...
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SIGN OF THE TIMES
The Needs convenience store in Howie Centre is shutting its doors for good on Saturday. A staple in the community for 40 years, the convenience store is closing due to low sales, according to staff at the location. Sobeys owns the Needs convenience...
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STORM DAY!
A snowplow works its way along Kings Road in Howie Centre mid-Tuesday morning. Most of Cape Breton was digging out after a steady two-day snowfall covered the island with a 20 to 30-centimetre blanket of snow, as of press time. With poor road...
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MONEY SENSE
Keep close track of your earnings, says financial adviser Nick Costello, to make sure you’re fully aware of your spending. Keep track of your monthly or biweekly earnings — depending on how you are paid — and list your minus obligations, whether that’s...
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‘EVERYONE TOLD ME I WAS CRAZY’
CALGARY At 15 years old, Danny Motyka dreamed of one day opening a psychedelics drug lab. Two decades later, the Calgary chemist leads a team developing pharmaceutical-grade psychedelic compounds, operating out of a warehouse-sized laboratory in the...
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PORT PAUSE FRUSTRATES
For the past 12 years, the chief executive of the Sydney Harbour Investment Partners has maintained a vision of development on a greenfield site near Sydport Industrial Park, whether a container terminal and logistics park and/or a wind marshalling...
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OUT FOR BLOOD
Catholic Women’s League representatives have reached out to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality to support their call for the return of a national blood collection agency clinic in the region. Two members from the Antigonish Diocesan Council of the...
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TALKS DOCKED
The legal team representing the Cape Breton Regional Municipality will not be exploring further negotiations with a long-standing investment group interested in developing the Greenfield site near Sydport Industrial Park. At least for now. On...
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FAN SUPPORT
The IIHF U18 women’s world hockey championship didn’t set a tournament record for attendance in Cape Breton, but it was one of the most successful events in its history. Over 21 games between the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre and Centre 200,...
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SILVER FOR CANADA
Winning a gold medal on home ice wasn’t in the cards for Canada. The Canadians were defeated 2-0 by the United States in the gold medal game of the IIHF U18 Women’s World Hockey Championship in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,039 fans at Centre 200 in...
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XI WELCOMES STEADY STREAM OF LEADERS SHAKEN BY TRUMP’S NEW WORLD ORDER
Donald Trump’s tariff war occupied U.S. allies for much of last year. Now, Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcoming a procession of leaders looking to mend fences with the world’s other major economy. South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung kicked off the trend...
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CRUNCH TIME
Nine-year-old Mabel Macdonald of Coxheath proudly holds up a sign she made to show her support for Team Canada at the U18 women’s world hockey championship. Macdonald held the sign high over her head for all 12 of Canada’s goals during the tournament...
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A CUT ABOVE THE REST
Cape Breton is poised to play a key role as Canada asserts its Arctic sovereignty. Sydney-Glace Bay MP Mike Kelloway announced Tuesday that the federal government has selected Sydney as the preferred site for the maintenance port that will serve the...
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‘IT’S REALLY INSPIRING’
Ryhan Paul had one word to describe her thoughts on opening day of the IIHF U18 Women’s World Hockey Championship in Cape Breton. Inspirational. A member of the Cape Breton Blizzard under-15 AA team, Paul had her first opportunity to see Team Canada...
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WELCOME TO THE WORLDS
The flags representing each of the eight countries competing in the 2026 IIHF U18 women’s world hockey championship hang above the ice at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on Friday, while Team Slovakia practices below. The tournament opens today...
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MEMORABLE MEMENTO
Some players in the 2026 U18 women’s world hockey championship that begins this weekend in Sydney will be taking a little piece of Membertou home with them when they leave the area. Some are being presented with a beaded pin designed and handmade by...
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‘I LOVE HELPING PEOPLE’
Women firefighters are still under-represented in forces across the country. However, in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, women interested in fire services seems to be strong. According to census data collected by the Canadian Association of...
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