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STANDALONE: 32 years since Westray mining disaster struck Pictou County

On May 9, 1992 at 5:20 a.m., the Westray mine in Plymouth exploded, killing 26 miners. May 9 marked the thirty-second anniversary of the disaster. Wreaths were laid at the foot of the monument to remember the lives of the miners who died early that ...

Updated 7 hours ago |1 min read

Halifax woman advocates for more awareness, funding for pulmonary hypertension

Updated 9 hours ago |4 min read

Beth Slaunwhite poses for a photo in her Halifax home on Friday, May 3, 2024. Slaunwhite has pulmonary arterial hypertension and is advocating for some changes and awareness ahead of World PH Day on Sunday.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

Dig deeper: Kentville, N.S., implementing deed transfer tax

Updated 14 hours ago |5 min read

Kentville Town Hall is located at 354 Main St.

FOR SALE: Former sail centre property in Annapolis Royal, N.S., up for grabs

Updated 13 hours ago |4 min read

Annapolis Royal, N.S., taps into grant to install solar panels at sewage treatment facility

Updated 14 hours ago |3 min read

Rash of violence and fires in Digby County quieting after more police assigned to area

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Opinion

This black bear appeared curious as motorists stopped along the Cape Breton Highlands National Park near Cheticamp on July 15, 2007. - Tera Camus

LETTER: Cancellation of the Spring Bear Hunt political, not based in science

A review of the government’s Spring Bear Hunt Consultation Summary Report spring-bear-hunt-summary-report-en.pdf (novascotia.ca) strongly suggests the decision not to proceed with the pilot hunt, was a political decision, not a decision based on ...

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WALK IN THE WOODS: We have got to do better

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Roadside garbage lying in a ditch along Highway 236. People need to think more carefully and be more considerate with how they dispose of their trash. CONTRIBUTED

LETTER: Lessons my mother taught me

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The Guardian welcomes letters to the editor at letters@theguardian.pe.ca.

LETTER: Cape Breton journalist will be missed

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LETTER: We're stuck just watching as the N.L. government lets others take a big bite out of our assets

Updated 10 hours ago |8 min read

LETTER: Reduced funding for the Supported Employment Program will have significant impact on clients who use it

Updated 13 hours ago |2 min read

Business

The Kings County council chambers in Coldbrook was packed with concerned citizens on May 2 for a public hearing on a controversial planning application for a social enterprise campground in Scots Bay. Council approved a development agreement on May 7. KIRK STARRATT

Kings County council approves controversial Scots Bay campground by slim margin

A development agreement for a controversial campground in Scots Bay has been approved by the slimmest possible margin, and the decision will likely be appealed. Kings County council voted five in favour and four against the application on Tuesday, ...

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Kings County’s Meadowbrook Meat Market closing after 40 years

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Meadowbrook Meat Market in Somerset, N.S., has closed after serving the community for almost 40 years. - Meadowbrook Meat Market

Popular Cabot Trail restaurant has a new Mother Hen in Cape Breton

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The Clucking Hen Café and Bakery has been a Cabot Trail landmark since 2000. Contributed by RE/MAX

Issue with unpaid back taxes at heart of Cape Breton Farmers' Market lockout

Updated 15 hours ago |9 min read

Mi'kmaw tailored CCA program meets community needs in Eskasoni

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Asia stocks rally on renewed global rate cut optimism

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Lifestyles

Northside 4 Chase the Ace chair Craig Ivey, left, and North Sydney Food Bank executive director Lawrence Shebib. The draw is down to the last two cards May 15. BARB SWEET/CAPE BRETON POST

Curiosity

Tempting tickets: Cape Breton Chase the Ace fever rising in North Sydney

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. — Tickets are flying off the counter for the upcoming Northside 4 Chase the Ace draw, which is down to two cards. The next draw is Wednesday, May 15. “Everywhere you go they are talking about it,” said chair Craig Ivey. The minimum ...

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2024 Easter Seals P.E.I. school tour raises $47,735

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Easter Seals' 2024 ambassador Lucie Gallant visited 66 P.E.I. schools to help raise $47,735 for local registered charities. Contributed

Bright Side

'We love this job': Cape Breton women who started at Air Nova on same day 35 years ago retiring on same day

Updated 5 hours ago |11 min read

Clare MacDougall, left, and Leslie MacArthur stand next to a priority boarding sign for Air Canada Jazz at the J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport on Tuesday, where they have worked for 35 years. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

Hubtown Theatre Youth Players to present bewildering whodunit with Clue

Updated 10 hours ago |5 min read

Cape Breton’s Savoy and HAT theatres collaborating on Mamma Mia! musical

Updated 10 hours ago |3 min read

Q97.9 host Alex Theriault celebrates 10 years on-air: "Radio always spoke to me"

Updated 12 hours ago |7 min read

Sports

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Joni Colburne is seen during practice at the Tennis Canada u15 camp at the Atlantic Tennis Centre in Bedford, Thursday May 9, 2024.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Goin’ down the road: Tennis wunderkind Colburne partakes in Canadian U15 camp, will join brother in Montreal this fall

The time has come for Joni Colburne to leave Nova Scotia behind to further her tennis aspirations. In August, the 12-year-old will move to Montreal with her family and reunite with her older brother Caden, one of the country’s top up-and-coming ...

Updated 6 hours ago |7 min read

QMJHL FINAL: Drakkar vs. Voltigeurs is a best-on-best, Nova Scotia's Luke Woodworth in key role

Updated 10 hours ago |5 min read

Bridgewater's Luke Woodworth is the captain of the Drummondville Voltigeurs. - QMJHL

Wife's health scare and soul-searching convinced Rick Bowness 'it's time' to retire

Updated May. 7, 2024 |5 min read

Halifax's Rick Bowness tears up as he discusses his retirement from the NHL at a news conference in Winnipeg on Monday. - Contributed

NASCAR’s Regan Smith returns for this summer’s IWK 250

Updated May. 8, 2024 |2 min read

Nova Scotia's Nathan MacKinnon named finalist NHL's MVP award

Updated May. 7, 2024 |1 min read

‘I wish we could go play tomorrow’: Halifax Thunderbirds’ quarter-final loss still stinging for veteran Randy Staats

Updated May. 5, 2024 |6 min read

Communities

STANDALONE: 32 years since Westray mining disaster struck Pictou County

On May 9, 1992 at 5:20 a.m., the Westray mine in Plymouth exploded, killing 26 miners. May 9 marked the thirty-second anniversary of the disaster. Wreaths were laid at the foot of the monument to remember the lives of the miners who died early that ...

Updated 7 hours ago |1 min read

LETTER: Cancellation of the Spring Bear Hunt political, not based in science

Updated 7 hours ago |3 min read

WALK IN THE WOODS: We have got to do better

Updated 10 hours ago |4 min read

Hubtown Theatre Youth Players to present bewildering whodunit with Clue

Updated 10 hours ago |5 min read

Q97.9 host Alex Theriault celebrates 10 years on-air: "Radio always spoke to me"

Updated 12 hours ago |7 min read

Dig deeper: Kentville, N.S., implementing deed transfer tax

Updated 14 hours ago |5 min read

Canada

Freeland defends carbon tax, dismisses leadership speculation

OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stood by her government’s budget at a parliamentary committee Thursday, defending the carbon tax and the Liberals’ economic performance from Conservative MPs. The House of Commons Finance committee took a ...

Updated 47 minutes ago |3 min read

Fugitive wanted in $20-million Toronto airport gold heist arrested on plane from India

Updated 49 minutes ago |3 min read

Archit Grover, 36, from Brampton is a suspect in the $20 million gold heist at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in 2023.

Conservative MP declares war on Tim Hortons' 'woke paper lids'

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Lianne Rood poses at Widder Station Golf Grill and Tap House in Thedford, Ont., during the 2019 election, when she was elected with 49 per cent of the popular vote.

New Brunswick health professionals call on province to ban fracking

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Applications open for New Brunswick disaster financial assistance program

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NL Health Services warns of whooping cough outbreak in eastern Newfoundland

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World

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin delivers a speech during a session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, April 3, 2024. Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via

Russia's Putin proposes Mishustin as prime minister

(Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin proposed that Mikhail Mishustin, the former prime minister, continues chairing the Russian government in Putin's new presidential term, the speaker of the country's lower house of parliament said on ...

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Philippines says U.S., China eyeing mining opportunities, especially in nickel

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A view of nickel ore stockpiles at DMCI Mining Corporation's mine in Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 7, 2017. Picture taken February 7, 2017.

US Senate passes sweeping aviation safety, consumer bill

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Passengers make their way through the terminal as they travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., November 22, 2023.

Anti-aircraft units intercept drone south of Moscow, no damage or injuries, mayor says

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Mettler-Toledo raises annual profit forecast despite expecting persistent weak demand

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Two Paris police officers wounded after man shot them inside police station

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STANDALONE: 32 years since Westray mining disaster struck Pictou County

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Kings County council approves controversial Scots Bay campground by slim margin

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Issue with unpaid back taxes at heart of Cape Breton Farmers' Market lockout

Mi'kmaw tailored CCA program meets community needs in Eskasoni

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Lifestyles

Tempting tickets: Cape Breton Chase the Ace fever rising in North Sydney

2024 Easter Seals P.E.I. school tour raises $47,735

'We love this job': Cape Breton women who started at Air Nova on same day 35 years ago retiring on same day

Hubtown Theatre Youth Players to present bewildering whodunit with Clue

Cape Breton’s Savoy and HAT theatres collaborating on Mamma Mia! musical

Q97.9 host Alex Theriault celebrates 10 years on-air: "Radio always spoke to me"

Sports

Goin’ down the road: Tennis wunderkind Colburne partakes in Canadian U15 camp, will join brother in Montreal this fall

QMJHL FINAL: Drakkar vs. Voltigeurs is a best-on-best, Nova Scotia's Luke Woodworth in key role

Wife's health scare and soul-searching convinced Rick Bowness 'it's time' to retire

NASCAR’s Regan Smith returns for this summer’s IWK 250

Nova Scotia's Nathan MacKinnon named finalist NHL's MVP award

‘I wish we could go play tomorrow’: Halifax Thunderbirds’ quarter-final loss still stinging for veteran Randy Staats

Communities

STANDALONE: 32 years since Westray mining disaster struck Pictou County

LETTER: Cancellation of the Spring Bear Hunt political, not based in science

WALK IN THE WOODS: We have got to do better

Hubtown Theatre Youth Players to present bewildering whodunit with Clue

Q97.9 host Alex Theriault celebrates 10 years on-air: "Radio always spoke to me"

Dig deeper: Kentville, N.S., implementing deed transfer tax

Canada

Freeland defends carbon tax, dismisses leadership speculation

Fugitive wanted in $20-million Toronto airport gold heist arrested on plane from India

Conservative MP declares war on Tim Hortons' 'woke paper lids'

New Brunswick health professionals call on province to ban fracking

Applications open for New Brunswick disaster financial assistance program

NL Health Services warns of whooping cough outbreak in eastern Newfoundland

World

Russia's Putin proposes Mishustin as prime minister

Philippines says U.S., China eyeing mining opportunities, especially in nickel

US Senate passes sweeping aviation safety, consumer bill

Anti-aircraft units intercept drone south of Moscow, no damage or injuries, mayor says

Mettler-Toledo raises annual profit forecast despite expecting persistent weak demand

Two Paris police officers wounded after man shot them inside police station

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