Provincial

Trial set on weapon offences; Cape Breton court report for May 2, 2024

A provincial court trial date has been set for a Sydney Mines facing offences that include weapons. Ryan Douglas Reynolds, 22, is charged with six counts of breaching court orders, and single counts of careless transport of a weapon (a shotgun), ...

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‘Everybody should know his name’: Cape Breton students celebrate Marconi

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Members of the Glace Bay High School Interact Club stand outside the Marconi National Historic Site in the Table Head neighbourhood of Glace Bay on Tuesday. The group — front, from left, Holly Wells, Mya MacKinnon and Cloe Maxner; and back, from left, Katie Poirier, Grace Halfyard, Mya McFadgen and Olivia Wheaton — won $2,000 for their presentation on the work of Guglielmo Marconi. Chris Connors/Cape Breton Post

Counterclaim, defence filed in Cape Breton fatal fire lawsuit

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This file photo from December 2022 shows the back of the home at 222 Park St., Sydney after the fire that resulted in the death of Rajesh Gollapudi, 34, a married father from India who was a Cape Breton University student. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

Psychiatric assessment ordered for man charged in Halifax machete attack

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HRM tightening up illegal dumping bylaw

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Cape Breton couple pays price for mixing love and money

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CBRM Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill inside council chambers following Thursday's announcement that she will not be re-offering for the fall municipal election in October. "It’s been really hard to balance being a parent, an elected official and a good partner to my husband," she said. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST

UPDATED: CBRM Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill not running in next municipal election

Ian Nathanson · Multimedia journalist |Updated 11 hours ago |10 min read

SYDNEY, N.S. — It took a personal moment during February’s major snowstorm wallop to cement in Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill’s mind a major decision she needed to make. “I would be an absolute liar if I said it doesn't come with a lot of emotions,” ...

A Vancouver border guard's discovery of these gun parts being smuggled into Canada late last year led police to a Dartmouth trio now facing multiple firearms charges.

Vancouver discovery leads to N.S. 'ghost gun' probe

Chris Lambie · Lead editor – enterprise |Updated 18 hours ago |7 min read

A border guard’s search in Vancouver late last year led authorities to a Dartmouth trio who appeared to be importing parts from China to make 3D-printed “ghost guns.” Harshvir Dial, an officer with the Canada Border Services Agency, was working at ...

As a fall opening date inches closer, the Sydney Waterfront campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Sydney continues to take shape. Among the many recent project aspects has been adding the school lettering to the front of the building. The signage can be seen from the Esplanade in Sydney. Coincidentally, the facility it is replacing, the Marconi Campus off the Sydney-Glace Bay Highway, held closing ceremonies this week. GREG MCNEIL/CAPE BRETON POST

Sydney Waterfront NSCC campus taking shape

SaltWire Network |Updated 10 hours ago |1 min read

As a fall opening date inches closer, the Sydney Waterfront campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Sydney continues to take shape. Among the many recent project aspects has been adding the school lettering to the front of the building. The ...

Members of the Halifax regional police emergency response team are seen in front of a home on Gaston Road in Dartmouth Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

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Subject of manhunt in Dartmouth turns himself in

Ian Fairclough · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 19 hours ago |1 min read

A Dartmouth man who was the subject of an all-day manhunt Tuesday after he allegedly threatened people known to him is in custody, Halifax Regional Police say. Police said in a release David John Campbell, 49, turned himself in Wednesday night in ...

Officers with the Halifax regional police forensics unit, begin to process the scene inside a parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre in Halifax Monday April 22, 2024.

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Fourth teen charged in stabbing death of 16-year-old in Halifax

Ian Fairclough · Multimedia Journalist, Steve Bruce · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 17 hours ago |2 min read

Halifax Regional Police have charged a fourth young person with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a teen last month in a Halifax mall parking garage. Police arrested the 16-year-old Dartmouth boy Wednesday at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre ...

The North Sydney Food Bank is among the groups benefiting from the Northside 4 Chase the Ace. BARB SWEET/CAPE BRETON POST

Two cards left: Northside 4 Chase the Ace jackpot grows

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated 21 hours ago |1 min read

The Northside Chase the Ace is now up to an estimated $340,000 with two cards left. Next draw is on May 15. Joanne Noblett of Glace Bay drew a winning ticket Wednesday night — the two of diamonds. She won $28,660. Had she drawn the ace, the prize ...

The Nova Scotia Gaelic flag flies in recognition of Gaelic Nova Scotia Month kicking off on May 1. - Communications Nova Scotia

Gaelic Nova Scotia Month kicks off in celebration of Gaels' heritage

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read

Nova Scotians are invited to embrace their Gaelic heritage with Gaelic Nova Scotia Month kicking off in May. Under the theme Gaelic at Heart, the month-long celebration aims to honour the rich historical and cultural contributions of Gaelic ...

Jail sentence and probation ordered; Cape Breton court report for May 1, 2024

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |2 min read

A jail sentence and a period of probation have been imposed on a northern Cape Breton man on host of charges. Rocky Daniel Buchanan, 45, was sentenced on three counts of breaching court orders and two counts of assault causing bodily harm. The ...

Students, staff and community members marched from Cape Breton University's multiversity room to a green space in front of the Marvin Harvey Building to hang a red dress, lay flowers and offer tobacco in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. Mitchell Ferguson/Cape Breton Post

Honouring the unheard: Red Dress Day at Cape Breton University a call to action

Mitchell Ferguson · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated 23 hours ago |7 min read

Karly Bernard prepared herself Wednesday morning before leading a Red Dress Day event at Cape Breton University in honour of the many Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people whose disappearances and murders have shaken Indigenous people and ...

Vanessa Gaudet of Glace Bay found a wooden arm chair in heavy garbage and repurposed it into a picture frame. CONTRIBUTED

'Wasn’t a thing wrong with it'; Cape Bretoners love a good heavy garbage hunt

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated 19 hours ago |8 min read

It’s one of the most favourite times of the year for some folks in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, whether they are getting rid of unwanted junk around their house or hunting for treasure. Heavy garbage pickup begins May 6 but many put their ...