Cape Breton Regional Municip. News

In Columbiana County Municipal Court on Monday, Alex D.M. Cook, 19, Millrock Road, New Waterford, was sentenced to 90 days in jail consecutive with time he is serving on an underage consumption charge for criminal damaging.

Rave: for a sweet deal. According to the Victoria Standard, members of the Aerial Experiment Association 2005 from the Welland, Ont.

On April 28, at 7 p.m., my sister Alice Fraser closed her eyes at Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Middleton, N.S. In her final hours, she was supported by a cloud of witnesses - Paulette, an ICU nurse, to whom she proclaimed, "I am dying and I'm not afraid;" her daughter Cathy and husband David; her brother Ted and wife Helen; their daughter Nina.

"Boarded SS J. Pinckney Henderson which was burning near entrance to Sydney harbour, Nova Scotia, on Aug.

Gary C. Quetot, 60, of Dogwood Circle passed away at 10:35 a.m. Saturday at Hospice House, Poland, following a ten-month illness.

Nova Scotia lobster fishermen and their families gathered on their boats in Main-a-Dieu on Sunday for the annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.

Ajax campaign anything but bombing. AJAX -- Lori Jackson, left, co-chairwoman of the Bomb Girls Legacy Committee, along with Nancy Maxwell, right, also a member of the committee, in front of pieces of Ajax's history located in Town hall.

Walter Leja was remembered for his heroism during a service near the Roslyn Elementary school in Westmount on Friday.

Spring Bird Walk on the Pleasant Point Nature Preserve, Cushing, led by Georges River Land Trust volunteer and Midcoast Maine Audubon Society former president Bill Goodwill.

Two requests for proposals have been issued for the construction of a new ferry terminal in North Sydney, N.S. Marine Atlantic says interested contractors have until June 10 to submit bids for work on the site, including utilities and paving.

Timber wolf cubs snuggle for warmth at the Two Rivers Wildlife Park near Marion Bridge.

North Sydney Council will start using licence plate recognition technology to monitor parking from Monday, May 20 in restricted areas which don't have meters.

Cape Breton content in the Sydney tar ponds and coke ovens remediation project is just over 50 per cent, a figure that cheers some and disappoints others.

Old Scottish tunes that have been so much a part of the history and culture of Cape Breton are in the spotlight in a new compilation book from Cranford Publications.

Health inspector, community volunteer, father, true Cape Bretoner. Born Sept. 27, 1941, in Sydney, N.S., died Oct.

"I see a difference between songwriters and singer-songwriters and even though I am definitely the latter in that I write material and then I perform it, I try to write songs as if it wasn't necessarily just going to be for me.

The Nova Scotia government is adding new and improved signs and clearer road markings in the Kytes Hill area of Grand Lake Road where safety concerns have been raised by local residents.

Each student has a Wittfitt stability ball "chair" to use during the day. The balls were purchased in fall 2012 as part of a grant funded by the Georges River Education Foundation.

With help from the RCMP drug unit, regional police pulled over a vehicle on Coxheath Road near Sydney River containing two women and a man at about 2 p.m. A woman, 35, has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and is due in Sydney provincial court Aug.

Johnny Waite's Fissato notched his 21st career win Monday in the $18,000 Open Pace at Harrington Raceway in 1:53.1. Trained by his owner, the 8-year-old Cambest gelding was hustled from post five to the early lead before 1-to-5 favorite Main a Dieu Too assumed command approaching the quarter mile in 27.2. The fractions were modest from that point ... (more)