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Eddie MacDonald considers it a tremendous honour to be one of the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through Cape Breton.

IT'S ENOUGH to turn you into a soldier in Cape Breton's Liberation Army. John Morgan, the mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, has been brought to heel by the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society.

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Josh Wingrove Published on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 10:39PM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov.

Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart is calling on his municipal counterparts in Nova Scotia to end their Bell Aliant contracts.

Home : Entertainment : Liam Redhead of North Bay, Ont., to play Billy Elliot on Broadway Liam Redhead of North Bay, Ont., to play Billy Elliot on Broadway Date: Thursday Nov.

Local residents who served during the Second World War include, clockwise from left, Charlie Bell, Charles Darrow and Richard Olsen.

Vaunted reforms to fast track skilled immigrants and quickly plug gaps in Canada's labour force have not lived up to advance billing, says Auditor General Sheila Fraser.

Middleton Baptist Church, 1-8 p.m. Tuesday - Bridgetown Legion, 1-8 p.m.; Glooscap Elementary School, Canning, 1-8 p.m. Cape Breton Health Monday - Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, Sydney, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Bay St.

A young Canadian folk singer who had just set off on a solo tour to boost a promising musical career died Wednesday after being mauled by two coyotes in what is believed to be one of the country's first fatal attacks by the animals.

The seventh annual Autism Walk for Awareness was held Saturday in downtown Sydney, as 150 participants took part.

Taylor Mitchell, 19, died after she was attacked by two coyotes in Cape Breton. The mother of Taylor Mitchell, the 19-year-old folk singer who was killed by coyotes in Nova Scotia, says her daughter would have been against killing the animals responsible for her death.

A teenage folk singer hailed as a rising star in Canada has been mauled to death by two coyotes while hiking alone in woods during a solo tour.

Toronto musician Taylor Mitchell, who was hiking in Cape Breton, N.S., when she was attacked by coyotes on Oct.

Stuart Paterson Toronto - Globe and Mail Update Published on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 7:55AM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Oct.

Home : Canada : Woman airlifted after attack by coyotes in Cape Breton Woman airlifted after attack by coyotes in Cape Breton The Canadian Press Date: Tuesday Oct.

Education All-boys schools foster 'achievement culture' An all-boys grade 8 science class at C.B. Stirling School in Hamilton, Ont.

Churches across the Maritimes were ringing out a message to federal leaders Saturday afternoon as part of the International Day of Climate Action.

Now that the air is getting cold, let's get away from bylaws, religion and politics, and let's talk driving.

Scientists at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., are helping determine the age of a very old hockey stick, originally from Cape Breton.