Driving towards the Pictou waterfront, it’s hard to miss the bustling construction site on Water Street. The high glass windows, the large structure and the naturalistic architecture attract the eye, connecting the Pictou waterfront with the town’s ...

Cape Breton Community Calendar is a public service listing of community events sponsored by non-profit groups. It will appear weekly on Fridays. The deadline for submissions is the Wednesday previous at noon but to ensure adequate advance ...

The Cape Breton Golden K Club recently made a monetary donation of $18,000 to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. The money is to be used to refurbish palliative care rooms in the facility. The Cape Breton Golden K Club recently made a monetary ...

This week, the Annapolis Valley Music Festival is happening in Wolfville, but is it going to be a shadow of its former glory? Nine years ago, for example, the festival attracted close to 600 entries representing between 2,000 and 3,000 young ...

The Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce has opened nominations for the annual Cape Breton Business and Philanthropy Hall of Fame this year. In collaboration with Cape Breton University and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the event ...

It’s been a year since Tom (TP) Wood’s book, 77˚ North, was published. For Wood, it’s been a learning experience. “I've been writing for a long time, and I’ve actually got a couple of things I'm working on now, but it's the first thing that I really ...

When friends and family ask Kyle Peterson why he would choose to take on the responsibility of organizing the MS Walk in Cape Breton he says, “Because I can.” There was a time not that long ago when Peterson wouldn’t allow himself to even imagine ...

People in Cape Breton are making a beeline straight to Granny's china cabinet. In these times when everything is more expensive, folks are discovering the economical joys of a simpler life and simpler times. It seems like the price of everything has ...

A Cape Breton cheerleading club sent a record number of its team to compete at the Canadian Cheer National Championship and all five landed in the top three spots.  It was the first time Premier Cheerleading Allstars sent five teams to the national ...

Those jeans lying at the bottom of your laundry basket after you tended to your garden could fetch you over $800. The best part is you don't even need to wash them. Just slap on an Acne Studios tag, and you're good to go. Swedish-based fashion brand ...