Davis Day Ceremonies At Miners’ Museum, Today

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Davis Day ceremonies will take place at the Cape Breton Miners’ Museum in Glace Bay, later this morning.

An ecumenical service starts in the Museum’s Theatre at 10:00.

Glace Bay MLA Geoff MacLellan, Regional Mayor Cecil Clarke, and Nova Scotia Federation of Labour President Danny Cavanagh are among the speakers at today’s event.

The first phase of a new Miners Memorial Park at the museum is officially opening today.

The Park is dedicated to those who died in the mining industry and the 12 men who lost their lives in the No. 26 Colliery explosion in 1979.

Miner Bill Davis died on June 11, 1925 when police opened fire on a crowd of striking miners.

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Special Council Meeting On Sydney Library Today

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

Mayor Cecil Clarke has called a special meeting of Regional Council this morning to deal with the proposed library for the Sydney waterfront.

Today’s meeting comes after confusion over government funding has stalled the project.

The meeting will include a review of past feasibility studies for a new library, funding applications and an issue paper prepared by staff.

It will wrap up with a round table discussion on next steps.

The library has a projected price tag of between 18 and 31 million dollars.

The meeting gets underway at 9:30 at City Hall in Sydney.

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Cape Breton’s Unemployment Rate Down In May

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The latest numbers from Stats Canada show Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 13.8 per cent, last month.

That’s a drop of 1.5 percentage points compared to April.

It’s a two-tenths of a percentage point drop compared to May of last year.

Meanwhile, the federal agency says the national unemployment rate was the lowest last month since comparable data became available in 1976.

The rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 5.4 per cent.

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Gas and Diesel Down For The Second Time, This Week

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The price of gas went down overnight, for the second time, this week.

Gas dropped by 5.6 cents a litre and now goes for a minimum of $1.09.6 in Cape Breton.

Diesel fell by 3.5 cents and now costs a minimum of $1.11.4 on the Island.

The Utility and Review Board invoked the interrupter clause to drop the price of gas by six cents a litre, after midnight on Wednesday.

The price of diesel went down by 4.8 cents in that price adjustment.

The UARB considers using the interrupter clause when the price fluctuates by a range of plus or minus six to eight cents a litre.

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Gas and Diesel Down After Interrupter Clause Invoked

Written by Bobby Nock. Posted in Local News

The price of gas is six cents a litre cheaper this morning after the Utility and Review Board invoked its interrupter clause, overnight.

Gas now goes for a minimum of $1.15.2 cents a litre in Cape Breton.

The price of diesel went down by 4.8 cents and diesel now costs a minimum of $1.14.9 cents a litre on the Island.

The UARB considers using the interrupter clause when the price fluctuates by a range of plus or minus six to eight cents a litre.

The regulated price is based on an average of the daily market price for gasoline and diesel oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The price of gas and diesel could change yet again overnight tomorrow during the Review Board’s weekly price adjustment.

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