Mactech Shutting Down
by North Sydney-based Mactech Distance Education is closing its doors after being in operation for at least 27 years. The private business college came under scrutiny …
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Petition Urges Government Action On Cape Breton Rail Line
The community group fighting to save the rail line in Cape Breton is circulating a petition calling on politicians at all levels to act. The …
MacLeod Says Liberals Considering Closing Port Hastings Tourist Centre
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Tory MLA Alfie MacLeod says the Liberal government is considering closing three more visitor information centres in the province, including the one at …
CB Has Highest Child Poverty In Rates In Region
A new report shows Cape Breton still has the highest child poverty rate in Atlantic Canada with one in three children, or 32.4 per cent, …
Kirby McVicar Resigns
Premier Stephen McNeil says no decision has been made on an interim chief of staff after Glace Bay native Kirby McVicar resigned from the post, …