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Newfoundland-based SubC Imaging is developing a new multi-channel inspection system that includes up to six cameras providing complete situational awareness for an ROV. - SubC Imaging

Clarenville's SubC Imaging gets nearly $500K in N.L. government funding for new ROV project

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Clarenville-based SubC Imaging is set to make more waves in the ocean tech sector with $467,500 in provincial funding. The firm is contributing matching funds for a project to develop a new underwater multi-channel inspection system for ROVs, ...

With provincial plans to ultimately phase out institutional settings for people with disabilities, such as Sydney River’s Breton Ability Centre, there will be a greater need for accessory dwelling units for supportive housing. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST FILE

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Ian Nathanson |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

A municipal bylaw change may be in the works that would allow secondary housing units on a single-family residential lot to apply to properties deemed as supportive housing. Currently, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s land-use bylaw allows ...

Duane, left, and Dave MacDonald, co-owners of Callbecks Home Hardware and now Leon’s Summerside, celebrated the latter’s official opening on April 17. Their company purchased the Leon’s franchise for P.E.I. from D.P. Murphy earlier this year and subsequently relocated it from Charlottetown to Summerside. Colin MacLean

Leon's furniture store completes relocation from Charlottetown to Summerside

Colin MacLean · Journalist |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

The cutting of a bright yellow ribbon has marked a homecoming for a long-time Summerside business. Dave MacDonald held the scissors; he is co-owner, along with his brother Duane, of Callbecks Home Hardware and its associated family of businesses. On ...

Co-owners of St. John's-based business Hempware are celebrating 27 years in business all week. On April 21, co-owner Nycki Delisle hosted a BBQ and community clean-up. This week, on Monday, April 22, she held an Earth Day giveaway and on Saturday and Sunday, she is hosting a sidewalk sale and show. - Contributed

St. John's-based business Hempware celebrating nearly three decades in business

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

When Nycki Delisle and her partner, Stephane, opened Hempware nearly three decades ago, it was intended to be a short-term venture. “When the Cabot 500 celebrations were happening, I was finishing my education, and that fall me and my partner were ...

Magog Cantonniers hockey players and staff get lunch, courtesy of the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, before their first day of Telus Cup gameplay at the Membertou Sports and Wellness Centre. The Membertou Trade and Convention Centre is providing lunch and dinner for all six teams throughout the tournament. Mitchell Ferguson/Cape Breton Post

Telus Cup crowds have Membertou businesses prepared for busy week in Cape Breton

Mitchell Ferguson · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |6 min read

MEMBERTOU, N.S. — The return of the Telus Cup national under-18 men's hockey championship to Nova Scotia and the tournament's first time coming to Cape Breton marks a significant step up for Membertou-hosted sports events but also in local economic ...

An employee gets bags of bottles and cans out of customer's car to recycle at A&S Bottle Exchange, Charlottetown. Pratik Bhattarai • The Guardian

N.B. bottle exchanges close in face of stricter requirements

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter John Chilibeck The Daily Gleaner |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |7 min read

Two New Brunswick bottle exchanges have permanently shut their doors and several others in the province are in danger of folding as they struggle to meet the stricter requirements of a new system. Caissie's Recycling, which operated in Rogersville ...

"The first time I was there, I saw what my end results would be," said patient Dennis Budden. Now that Budden is nearing the end of his treatment, he said the results he's seen have already exceeded his expectations. - Contributed

'Orthodontics has come full circle': New Galway clinic using digital approach to help predict outcomes, reduce treatment time

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

St. John's resident Dennis Budden, 43, got his braces off 20 years ago. But in February 2023, he started to notice a gap between his teeth. Budden believed the gap came from not wearing a retainer, so he decided to go to his dentist, who suggested ...

Aidan Angus, a flight medical technician with the Canadian Army Reserves, demonstrates on a dummy how to open up one's throat for breathing in an emergency situation. Although he joined the forces with no more than a first aid certification, he now has the qualifications to address a variety of medical situations.

IN PHOTOS: Canadian Army Reserves open doors in Cape Breton for job fair

Luke Dyment |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |8 min read Premium content

SYDNEY — As part of a nationwide recruiting campaign by the Canadian Army Reserve, the Cape Breton Highlanders infantry regiment welcomed potential recruits to a job fair in Sydney on Saturday. More than a dozen stations were set up at the regiment's ...

Michael Mondor and Rhonda Scott own Bistro Phare 756, which is set to open later this month at 7551 Main St. in Louisbourg. “This is our dream. We've always wanted to have our own place and we have a blank canvas to do whatever we want,” says Mondor, who describes the Bistro Phare 756 menu as “casual with a flare.” CHRIS CONNORS/CAPE BRETON POST

‘This is our dream’: New Louisbourg bistro blends global and local

Christopher Connors |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

While Michael Mondor and Rhonda Scott have more than 50 years of combined experience in the restaurant business, the couple credits their dog with convincing them to finally open their own eatery. The owners of Bistro Phare 756 (bistrophare756.ca), ...

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The self discharging bulk carrier, Algoma Vision, passes beneath the Macdonald Bridge as it leaves the port of Halifax Tuesday March 26, 2024.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Port of Halifax had a ‘solid year’ in 2023

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |1 min read

Calls at Halifax in 2023 by 107 ultra-class container vessels of 10,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) meant that specific type of traffic more than doubled from the previous year, said a statement by Port of Halifax senior vice-president Paul ...

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