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Chief Annie Bernard-Daisley speaks at the Mi'kmaw Friendship centre in Halifax Tuesday June 27, 2023.

First female chief of Cape Breton’s We’koqma’q community steps downs

Chief Annie Bernard Daisley has decided to step down as chief of We’koqma’q L’nue’kati, according to a post on a We’koqma’q social media site. “It is with gratitude and respect that we announced Chief Annie Bernard Daisley has decided to step down ...

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Sex offender Halifax police warned us about back behind bars: ‘You were deceptive, conniving’

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Harvey Joseph Venus, 38, is the high-risk sex offender Halifax Regional Police warned the public about last week.

Trial set on weapon offences; Cape Breton court report for May 2, 2024

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‘Everybody should know his name’: Cape Breton students celebrate Marconi

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Counterclaim, defence filed in Cape Breton fatal fire lawsuit

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Psychiatric assessment ordered for man charged in Halifax machete attack

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Illegally dumped garbage is strewn about the ground at the end of White Hills Run in Hammonds Plains on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
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HRM tightening up illegal dumping bylaw

Jen Taplin · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 17 hours ago |5 min read

Investigations of illegal dumping in HRM have more than quadrupled in three years — but that’s a good thing. HRM toughened up the waste bylaw in 2021 by increasing the fines, placing the onus on the offender instead of the property owner to clean up, ...

Cape Breton couple pays price for mixing love and money

SaltWire Network |Updated 19 hours ago |4 min read

A Cape Breton couple who sued each other for a combined $50,000 after they broke up walked away empty handed but their small claims court decision provides a valuable lesson about mixing love and money. Amy Kathleen MacInnis had been dating Scott ...

CBRM Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill inside council chambers following Thursday's announcement that she will not be re-offering for the fall municipal election in October. "It’s been really hard to balance being a parent, an elected official and a good partner to my husband," she said. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST

UPDATED: CBRM Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill not running in next municipal election

Ian Nathanson · Multimedia journalist |Updated 14 hours ago |10 min read

SYDNEY, N.S. — It took a personal moment during February’s major snowstorm wallop to cement in Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill’s mind a major decision she needed to make. “I would be an absolute liar if I said it doesn't come with a lot of emotions,” ...

A Vancouver border guard's discovery of these gun parts being smuggled into Canada late last year led police to a Dartmouth trio now facing multiple firearms charges.

Vancouver discovery leads to N.S. 'ghost gun' probe

Chris Lambie · Lead editor – enterprise |Updated 21 hours ago |7 min read

A border guard’s search in Vancouver late last year led authorities to a Dartmouth trio who appeared to be importing parts from China to make 3D-printed “ghost guns.” Harshvir Dial, an officer with the Canada Border Services Agency, was working at ...

As a fall opening date inches closer, the Sydney Waterfront campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Sydney continues to take shape. Among the many recent project aspects has been adding the school lettering to the front of the building. The signage can be seen from the Esplanade in Sydney. Coincidentally, the facility it is replacing, the Marconi Campus off the Sydney-Glace Bay Highway, held closing ceremonies this week. GREG MCNEIL/CAPE BRETON POST

Sydney Waterfront NSCC campus taking shape

SaltWire Network |Updated 13 hours ago |1 min read

As a fall opening date inches closer, the Sydney Waterfront campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Sydney continues to take shape. Among the many recent project aspects has been adding the school lettering to the front of the building. The ...

Members of the Halifax regional police emergency response team are seen in front of a home on Gaston Road in Dartmouth Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

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Subject of manhunt in Dartmouth turns himself in

Ian Fairclough · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 22 hours ago |1 min read

A Dartmouth man who was the subject of an all-day manhunt Tuesday after he allegedly threatened people known to him is in custody, Halifax Regional Police say. Police said in a release David John Campbell, 49, turned himself in Wednesday night in ...

Officers with the Halifax regional police forensics unit, begin to process the scene inside a parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre in Halifax Monday April 22, 2024.

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Fourth teen charged in stabbing death of 16-year-old in Halifax

Ian Fairclough · Multimedia Journalist, Steve Bruce · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 20 hours ago |2 min read

Halifax Regional Police have charged a fourth young person with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a teen last month in a Halifax mall parking garage. Police arrested the 16-year-old Dartmouth boy Wednesday at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre ...

The North Sydney Food Bank is among the groups benefiting from the Northside 4 Chase the Ace. BARB SWEET/CAPE BRETON POST

Two cards left: Northside 4 Chase the Ace jackpot grows

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read

The Northside Chase the Ace is now up to an estimated $340,000 with two cards left. Next draw is on May 15. Joanne Noblett of Glace Bay drew a winning ticket Wednesday night — the two of diamonds. She won $28,660. Had she drawn the ace, the prize ...

The Nova Scotia Gaelic flag flies in recognition of Gaelic Nova Scotia Month kicking off on May 1. - Communications Nova Scotia

Gaelic Nova Scotia Month kicks off in celebration of Gaels' heritage

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

Nova Scotians are invited to embrace their Gaelic heritage with Gaelic Nova Scotia Month kicking off in May. Under the theme Gaelic at Heart, the month-long celebration aims to honour the rich historical and cultural contributions of Gaelic ...

Jail sentence and probation ordered; Cape Breton court report for May 1, 2024

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |2 min read

A jail sentence and a period of probation have been imposed on a northern Cape Breton man on host of charges. Rocky Daniel Buchanan, 45, was sentenced on three counts of breaching court orders and two counts of assault causing bodily harm. The ...