Cape Breton

40 Articles

Tsuut'ina Chief, Lee Crowchild, Tsuut'ina elder, Calgary,

Indigenous urban business initiatives growing as demographics shift

Bulldozers and excavators are cutting a broad swath through the reserve land of the Tsuut'ina in southwest Calgary as part of a transformative project gets underway.

Ian Bickis

January 3rd 2018

Protesters, Cape Breton, Seal Island Bridge, Kellys Mountain,

Mi'kmaq protesters block entrance at proposed mining project

Dozens of protesters are taking a stand against mining projects on a Cape Breton mountain that is considered sacred by the Mi'kmaq.

The Canadian Press

December 17th 2017

Film documents tiny coastal N.S. village's relentless battle with Ottawa

They feared being swallowed by ocean, but the 78 residents of Gabarus, N.S., never waved a white flag before the federal government.

Aly Thomson

September 12th 2017

construction site, hydroelectric facility, Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador,

Muskrat Falls activists released from St. John's penitentiary amid protests

Three Labrador protesters jailed after refusing to obey a court injunction ordering them to stay away from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project site are to be released.

Keith Doucette

July 31st 2017

Plan B: After investors pull out of B.C., interest in planned N.S. LNG facility up

After more than a year of wooing western Canadian shale gas producers, a Nova Scotia project is finally getting some attention.

Brett Bundale

July 31st 2017

Grounded tanker raises issue of federal watch on foreign flagged ships: mariners

Coast guard officials are optimistic a second towing attempt expected on the weekend will shift the double-hulled Arca 1 — which holds 15 tonnes of its own fuel.