Groups tackling homelessness in N.S. welcome federal cash, but there s a catch
Community groups assisting people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness say the influx of money doesn t create long-term solutions.
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Additional money has to be spent by March 31, the end of the government s fiscal year
Posted: Jan 06, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 6
Last summer, federal money helped the Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen in Sydney pay for takeout containers so clients could pick up a hot meal to go.(George Mortimer/CBC)
Some people go to municipal tax sales to pick up properties on the cheap, but there's at least one property at Cape Breton Regional Municipality's next sale that's not such a bargain. The empty lot is valued at $31,500 for tax purposes, but it's listed on the tax sale for $349,000.
Ria Mae headlining free online New Year s Eve show in Nova Scotia
The pandemic means that New Year s Eve celebrations in Nova Scotia will be limited to small gatherings or virtual events.
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Public events will be absent this year but you can still raise a glass of bubbly from your bubble
Posted: Dec 31, 2020 12:28 PM AT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
Haligonian Ria Mae will be performing at the virtual New Year s Eve event at Scotiabank Centre.(Cathy Irving)
Most of us will be eager to bid a not-so-fond farewell to 2020, but pandemic restrictions mean that celebrations will be limited to virtual events or small gatherings.
Posted: Dec 29, 2020 6:47 PM AT | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
Louie Hawco is the vice-president of Club 55. He says membership numbers will drop 90 per cent if the municipality goes ahead with its plan to create paid parking. (Brent Kelloway/CBC)
Posted: Dec 23, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 23, 2020
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is still trying to figure out why Cape Breton in-hospital deaths are higher than anywhere else in Canada.(Tom Ayers/CBC)
The hospital death ratio in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is alarming opposition MLAs who feel the province is failing to act.
For the third straight year, hospitals in and around Sydney, N.S., recorded the highest death rate in the country, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
According to CIHI, nearly 50 per cent more patients in CBRM died than expected compared to the national average.