Nicole Hancock
Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony ...

Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.

Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony to heal Chedoke Creek

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

First Projects Under Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund Announced

First Projects Under Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund Announced

Two Cape Breton community organizations and people with wells provincewide will benefit from new provincial funding that supports energy efficiency and groundwater research. Environment and Climate Change Minister Timothy Halman announced $1.3 million for three projects today, July 6, in Sydney: energy efficiency upgrades for the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation in Sydney, heat pumps and removal of oil heating for Cape Breton Community Housing Association homes, and research in Cape Breton Regional Municipality and other communities on the impact of climate change on groundwater.

Glace Bay water storage tanks project to cause service disruption Tuesday night, Wednesday morning

Glace Bay water storage tanks project to cause service disruption Tuesday night, Wednesday morning

To facilitate work on the new Glace Bay water storage tanks project, a water main shutdown will take place in front of the existing water storage tank on Main Street on Tuesday. Service disruption will begin at 10 p.m. with water restoration expected by 7 a.m. on Wednesday, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality announced Tuesday afternoon. Residents throughout Glace Bay, specifically in the Phalen Road area, may notice reduced water pressure during this time.

Trees come down for flood mitigation project in Sydney's Baille Ard Trail

Trees come down for flood mitigation project in Sydney's Baille Ard Trail

Cape Breton Regional Municipality is starting to take down some trees in Sydney's only urban forest as part of a flood mitigation project, but not everyone is convinced it will work. Contractors started knocking down trees on Monday, using a giant mechanical mulcher to clear a service road into the 28-hectare Baille Ard Trail system. Even though John Duffy lives in the flood zone created by the Wash Brook that runs through the forest, he said he is "disappointed and heartbroken. Anytime we lose any natural forestation, I think this is a terrible thing."

More rain coming to water-drenched Cape Breton

More rain coming to water-drenched Cape Breton

David Gabriel knows his beloved Baille Ard forest dodged a bullet when last week’s storm damaged, but didn’t destroy the south end Sydney trail system. “It’s saddening, but it’s not horrific,” said Gabriel, the frontman of the Baille Ard Recreation Association. “It’s not like we haven’t been through this before and won’t go through it again. We have our smallish group of volunteers, and we’re looking for a few more to help out, and we have some equipment, so given enough decent days we can patch it up before winter so people can continue to enjoy the trail.”

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