Mainstreet Cape Breton

Join us at the Old Sydney Society for the launch of a collection of essays edited by Andy Parnaby and Lachlan MacKinnon titled Cape Breton in the Long Twentieth Century: Formations and legacies of industrial capitalism

Mayor Amanda McDougall joins Wendy Bergfeldt to explain why. She also reflects on her time spent in office.

Editor and publisher of the Cape Breton Spectator, Mary Campbell, passed away. We hear from Tim Bousquet, who worked with her on several projects.

This week on Mainstreet, we're bringing you a series about the varying experiences of entrepreneurship on Cape Breton Island. We're calling it "The Ins and Outs of Small Business". Our next stop is the Ager Lane Flower Farm and Event Space in Big Bras d'Or.

A new $4.3 million NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate Grant will support a partnership between the Atlantic First Nations Water Authority (AFNWA) and Dalhousie University to help the organization in their mission to deliver world-class drinking water and wastewater treatment guided by Indigenous knowledge and values.  

We continue our series on small businesses in Cape Breton with a visit to the Green Hills Christmas tree farm in Albert Bridge.

In the first installment of our series "The Ins and Outs of Small Business", we visit Mullins Rite Stop in Albert Bridge, and speak with former co-owner Ed Mullins.

We continue our visit to Mullins Rite Stop in Albert Bridge with a conversation with current co-owners Andrea Hawrylak and Alice Mullins.

Bruce Morrison is Warden, and councillor for district 3, which includes the village of Baddeck.And Barbara Longva represents district 4, which includes Baddeck Bay, St Ann's Bay, Big Harbour, Englishtown, New Campbellton, New Harris, Kelly’s Mountain and North Shore to Wreck Cove.

The manufacturer of the temporary shelters coming to Sydney explains how the units are constructed, and what it's like to stay in one.

The New Food Initiatives and Security project will provide a range of services for those who live in rural parts of CBRM (between Hornes Road and Louisbourg).

Kiwanis member John Nash sits down with Wendy Bergfeldt to explain how the club was involved in literacy it its early years.

Sandy Scott has been a Kiwanis member for decades, involved in most aspects. He sits down with Wendy Bergfeldt to explain the heart health clinic.

Kiwanis member Carol Ripley sits down with Wendy Bergfeldt to talk about club and the Kiwanas Festival of Music, Speech, and Drama.

Kiwanis members Wayne Weatherbea and Ralph Jeans sit down with Wendy Bergfeldt to talk about the Kiwanis Pool and their involvement with the club over the last several decades.

The province has granted over half a million dollars to CBU to do a study on how feasible it would be to put a light-rail service system in CBRM. We hear from the engineer responsible for the study, Dan MacDonald.

Elder Dog Canada is a volunteer organization that helps elderly people to look after their dogs. We have the outreach coordinator and a volunteer in studio to talk about the CBRM chapter.

A new Centre for Addictions Care has opened in the North Sydney mall, offering support services for people living with substance use or gambling disorders. 

Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative receives $145,000 in federal and provincial funding.

A Sydney resident calls on CBRM to maintain its Maryann Corbett active transportation trail through the winter.