http://www.capebretonpost.com/images/logo/cbpost-header.pnghttp://www.capebretonpost.com/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.capebretonpost.com/Thu, 17 May 2012 12:38:44 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 12:38:44 -0400enhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-17/article-2981519/Documentary-examines-conditions-in-Haiti/1Thu, 17 May 2012 09:58:06 -0400SYDNEY — A documentary film raising some troubling issues about reconstruction efforts in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake will be shown today at Cape Breton University.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-17/article-2981519/Documentary-examines-conditions-in-Haiti/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-17/article-2981519/Documentary-examines-conditions-in-Haiti/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-17/article-2981515/Protest-staged-over-sale-of-greenfield-site/1Thu, 17 May 2012 09:54:07 -0400SYDNEY — The international longshoremen’s association, local 1259, staged a protest Thursday morning over the proposed sale of the greenfield site in Sydport.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-17/article-2981515/Protest-staged-over-sale-of-greenfield-site/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-17/article-2981515/Protest-staged-over-sale-of-greenfield-site/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-17/article-2981291/Greenfield-gold/1Thu, 17 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400One gets the uncomfortable impression that if New Dawn Enterprises CEO Rankin MacSween was an itinerant preacher, he’d be baptizing members of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality council before he’d even begun pounding the pulpit and breaking a sweat.MacSween made a passionate speech at the ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-17/article-2981291/Greenfield-gold/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-17/article-2981291/Greenfield-gold/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-16/article-2980716/CBRM-to-seek-control-of-Laurentian-Energys-greenfield-site/1Wed, 16 May 2012 12:57:40 -0400Proposal expected before shareholders Thursdayhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-16/article-2980716/CBRM-to-seek-control-of-Laurentian-Energys-greenfield-site/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-16/article-2980716/CBRM-to-seek-control-of-Laurentian-Energys-greenfield-site/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-16/article-2980290/Tory-teasing/1Wed, 16 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400The federal government is displaying the same unfortunate protracted coyness when questioned on what changes it will make to employment insurance as it did earlier this year when grilled over how it planned to doctor Old Age Security.Ironically, the federal budget delivered in late March ended ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-16/article-2980290/Tory-teasing/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-16/article-2980290/Tory-teasing/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2979097/Bullies-and-bubble-wrap/1Tue, 15 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400The Universal Negro Improvement Association is critical of the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board’s attitude toward bullying at local schools.The board administration’s public reaction to that criticism has done little to inspire confidence.The school board was given the opportunity to ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2979097/Bullies-and-bubble-wrap/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2979097/Bullies-and-bubble-wrap/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-14/article-2978327/Cape-Breton-Victoria-school-board-still-working-on-budget/1Mon, 14 May 2012 10:17:09 -0400SYDNEY — The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board is still working on its budget but its finance director says the process could draw to a close soon.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-14/article-2978327/Cape-Breton-Victoria-school-board-still-working-on-budget/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-14/article-2978327/Cape-Breton-Victoria-school-board-still-working-on-budget/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-13/article-2977979/Teenage-car-crash-victims-stole-van-minutes-before-collision%2C-police-say/1Sun, 13 May 2012 13:18:59 -0400SYDNEY — Two teenage boys killed in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning had stolen the van only moments before the collision occurred, Cape Breton Regional Police Staff Sgt. Robert Walsh said Sunday.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-13/article-2977979/Teenage-car-crash-victims-stole-van-minutes-before-collision%2C-police-say/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-13/article-2977979/Teenage-car-crash-victims-stole-van-minutes-before-collision%2C-police-say/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-12/article-2977680/Teenage-boys-names-released-in-fatal-Kings-Road-crash/1Sat, 12 May 2012 13:46:55 -0400SYDNEY — The two teenage boys killed in Saturday morning’s single-vehicle crash have been identified by Cape Breton Regional Police.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-12/article-2977680/Teenage-boys-names-released-in-fatal-Kings-Road-crash/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-12/article-2977680/Teenage-boys-names-released-in-fatal-Kings-Road-crash/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-12/article-2977389/Duck%2C-duck%2C-goose/1Sat, 12 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400Some jobs funded by federal tax dollars — and those who fill them — are still understood by Canadians to be heavily politically influenced.For instance, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Thursday that he had appointed former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon as Canada’s ambassador ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-12/article-2977389/Duck%2C-duck%2C-goose/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-12/article-2977389/Duck%2C-duck%2C-goose/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-11/article-2976394/Heel%2C-boy/1Fri, 11 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400The City of Calgary has 149 off-leash spaces with a combined area of more than 3,000 acres.That sounds like an urban-dwelling dog lover’s dream. No wonder dog owners who’ve lived in or visited big cities such as Calgary are frustrated by the relative lack of off-leash areas in much smaller ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-11/article-2976394/Heel%2C-boy/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-11/article-2976394/Heel%2C-boy/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-10/article-2975337/Balancing-smoking-bans/1Thu, 10 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400The Nova Scotia government implies that its “comprehensive tobacco strategy” launched in 2001 had a direct impact on the province’s smoking rate, which dropped from 30 to 22 per cent in five years.Components of that strategy included help for those with nicotine addictions, higher tobacco ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-10/article-2975337/Balancing-smoking-bans/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-10/article-2975337/Balancing-smoking-bans/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-09/article-2974211/Turn-it-down/1Wed, 09 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400Items of interest leading the national news on Tuesday included the Canadian environment commissioner’s report indicating that Ottawa has earmarked only a fraction of the $7.7 billion needed to clean up contaminated sites, allegations of a Toronto-area Islamic school communicating anti-Semitic ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-09/article-2974211/Turn-it-down/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-09/article-2974211/Turn-it-down/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2973150/Tempest-in-a-T-shirt/1Tue, 08 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400Nova Scotia’s dubious poster boy for suppressed freedom of expression — 19-year-old William Swinimer of Lunenburg County — was pulled out of high school by his father on Monday morning because his school was hosting voluntary discussions on religious tolerance.Perhaps it’s in everyone’s best ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2973150/Tempest-in-a-T-shirt/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2973150/Tempest-in-a-T-shirt/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-07/article-2972099/Hands-up/1Mon, 07 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400The Nova Scotia government announced Thursday that it was introducing an act that will, in part, require district health authorities to report handwashing rates to the provincial department of health and the public at large.That’s welcome news.The province’s district health authorities already ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-07/article-2972099/Hands-up/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-07/article-2972099/Hands-up/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2972043/Man-charged-with-assaulting-three-people-at-Glace-Bay-taxi-company/1Sun, 06 May 2012 17:07:22 -0400GLACE BAY — A 30-year-old man from the Glace Bay area is facing three charges of assault with a weapon, a baseball bat, following an altercation at a local taxi cab business early Sunday morning.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2972043/Man-charged-with-assaulting-three-people-at-Glace-Bay-taxi-company/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2972043/Man-charged-with-assaulting-three-people-at-Glace-Bay-taxi-company/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2971948/Man-dies-in-Inverness-County-car-crash/1Sun, 06 May 2012 13:03:01 -0400CREIGNISH — A 37-year-old Cheticamp man died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on Highway 19 between the communities of Troy and Creignish, Inverness County.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2971948/Man-dies-in-Inverness-County-car-crash/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2971948/Man-dies-in-Inverness-County-car-crash/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2971915/Man-released-with-no-charge-following-sexual-assault-complaint/1Sun, 06 May 2012 11:16:18 -0400SYDNEY — Cape Breton Regional Police released a 28-year-old man from custody without charge Saturday evening following an investigation of an alleged sexual assault.http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2971915/Man-released-with-no-charge-following-sexual-assault-complaint/1comments@cbpost.comLocalhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2012-05-06/article-2971915/Man-released-with-no-charge-following-sexual-assault-complaint/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-05/article-2971411/More-than-a-T-shirt/1Sat, 05 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400Chester Basin high school student William Swinimer made headlines after being suspended for repeatedly wearing a T-shirt proclaiming that “Life is Wasted Without Jesus.”It’s not surprising that politicians would be tempted to join the pundits and weigh in on the case publicly.That’s an urge ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-05/article-2971411/More-than-a-T-shirt/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-05/article-2971411/More-than-a-T-shirt/1http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-04/article-2970384/Small-sin-of-omission/1Fri, 04 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400“‘Omission’ is here taken to be the failure to do something one can and ought to do. If this happens advertently and freely a sin is committed.”That excerpt from “The Catholic Encyclopedia” defines what moralists refer to as “a sin of omission.”And, essentially, that’s what members of the ...http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-04/article-2970384/Small-sin-of-omission/1comments@cbpost.comEditorialhttp://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-04/article-2970384/Small-sin-of-omission/1