Two people were sent to hospital after a vehicle struck a deer in Cape Breton on Sept. 4. Inverness District RCMP, local fire services and Emergency Health Services responded to a report of a collision where a Dodge Challenger and a deer collided in the 4300 block of Highway 19 in Long Point…
A Marine Atlantic vessel was forced to turn back towards Cape Breton after a medical issue on board during a crossing between North Sydney and Argentia in September. The Ala’suinu departed from North Sydney around 8 p.m. on Sept. 6 after the company was experiencing weather-related challenges from…
A person was sent to hospital after an off-road vehicle accident over the weekend in Cape Breton. Inverness District RCMP along with other first responders responded to a report of a crash involving an off-road vehicle in Judique around 10:55 a.m., on Saturday. Upon arrival, officers learned that a…
A Cape Breton man has been given one day in jail for breaking the windows of two vehicles and assaulting a woman. Kevin Wilfred Landry, 27, of no fixed address, was recently convicted in Sydney provincial court for 10 offences that took place last fall and earlier this year. He was found guilty of…
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are seeking the public’s assistance after copper wire was reportedly stolen in the Strait area. According to a social media post, the Port Hawkesbury RCMP Detachment received a report this past Thursday, around 8:30 a.m., of a copper wire theft that occurred…
Victoria County District RCMP is seeking information on the whereabouts of a man wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant. Luke Pictou, 35, facing charges of assault, assault with a weapon, assault while choking, suffocating or strangling, and uttering threats to property. Pictou is described as…
Residents in a Cape Breton village will see a sizeable surge in their water bills. The Nova Scotia Regulatory and Appeals Board recently granted the Village of Baddeck approval to increase its water rates by more than 20 per cent in each of the next three years. The changes, which went into effect…