Information Morning - Cape Breton

Your candidates for Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier: the incumbent Kendra Coombes for the NDP, Joleen Magliaro for the Liberals and Darren O'Quinn for the Progressive Conservatives.

Santa Claus is coming to town December 8th for his big parade in Sydney! We hear all about it and about a special fireworks display happening that night.

It's The Grinch Who Stole Glace Bay! We hear more about the dinner theatre that keeps selling out night after night.

As election day approaches we analyze the provincial campaign so far with Political Science Professor Tom Urbaniak. 

Your candidates for Richmond include the incumbent, Trevor Boudreau for the Progressive Conservatives, Rochelle Heudes for the Liberals and NDP candidate Marc Currie, who was was not available to take part. 

We meet a Cape Breton woman who spent six days racing her dirt bike in Spain in one the longest endurance races in the world.

A Nova Scotia woman is speaking out after her dog-sitter filmed explicit videos in her home without permission, and uploaded them to an adults-only website. 

Could a province-wide light rail transit system be the answer to our traffic woes? A citizens' group says yes, and it could help us build more vibrant, walkable communities and reinvigorate our downtowns.

The incumbent in Glace Bay-Dominion is John White of the Progressive Conservatives. The Liberal candidate is David MacLeod. He's a lobster fisherman & former coal miner who worked at Donkin until the shut-down. The NDP candidate Kathy Chapman was not available to take part. 

An organization on the mainland is trying to branch into Cape Breton to empower residents to learn new skills but also get to know their community better.