Information Morning - Cape Breton

CBRM District 11 covers New Waterford and surrounding areas. Candidates are the incumbent Darren O’Quinn and Louis Piovesan. 

We find out about a program to get older patients walking in hospital and how it's helping speed up their recovery time. 

This district has been represented by Warden Bruce Morrison for more than 20 years. District 3 in Victoria County covers Baddeck. Candidates include Gary Crowder, Donald Green, and Jess Kerr.

Our guest is the author of a new book on the hippies, the seekers, the homesteaders, and the draft-dodgers who were part of the back-to-the-land movement that changed the face of Cape Breton.

Senator Dan Christmas helped celebrate the first Treaty Day back in 1986. He joins us to talk about how the spirit and intent of the treaty relationship can guide us forward today.

District 3 in the CBRM covers George’s River, Boisdale, Christmas Island, Eskasoni, Northside East Bay, and Coxheath. Candidates include Esmond "Blue" Marshall, Glen Murrant, Michael Vickers, and Tom Vickers.

Lewis MacDonald, the director of operations, talks about a raft of cancellations less than a month into the new school year. 

District 4 in Victoria County including Baddeck Bay to St Anns Bay, & the North Shore. Candidates include Rosella Born and Steff MacLeod. 

The Province is bringing in new short term rental regulations to help create more housing. 

This week, we explore the connections between Cape Breton Acadians, and the eastern shore of the mainland - after the expulsion.