Information Morning - Cape Breton

District 12 in the CBRM covers Whitney Pier and surrounding area. Candidates include Gary Borden, Krys Maher, Kim Sheppard and Lorne Green.

The Mabou Waterfront Development Committee has a long awaited proposal for the waterfront. 

A fire that burned more than 33,000 hectares of land around Jasper, Alberta was recently classified as under control. Brittany Wentzell talks with a Cape Breton Parks Canada worker who spent time fighting that fire back in August.

District 1 in Richmond County includes Arichat, Petit de Grat, & Little Anse. Candidates are James Goyetche and Shawn Samson. However, Samson has told us he is not available to take part.

In light of recent concerns about the latest sites designated for Pallet shelter villages, we check in with the first village that opened in the province last winter.

Adam Cooke is our Municipal Affairs Correspondent in Strait, based in Port Hawkesbury.

CBRM District 8: for Donkin-Morien & Louisbourg. The candidates are Derrick Kennedy, Shawn Lesnick and Steven MacNeil.

Cheticamp has a new arts and culture space that's been a long time coming. 

The Massey Lecture comes to Cape Breton for the first time ever. This year is poet, professor and Giller prize-winning novelist, Ian Williams.

Eagles player Jacob Newcombe talks about the upcoming season, his health, and how he feels about being the team's new captain.