Mainstreet Cape Breton

Louisbourg's Cody Kennedy appeared on Ellen's "Game of Games." He talks about the experience with Wendy Bergfeldt.

Coxheath Elementary wins $11,500 MusiCounts Band Aid grant.

Cape Breton singer/songwriter and a CBC Searchlight top standout artist Rob Murphy joins Mainstreet to share and talk about his new single "YOU."

Rob Howey Acting Superintendent for Cape Breton Highlands National Park talks about Parks Canada extending the Admission Pass for Expropriated Families to a fourth, fifth and sixth generation of the property owners whose lands were expropriated for the establishment of the three places in Cape Breton. Up until now, the pass was only available up to three generations. The National Parks are the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, Cape Breton Highlands National Park and Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site.

The community of Judique lost one of its most renowned native sons this week. The Hon. William (Bill) Malcolm MacEachern passed away in Halifax on March 1st. MacEachern was born in Judique South. He worked in the 50s and 60s as a journalist with the Toronto Star. A life-long Liberal, he went on to work for Prime Ministers Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau, and Deputy Prime Minister Allan J. MacEachen. In 1974, he was elected MLA for Inverness South, and was appointed Minister of Health and Registrar General, and later Minister of Social Services and the Status of Women. He served as a member of the Canadian Aviation Safety Board in Ottawa, where he was part of the team that investigated the Air India Flight 182 disaster. And he worked in various capacities to improve the lives of persons with intellectual disabilities in both Ontario and Nova Scotia. Morag Graham was a friend of Bill MacEachern and she joined Mainstreet.

Highland Arts Theatre executive director Wesley Colford outlines his concerns about CBRM council's decision to build the new downtown Sydney fire station on land across the street from the theatre.

The mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality says the construction of a new fire station in downtown Sydney will go ahead.

The Irish rovers Farewell tour stops in Cape Breton. Wendy Bergfeldt talks to founding member, George Miller.

Changes to the Railways Act were recently introduced. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Lloyd Hines, talks about how these changes will affect Cape Breton.

Carole Donovan has been collecting plastic bags -- hundreds of them! -- and weaving them into sleeping mats for homeless people. She spoke with the CBC's Jennifer Ludlow.