Mainstreet Cape Breton

Singer/songwriter Isabella Samson of Louisdale was named Young Performer of the Year at the 2022 Canadian Folk Music Awards in Charlottetown.

The provincial budget includes money to establish an obesity clinic in Cape Breton. We'll find out about the need for such a clinic on our island, and what services it will provide.

Cape Breton Transition House is now welcoming donors to purchase items online from Amazon.ca and have them delivered directly to the house.

Hector MacKenzie, well known fiddler and composer from Washabuck, died this week. Highland Village manager Rodney Chiasson remembers his the contributions to the Gaelic community.

With the Exhibition grounds in North Sydney up for sale, the Cape Breton Western Riders Association and other groups rally to preserve the property.

Mary Osyany and Gloria McFadgen spoke about the reopening of the Duplicate Bridge club at Club 55 here in Sydney.

We spoke to Liberal Leader, Ian Rankin, about youth food security and the importance of lunch programs in the province.

Community Wind Farms Inc and ABO Wind Canada have partnered to propose three projects in Nova Scotia under the province's Rate Base Procurement program. The Rhodena Wind Project is one of them. It would see an estimated 18 wind turbines on the hills behind Creignish. For more information, we spoke with Keith Towse, the CEO of Community Wind.

Virick Francis from Eskasoni is a traditional Mi'kmaw basket weaver. He's specializes in the creation of tiny baskets. CBC's Erin Pottie visited him to see the process of weaving a tiny basket from start to finish.

Reporter Erin Pottie and community coordinator Maisyn Sock are based at the Sarah Denny Cultural Centre in Eskasoni until the end of the month.

An Eskasoni man is using Mi'kmaw craft to teach math to students. Our pop-up bureau in Eskasoni learns about wooden stars.