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Members of the Cape Breton arts community are ready to take the lead in the creation and administration of a three-year pilot-project that will provide grants to artists across the CBRM. A group of artists have made a presentation to Cape Breton Regional Council to have a fund for 50 artists every year. This funding will also allow artists to get funding at the Provincial level.

There is a feast of community videos presented involving recipes, crafting, dancing and more. Jolene Larade is the Director for Le Conseil des arts de Chéticamp, she joins us to tell us all about it.

Crossroads Cape Breton is celebrating is 25th anniversary.

Crossroads is a clubhouse program for people living with mental illness.

For a look back at the work this organization has done over the past quarter-century, we've contacted Coleen MacKenzie.

Nova Scotia's new Accessibility Act heralds a sweeping strategy that aims to make the whole province, rural and urban, inclusive and barrier-free by 2030.

Louise Gillis, of Sydney, is president of the Canadian Council of the Blind.

She was one of the people involved in consultations with government as it drafted the Act.

Clotilda Yakimchuk was a woman of many firsts.

She was one of Nova Scotia's first Black nurses.

She was the first Black person to graduate from the Nova Scotia Hospital School of Nursing.

And in 1988, she became the first Black person to be elected president of the Registered Nurses Association of Nova Scotia, now called the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia.

Selah Best Bourgeois, a nurse who grew up just down the street from Clotilda, will remember her not just for her accomplishments, but for the impact she had in her neighbourhood of Whitney Pier.

When Troy Currie couldn't look at himself in the mirror he knew it was time to turn his life around.

He checked into Together We Can, a private addiction recovery facility in Vancouver.

Now, he and his friend Jeremy Tanner are offering to pay for a stranger to attend a 60 day program at the same centre that helped both of them.

Nova Scotia's new Accessibility Act aims to make the whole province, rural and urban, inclusive and barrier-free by 2030.

Part of that challenge involves addressing barriers in the built environment.

When we think of making buildings accessible, we often think about entrance ramps and elevators.

But the ability to enter and maneuver through a building, doesn't necessarily guarantee the ability to exit that building in the case of an emergency.

"Project Everybody Out" aims to raise awareness about the need for buildings to have a plan, and the necessary equipment, to make sure that everybody can evacuate quickly and safely.

Ready and Able is an ongoing look at accessibility and inclusion in this province.

When it comes to accessibility, some challenges are more visible than others.

Today, we turn our attention to the barriers that exist when it comes to accessing mental health services in Nova Scotia.

We're going to meet a young man in Halifax who received a Nova Scotia Human Rights Award last year for his work in the area of youth mental health and wellness.

Clayton Murphy is a network representative with Jack.org, a national charity that empowers young leaders to promote positive mental health.

Access to health care is a right - but one not everyone is afforded equally. We speak with LGBTQ activist Chris Cochrane about her experience navigating the health care system.

"Ready and Able" is an ongoing look at accessibility and inclusion in this province.

Nova Scotia's new Accessibility Act heralds a sweeping strategy that aims to make the whole province, rural and urban, inclusive and barrier-free by 2030.

As part of that effort, municipalities have been tasked with coming up with their own accessibility plans.

This week on Seeking Council, we find out what progress has been made by Cape Breton municipalities.