Mainstreet Cape Breton

A local family is turning personal tragedy into action, encouraging men’s mental wellness through physical activity and raising funds for an NSCC Marconi student endowment fund. Michael and Mark Keating launched Three Brothers Project this week in honour of his late brother Matthew, who passed away in September 2017

after a silent struggle with mental illness.

Rodger Cuzner has been appointed Canada's consul general to Boston. The announcement was made in a release from the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He entered federal politics in 2000 when he was elected MP for Cape Breton-Canso. He went on to serve five more terms. Cuzner served as parliamentary secretary to former prime minister Jean Chrétien in 2003. He has also served as chair of the Nova Scotia caucus and party whip. In 2019, he announced that he would not seek re-election, telling reporters he was "tired and cranky."

They're calling it "The Zoom Effect." When we see ourselves in those little Brady Bunch boxes for hours on end and notice, my face looks tired...are my eyes really that saggy. Our next guest says that moment sends a lot of people to her practice for help. In her career Deborah Hart has been a military medic (she's a veteran) a nurse, nurse practitioner and now, a private practitioner in her own clinic. She is working with a remarkable number of Cape Bretoners to address what they see on the screen. We started the conversation asking about her background.

We speak with author Charlotte Musial about her collection of short fiction and poetry titled A Touch of Elegance.

The Centre for Discovery and Innovation to be a modern research and instructional facility that's meant to carry the institution — and Cape Breton Island — into the future. We speak with CBU President David Dingwall.

Cape Breton University has revealed plans for a new, $80-million Centre for Discovery and Innovation that's meant to carry the institution — and Cape Breton Island — into the future. The facility is contingent on funding from the provincial and federal governments.

Boularderie Island Press launches it's 50th publication.

We speak with author Mona Knight about her new novel Second Chance.

We speak with the new Warden of Richmond County Amanda Mombourquette

One of only two gas stations in Ingonish says it will have to stop selling gas by the end of the year. Owner Brandon MacLean says the underground tanks at his Irving station are expiring and the company refuses to replace them during the pandemic. MacLean speaks with Mainstreet.

David Sawler is a Pastor and executive director of several youth centres in Cape Breton. He speaks with us about a video circulating showing a number of young people assault a man. Sawler says the incident points to a much larger problem.